Fiona Scott Morton from Yale University presenting at the media seminar, held at the CBS Manhattanville campus
The New York City Media Seminar Series is an initiative sponsored by the Media and Technology Program and organized by Lisa George (Hunter College) and Miklos Sarvary (Columbia Business School). The goal of the seminar is to link economists in the greater New York area working on media topics by providing a regular forum to connect with media research in economics, marketing and beyond. The seminar is open to all researchers and draws speakers from across the US and abroad.
Speakers for 2026-2027:
- October 7: Aakaash Rao, Northwestern University — The Business of the Culture War
- November 4: Hangcheng Zhao, Rutgers University — Strategic Response of News Publishers to Generative AI
- December 2: Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University — GenAI Misinformation, Trust, and News Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment
- February 3: Stanley Wu, University of Chicago — An Empirical Analysis of AI Slop in Music Streaming
- March 3: Julia Cagé, Sciences Po — Making Teenagers Read Newspapers. A Nationwide Experiment in French High Schools
- April 7: Kyungho Lee, Yale University — Copyright and Competition: Estimating Supply and Demand with Unstructured Data
- May 5: Karthik Srinivasan, University of Michigan — Paying Attention
Seminars are held the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year. The sessions begin at 10:00 for coffee and conversation, with a 90-minute presentation and discussion running from 10:30-12:00. We meet this year at A Wonder Media Company, 1 Penn Plaza, New York City, located adjacent to Penn Station. To simplify security protocols, please RSVP to Lisa or Miklos if you plan to attend.
For more information, please contact Miklos Sarvary at Columbia Business School ([email protected]). Past years' seminar topics can be viewed here.
