Fiona Scott Morton from Yale University presenting at the media seminar, held at the new CBS Manhattanville campus
Speakers for 2023-2024:
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).
- October 4: Joshua Schwartzstein, Harvard Business School — "Sharing Models to Interpret Data"
- November 1: Holger Sieg, University of Pennsylvania — "Access and Exposure to Local News Media in the Digital Era: Evidence from U.S. Media Markets"
- December 6: Imke Reimers, Queens University — "The First Sale Doctrine and the Digital Challenge to Public Libraries"
- February 7: Quan Le, Princeton University — "Network Competition and Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from News Agencies"
- March 6: Steve Tadelis, UC Berkeley — "Learning, Sophistication and the Returns to Advertising"
- April 10 (* special date *): Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics — "Reading Twitter in the Newsroom: How Social Media Affects Traditional-Media Reporting"
- May 1: Kevin DeLuca, Yale University — “The Decline of Evening Newspapers: Partisan Slant’s Impact on Election Results”
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.
