9th Journalism Leaders Forum

Just a quick mention for the Ninth Journalism Leaders Forum to be held at the University of Central Lancs next Tuesday (29th) April.

The title is

Why isn't more media translating into more money for mainstream media companies? and will feature panellists Chris Anderson of 'The Long Tail', Anton Grutzmacher of Hitwise, Peter Kirwan of the Press Gazette's Media Money and Rick Waghorn of www.myfootballwriter.com

Writing on the forums blog Francois Nel says

For mainstream media companies, the new Holy Grail or Holy Grail 2.0, if you will, is finding a sustainable business model for the Digital Age. While few now still argue that the old scarcity-economy model is broke, a look at the declining share prices of major media houses makes it clear that, despite much talk and even some action, still fewer are thought to have discovered how to fix it.

Should be a good discussion