Digitization raises a variety of important academic and managerial questions around firm strategies and public policies for the content industries, with many of these questions influenced by the erosion of copyright caused by Internet file-sharing. At the same time, digitization has created many...

News media operate in two-sided markets, offering bundles of content to readers as well as selling readers' attention to advertisers. Technological innovations in content delivery, such as the advent of broadcast television or of the Internet, affect both sides of the market, threatening the...

Der Beitrag analysiert mögliche spezielle Wettbewerbsprobleme, die in Medienmärkten auftreten können, und ihre Implikationen für die Wettbewerbsordnung. Es wird beleuchtet, ob klassische medienspezifische Wettbewerbsprobleme in der Digitalwirtschaft noch bestehen und welche neuen...