...The Threat of Online Publications to the Traditional Publishing Industry The aggregate demand of published material, both online and offline, is a fixed number. Publishers in today's mass media market face fierce competition; each customer that an online publisher wins comes at the expense of its offline counterpart. To illustrate, imagine the unequal slicing of a pumpkin pie representing market shares that vary in size. The sum of all shares, or 'slices,' adds up to the total client base. Although each publisher already owns a portion of the pie, it still covets those who have a bigger slice. In this zero-sum game, with each new slice that a publisher gains, its pie becomes incrementally larger, while the competition's becomes incrementally smaller. Statistics have shown an upward trend in e-journal subscriptions in recent years, mainly because online periodicals are more frequently updated, cheaper to produce, and accessible everywhere (Greco 2). To that end, the internet has helped many web-based media business increase their market share while simultaneously decrementing those owned by their offline competition. Given their inferiority in cost, channeling, and time-to-market, how do traditional publishers stay in business? In the same way opposing forces in nature result in a state of equilibrium, there is a single overarching mechanism in the publishing industry that is designed to buffer short-term market gains and resist long-term change. This built-in mechanism...
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...The aggregate demand of published material, both online and offline, is a fixed number. Publishers in today's mass media market face fierce competition; each customer that an online publisher wins comes at the expense of its offline counterpart. To illustrate, imagine the unequal slicing of a pumpkin pie representing market shares that vary in size. The sum of all shares, or 'slices,' adds up to the total client base. Although each publisher already owns a portion of the pie, it still covets those who have a bigger slice. In this zero-sum game, with each new slice that a publisher gains, its pie becomes incrementally larger, while the competition's becomes incrementally smaller. Statistics have shown an upward trend in e-journal subscriptions in recent years, mainly because online periodicals are more frequently updated, cheaper to produce, and accessible everywhere (Greco 2). To that end, the internet has helped many web-based media business increase their market share while simultaneously decrementing those owned by their offline competition. Given their inferiority in cost, channeling, and time-to-market, how do traditional publishers stay in business? In the same way opposing forces in nature result in a state of equilibrium, there is a single overarching mechanism in the publishing industry that is designed to buffer short-term market gains and resist long-term change. This built-in mechanism in the media business consists of a multitude of socioeconomic factors. We will...
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...Richard Godfrey BMKT 6311 USA Today Case Study The newspaper publishing industry is one of the most rapidly evolving industries in the world today. Changing due to economic climate shift, consumer needs evolving, enhanced technology, and continuous competition; USA Today has been able to succeed. The publication raises the bar through innovation and value-added content to bolster their standing in the publishing world as “The Nation’s Newspaper” in hopes of staying continually relevant and standing out amongst the competition, ensuring the future of the USA Today brand. 1) When Gannett first debuted USA Today in 1982, the corporation took advantage of a multitude of opportunities in the marketing environment and secured a strong foothold in a market that already had several major players. The most impactful opportunity, in my opinion, is its format. In an attempt to stand out from the competition, USA Today developed a unique format of shorter pieces with photos, graphs, charts in order to address the needs of an audience other publications seemingly ignored. By creating a product high in form utility, the publication was able to distinguish itself and cater to an evolving market. Gannett also cited watching trends and evolution of news readers as part of the success. As society shifted to having typically shorter attention spans, yet still having a hunger for knowledge, Gannett capitalized on these trends with the updated format of USA Today targeted towards the evolved...
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...systems. By the first weekend in May, American Express, the Associated Press, the British Coast Guard, universities, and hospitals reported that the Sasser worm had swamped their systems. Computer troubles led Delta Airlines to cancel 40 flights and delay many others. Microsoft quickly posted a $250,000 reward, and by mid-May, authorities apprehended Sven Jaschen, a German teenager. Jaschen confessed and was convicted after a three-day trial. Jaschen could have received up to five years in prison, but because he was tried as a minor, the court suspended his 21-month sentence, leaving him with only 30 hours of community service. Copyright © 2007 by Thomson Course Technology. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by federal copyright law. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission in writing from Course Technology. Some of the product names and company names have been used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufactures and sellers. Authorities said that once Jaschen realized the havoc the Sasser worm was causing, he tried to...
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... State, and local agencies have been providing good intelligence products, still there are areas that require improvement. These areas potentially hinder the gathering and sharing of intelligence. Legal, procedural and cultural barriers add up to what the 9/11 Commission refers to as the “human or systemic resistance to sharing information” (Kean et al., 2004). Combining local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to work together in order to protect and deter against potential threats is the mission for Homeland Security. When analyzing the multiple areas of law enforcement, they must be looked at both individually and nationally. By doing so, we are able to design the state and local roles while maintaining our homeland security’s overall mission. It’s important for the flow or information or intelligence be passed along both smoothly and accurately. Ultimately, the collection and analysis of all information will help increase our ability to prevent and deter potential terroristic threats. Four Steps in Gathering and Analyzing Information There are several factors that play a role in the merging of resources and collection of intelligence. A few are: * To seek reported and unreported data * Validate Authenticity * Know your capabilities * Avoid being one-dimensional Aggressively seeking new information and/or tracking...
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...Q. Analyze the global publication industry(magazines-all genres, general) and the factors influencing it. Ans .The global publishing market is expected to reach a worth of more than $252 billion by 2014, The publishing industry is involved in the production of magazines, newspapers and books, and encompasses general, professional and academic disciplines. The printed word is under increasing pressure from online publishing as readers turn to e-books and online resources over the print materials. Other industries in the publishing industry include mailing lists, directories, information services and journals. Lower disposable income hampered consumer spending on books during the past five years. A transition toward digital technology also dented Global Book Publishing industry revenue due to the difficulty of pricing e-books, which are intrinsically different from printed products. The investments necessary to transition toward digital publishing also led to consolidation within the industry; they resulted in a 0.7% annualized decline in firms to 16,308 in the five years to 2013. There is a high degree of competition in the industry due to its moderate threat of substitutes and buyers’ power. The shift by advertisers' spending from traditional media to digital media has greatly affected print magazine advertising and circulation in all regions. The global magazine publishing industry is going through a period of turmoil, as the increasing penetration of broadband...
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...Journal of Applied and Natural Science Page 1 of 1 Applied and Natural Science Foundation Its publication: Login Free Registration! Journal of Applied and Natural Science An International Journal | Print ISSN: 0974-9411 | Online ISSN: 2231-5209 *Email Id *Password Submit Guidelines for Authors Title page: The Title page should contain short, specific and informative Title, Authors names and their full addresses, Name of the corresponding author, E-mail id, Phone no., Fax no., Abstract of not more than 150 words, Key-words of not more than five words. Consecutive pages: The title page should be followed by the page containing Title, Abstract, Key-words followed by Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion or Results and Discussion combined, Acknowledgements (if any) and References. All the tables/figures/histograms/ photographs should be consecutively numbered with a brief caption below and should be in separate files or on separate pages. The illustrations should be of good quality and will be published in black and white. However, coloured illustrations can be published on request on extra payment. All references cited in the text should be listed at the end of the manuscript alphabetically in the following style: For paper Tyagi, V.K., Subramaniyan,S., Kazmi, A. A. and Chopra, A.K. (2008). Microbial community in conventional and extended aeration activated sludge plants in India. Ecological Indicators, 8: 550-554. For book Chopra,A.K.,...
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...In 2014 the European Union proposed further restrictions on the non-audit services that auditing firms can provide to their audit clients. (1) Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of auditors providing non-audit services to clients The objective of this assignment is to examine the benefits and disadvantages of auditors providing non-audit services to their clients. Further discussing in what ways the European Union proposals may prove beneficial and in what ways they may be disadvantageous. Auditing is considered an exceedingly complex process, maintaining a relevant and valuable insight to a company’s financial statements and its reports based on the conduct of their audits. (Gray, I. and Manson, S. 2011). An auditor’s priority is to provide assurance services through evaluating; providing the best financial or non-financial information to clients. (Europa.eu, 2015). Therefore this allows the clients to make the best informed decisions regarding their business. In the recent times, the appearance of professional service firms has resulted from a growing demand for specialist advice to help them achieve business advantage in the competitive market. In May 2014 the European commission published a directive, amending the Statutory Audit directive and a new Audit regulation. (Campa, D. and Donnelly, 2015). Non-audit services that are provided by auditors consist of management consultancy, tax advice and human resources consultancy. These services are aimed to increase...
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...opportunity analysis on a selected business, Chills Internet Café Question ( – Strengths and weaknesses of a selected firm, Singapore Airlines Limited Question ( – Opportunities and threats of a selected firm that it might be facing in the marketing environment, Singapore Airlines Limited PRESENTED TO: Mr. Tan Chin Huat SUBMISSION DATE: 25th November 2009, Wednesday - CONTENT PAGE - QUESTION 1 – MARKETING OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS ON A SELECTED BUSINESS 1. Introduction: Organisation Background of Chills Internet Café……………………………….…………………………………………...5 1.1 Situational Analysis…………………………………………………………...5 1.2 Market Summary……………………………………………………………...6 1.2.1 Market Demographic and Analysis………………………………....6-7 1.2.2 Market Needs and Trends…………………………...………………...7 1.2.3 Market Growth…………………………...…………….…………...8-9 1.2.4 Service Offerings and Keys to Success…….………….…………...…9 QUESTION 2 AND 3 – STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS (SWOT ANALYSIS) 2.0 Introduction: Organisation Background of Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA)…………………………………………………………....11 2.1 Strengths…………………………………………………………….……11-12 2.2 Weaknesses………………………………………………………………..…12 2.3 Opportunities……………………………………………………………..12-13 2.4 Threats……………………………………………………………………13-14 - CONTENT PAGE (CONTINUED) - APPENDICES 3.0 List of References…………………………………………………………….……...16 3.1 Internet Articles……...……….……………………………………...
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...revolution in education caused by the expansion of what is called Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, has brought change to higher education. MOOCs are online courses that are provided by some of the world’s prestigious universities, such as Stanford and Harvard, and that offer high quality learning at no cost. MOOCs classes are available for anyone around the globe with an access to the internet and a smart phone, tablet, or a computer. This phenomenon has spread in the virtual world and found success, and like any new concept, it will have side effects in which will be positive, such as spreading education, and negative, such as posing a threat to other education institutes. Internet revolution is the major cause of the expansion of the MOOCs. Tim Todd, education editor at the Financial Review, stated that “The internet revolution has moved to education as top universities worldwide rush to put free courses online, setting up so-called massive open online courses or MOOCs.” The internet is the median that is facilitating the access to MOOCs by students that are located anywhere on the planet. The barriers of time zone, geographical distant, and financial status have been reduced in the way of education. The way MOOCs are presented and accessed caused thousands of students worldwide to sign up and join the education train. Some of the top universities in the US realized the potential power of online education so they cooperated be the first sponsors of the MOOCs. Without...
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...means that users are able to see some content (20 articles per month) and after they reach the limit, they must pay to access more content. The paywall proved to be a successful endeavor for The Times in the short run, because in only 2 months they managed to get 390 000 subscribers, which assured them a new source of revenue. In addition to these subscriptions, 70% of The Times subscribers to the print version registered for the online subscription as well. Long term success of the project was still in question due to many factors affecting the online subscriptions, such as availability of other sources of news, willingness of other big news providers to offer content for free and new emerging technologies that affect the way users read content online, like smartphones and tablets. In spite of that, the confidence of The Times publisher in their new payment system is evident in the fact that shortly after the success of this project they introduced the same system for another famous publication in their group: The Boston globe. Other news publications that tried this model have had positive, as well as negative, experiences with it. WSJ has managed to keep its superior position in the news provider industry despite its paywall, while the The Times of London had a drop of 66% in the traffic to their website, only 17 days after the introduction of paywall. The New York Times however, did not have this same problem, as is evident from Exibit 13, which shows that the number of unique...
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...FINAL PAPER –BUSINESS ETHICS- WIKILEAKS: Heroes or villains? Present a critical assessment. INTRODUCTION: Wikileaks is an international, online, non profitable organization, which publishes secret information, new leaks, political, social and military reality analysis (that can be hide), and classified media from anonymous sources for protecting them. They work for the protection of the freedom of expression and its diffusion through the media, and improve History of everyone and the right for each person to create it. The problem is that wikileaks generates different reactions. A lot of its publications generates violent polemics and intimidations. Even the website is threaten and had to to face to technical and financial problems. However, there are also people who defend the website like: “reporters sans frontiers”, or “le parti pirate suédois”, etc… In 2011 wikileaks had to face to a big financial problem, and had to accept the bitcoins, the electronic money. Morever, in August 2012, wikileaks is attacked and people couldn’t connect to the website for few days. Wiki had to register a complaint. After explaining the objective and the reason why of their existence, we can now expose the ethical dilemmas of Wikileaks. It can be defined by choosing between the right and wrong when there is no clear answer, and it’s hard to resolve. The problem implanted here is that those last months Wikileaks reveals shocking informations and became a heated subject of discussion...
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... Table of Contents Company Description 3 Management Controls 3 Operational Controls 4 Technical Controls 5 Concerns and Recommendations 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 Company Description JLJ Information Technology Group helps organizations of all sizes to successfully do business online. Their complete portfolio of technology services drives business effectiveness and profitability for many customers not only in the United States but also around the world. The breadth of their offering extends from helping small businesses build an online presence through to managing the complex technology environments of large enterprises and governments including Internet domain name services, critical web hosting, online brand protection and promotion, video content delivery, application development services, managed cloud and security services and more. JLJ IT Group’s culture of integrity, innovation, collaboration and customer centricity has been built by its large team of passionate professionals that have been delivering managed online services since 2001. The customers range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies and internationally recognized government organizations. Here at JLJ IT Group they design, build and manage software enabled Cloud and Mobile Solutions for large Corporate and Government organizations that require an experienced and agile partner to help them efficiently leverage...
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...world's first newspaper was published in Germany in 1609. But with such volumes suddenly being distributed, regulations were made to prohibit unrestrained publishing in 1637 when England limited the number of print shops and foundries by decrees. "In the cradle years of printing opposition came chiefly from organized calligraphers and illuminators whose livelihood was threatened. The content of manuscripts was seldom in question; most were classics or ecclesiastical writings and many were in Greek or Latin, which made them inaccessible to all but a few scholars and churchmen. But with the coming of the seventeenth century, printing was being viewed as a threat to established power, both religious and political. Though people like John Milton spoke out in favor of freedom of press and against requiring official censoring before publication of any text, governments' fear of political unrest kept even the first American newspaper from continuing after its first issue. Attempted by Benjamin Harris in 1690, the governor and council of the American colony declared the paper was not authorized and ended further production. Advantages and disadvantages Advantages The obvious advantage of most paper information sources is their accessibility and portability. You do not require electrical equipment to read...
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...migration of the Encyclopedia Britannica publication from print to digital form and how Jorge Cauz, President, Encyclopedia Britannica, revived the company from a state of regression to a profitable position. This transition sent ripples across the media world as readers were accustomed to the traditional encyclopedia business model, which had been in existence for almost two and a half centuries -244 years-. Despite the shock, this was a much awaited event by the staff at encyclopedia Britannica as the production process of the print set was more cumbersome and generated low revenue to the company. The announcement attracted reports from commentators, various comments and reactions from readers globally, one of which the author reported, cited, “Wikipedia as a disruptive force”. Jorge Cauz refuted that particular report, stating enthusiastically, that “Wikipedia helped in sharpening the company’s business strategy”. The article proceeds furthermore, describing the various and transition phases involved. After the company reached its peak in sales in 1990, sales declined afterwards and eventually collapsed. This was due to the loss of interest by customers in multivolume encyclopedia, sold door-to-door. The regression led to a shift to CD-ROMS. This in turn brought about a huge loss to the company as competitor, MICROSOFT, launched “Encarta”, which was free. Fortunately for Encyclopedia Britannica, the CD-ROM innovation was disrupted by “Online sales method”, of which the company...
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