Antitrust Issues in Defining Markets in the Newspaper Industry

Mass media play a decisive role in distributing health knowledge and awareness about health diseases. Covid-19 has been measured as the most dangerous health hazard of the 21st century that has constituted social, environmental and financial perils for humanity, including the media outlets. However, the Pakistani newspaper industry was already witnessing a decline in its readership and coronavirus has further deteriorated the situation for journalists working in regional newspapers. The methodological design using indepth interviews seeks to discover the financial difficulties faced by journalists employed in local or regional newspapers in Hyderabad city of Sindh province, Pakistan. The distress of unpaid salaries, financial security and paid leave were recognized as dominant elements that emerged during the present investigation as the extension to studies conducted concerning health communication. Therefore, this research suggests that government and business tycoons should financially collaborate with each other to consider challenges encountered by journalists for the survival of the newspaper industry in Pakistan.

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A simulation of the product distribution in the newspaper industry

WSC'99. 1999 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings. 'Simulation - A Bridge to the Future' (Cat. No.99CH37038) ◽

10.1145/324898.325058 ◽

1999 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marelys L. Garcia ◽

Martha A. Centeno ◽

Gabriela Peñaloza

Keyword(s):

Product Distribution ◽

Newspaper Industry

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Commentary: A First Amendment Perspective on Antitrust Law and Newspaper Chain Ownership, Monopoly

Newspaper Research Journal ◽

10.1177/073953298600700404 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 35-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David C. Coulson

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

First Amendment ◽

Freedom Of Expression ◽

Antitrust Law ◽

Political Factors ◽

Newspaper Industry ◽

New Entry

The economics of the newspaper industry has concentrated in the hands of a few monopolists and chain owners the power to inform and to influence public opinion. The threat to freedom of expression posed by newspaper chain ownership and monopoly is examined with the possible application of antitrust law to foster open and competitive newspaper markets. Recognizing newspaper concentration more adversely affects ideas than the economic marketplace, weight is given to social and political factors in determining anticompetitive market constraints. Extensive newspaper consolidation, it is argued, inhibits new entry and decreases editorial independence and diversity.

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