Modeling the problem: De novo entry into daily newspaper markets

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 94-108

  Picard, Robert G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748636990     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953299701800307     Document Type: Article

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3. John C. Busterna and Robert G. Picard, Joint Operating Ag reements: The Newspaper Preservation Act and Its Application. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing, 1993
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5. For a discussion of these trends see Chapter 1 of Robert G. Picard and Jeffrey Brody, The Newspaper Publishing Industry. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.
6. John C. Busterna, Concentration and the Industrial Organization Model, in Picard, et al. Press Concentration and Monopoly: New Perspective on Newspaper Ownership and Operations. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing, 1988, pp. 44-45;
7. Stephen Lacy and Todd F. Simon, The Economics and Regulation of U.S. Newspapers. Norwood, New Jersey: Able x Publishing Co., 1993.
8. Stephen Lacy and Robert G. Picard, Interactive Monopoly Power in the Daily Newspaper Industry. Journal of Media Economics, Fall 1990, pp. 27-38.
9. Robert G. Picard, The Press and the Decline of Democracy: The Democratic Socialist Response in Public Policy. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985.
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17. KC Paper Folds. Editor & Publisher, June 23, 1990, p. 17;
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22. Robert G. Picard, Pricing Behavior of Newspapers, in Picard, et al., Press Concentration and Monopoly, pp. 60-61;
23. Robert G. Picard, Evidence of a Failing Newspaper Under the Newspaper Preservation Act. Newspaper Research Journal, Winter 1987, pp.73-81.
24. The issues of variable and fixed cost items are discussed in W. M. Cordon, The Maximization of Profit by a Newspaper. Review of Economic Studies, 1952-53, pp. 181-190 and
25. Robert G. Picard, The Relationship Between Newspaper Costs and Predation Lawsuits. Newspaper Research Journal, Winter 1990, pp. 12-25.
26. John Downes and Jordon Elliott Goodman, Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, 1995, p. 572.