What's fit to print: The effect of ownership concentration on product variety in daily newspaper markets

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 285-303

  George, Lisa ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; Newspapers; Ownership concentration

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION;

MARKETING;

FIRM OWNERSHIP; MEDIA INDUSTRY; MERGER;

EID: 34548202297     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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