Where else is the money?: A study of innovation in online business models at newspapers in britain's 66 cities

Journalism Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-372

  Nel, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business models; Newspaper websites; Newspapers; Online revenue

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952875895     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512781003642964     Document Type: Article

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