| Robert G. Picard, Ph.D. |
Prof. Robert G. Picard is one of the world's leading academic experts on media
economics and management and government communications policies. He is
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute, Department of Politics and
International Relations, University of Oxford, and a research fellow at Green
Templeton College, Oxford. He is also on the faculties of the Media Management
and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden,
the Institute of Media and Entertainment, IESE Business School, in New York,
and the Center for Media Management and Economics at Tsinghua University in
China, and University of Tampere, Finland.
He is the author and editor of 27 books including Media Clusters: Spatial
Agglomeration and Content Capabilities (Edward Elgar), The Economics and
Financing of Media Companies (Fordham University Press), Media Product
Portfolios: Issues in Managing Multiple Products and Services (Lawrence
Erlbaum Publishers), Media Firms: Structures, Operations and Performance
(Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), The Internet and the Mass Media (Sage), The
Newspaper Publishing Industry (Allyn & Bacon), Media Economics: Concepts
and Issues (Sage), Press Concentration and Monopoly: New Perspectives on
Newspaper Ownership and Operation (Ablex), and Joint Operating Agreements:
The Newspaper Preservation Act and Its Application (Ablex).
He has written hundred of articles on media issues for publications scholarly
journals and industry publication. Picard is editor of the Journal of Media
Business Studies and was editor of The Journal of Media Economics for a
decade. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous other journals.
Picard received his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri, after completing an M.A. at
California State University, Fullerton, and a B.A. at La Sierra University. He was a
fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the J.F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University and the Reuters Institute in the Department of Politics and
International Relations at the University of Oxford.
He has been a consultant for government agencies and ministries in North
America and Europe, international agencies, investment firms, and numerous
media companies and media labor organizations. Picard has testified before
congressional and parliamentary committees and inquiry boards and provided
expert testimony in cases involving antitrust and anticartel issues. He regularly
makes presentations to media trade organizations and university groups
worldwide.
He is included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's
Who in Education and numerous other biographical indexes. He has been the
recipient of the Journal of Media Economics Award of Honor for lifetime
contributions to the study of media economics and the European Media
Management Education Association Award for lifetime contributions to media
management.
He is regularly interviewed by media on issues of media industry developments.
His comments have appeared in publications including New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Le Monde, The Times (London),
The Globe and Mail (Toronto), The Daily Telegraph (London), Financial Times,
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, The Economist, Fortune, and Business Week, in reports
by Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, and other news services, as well as
trade and professional publications worldwide. He has appeared on National
Public Radio, ABC (Australia), NRK (Norway), Sveriges Radio (Sweden)and
numerous other broadcasters.
economics and management and government communications policies. He is
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute, Department of Politics and
International Relations, University of Oxford, and a research fellow at Green
Templeton College, Oxford. He is also on the faculties of the Media Management
and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden,
the Institute of Media and Entertainment, IESE Business School, in New York,
and the Center for Media Management and Economics at Tsinghua University in
China, and University of Tampere, Finland.
He is the author and editor of 27 books including Media Clusters: Spatial
Agglomeration and Content Capabilities (Edward Elgar), The Economics and
Financing of Media Companies (Fordham University Press), Media Product
Portfolios: Issues in Managing Multiple Products and Services (Lawrence
Erlbaum Publishers), Media Firms: Structures, Operations and Performance
(Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), The Internet and the Mass Media (Sage), The
Newspaper Publishing Industry (Allyn & Bacon), Media Economics: Concepts
and Issues (Sage), Press Concentration and Monopoly: New Perspectives on
Newspaper Ownership and Operation (Ablex), and Joint Operating Agreements:
The Newspaper Preservation Act and Its Application (Ablex).
He has written hundred of articles on media issues for publications scholarly
journals and industry publication. Picard is editor of the Journal of Media
Business Studies and was editor of The Journal of Media Economics for a
decade. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous other journals.
Picard received his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri, after completing an M.A. at
California State University, Fullerton, and a B.A. at La Sierra University. He was a
fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the J.F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University and the Reuters Institute in the Department of Politics and
International Relations at the University of Oxford.
He has been a consultant for government agencies and ministries in North
America and Europe, international agencies, investment firms, and numerous
media companies and media labor organizations. Picard has testified before
congressional and parliamentary committees and inquiry boards and provided
expert testimony in cases involving antitrust and anticartel issues. He regularly
makes presentations to media trade organizations and university groups
worldwide.
He is included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's
Who in Education and numerous other biographical indexes. He has been the
recipient of the Journal of Media Economics Award of Honor for lifetime
contributions to the study of media economics and the European Media
Management Education Association Award for lifetime contributions to media
management.
He is regularly interviewed by media on issues of media industry developments.
His comments have appeared in publications including New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Le Monde, The Times (London),
The Globe and Mail (Toronto), The Daily Telegraph (London), Financial Times,
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, The Economist, Fortune, and Business Week, in reports
by Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, and other news services, as well as
trade and professional publications worldwide. He has appeared on National
Public Radio, ABC (Australia), NRK (Norway), Sveriges Radio (Sweden)and
numerous other broadcasters.