| Robert G. Picard, Ph.D. |
Robert G. Picard is one of the world's leading academic experts on media
economics and management and government communications policies. He is
a Hamrin Professor of Media Economics and director of the Media Management
and Transformation Centre, Jonkoping International Business School,
Jonkoping University, Sweden, a global research and training center with
branches in East Asia and Latin America. He is also on the faculty of the
Institute of Media and Entertainment in New York and the School of Media
Management at Communication University of China (Bejing).
He is the author and editor of 23 books including 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 is currently a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute at
Oxford University.
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 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) Neue Zurcher
Zeitung, Fortune, and Business Week, in reports by Associated Press, Reuters,
and other news services, as well as trade and professional publications
worldwide. He has appeared on National Public Radio, NRK (Norway) Sveriges
Radio (Sweden)and numerous other broadcasters.
economics and management and government communications policies. He is
a Hamrin Professor of Media Economics and director of the Media Management
and Transformation Centre, Jonkoping International Business School,
Jonkoping University, Sweden, a global research and training center with
branches in East Asia and Latin America. He is also on the faculty of the
Institute of Media and Entertainment in New York and the School of Media
Management at Communication University of China (Bejing).
He is the author and editor of 23 books including 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 is currently a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute at
Oxford University.
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 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) Neue Zurcher
Zeitung, Fortune, and Business Week, in reports by Associated Press, Reuters,
and other news services, as well as trade and professional publications
worldwide. He has appeared on National Public Radio, NRK (Norway) Sveriges
Radio (Sweden)and numerous other broadcasters.