Prof. Robert G. Picard  

“Essential principles for contemporary media and communications policymaking” (with Victor Pickard), RISJ Report, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, April 2017. Download pdf

"Journalism, Populism and the Future of Democracy," Keynote speech to the 40^th Anniversary Symposium of the Institut für Journalistik, Technische Universität Dortmund, October 28, 2016. Download pdf

“The Impact of Charitiy and Tax Law and Regulation on Not-for-Profit News Organizations,” (co-edited with Valerie Belair-Gagnon and Sofia Ranchordás). Reuters  Institute, University  of Oxford, and Information Society Project, Yale Law School, Yale University, March 2016. Download pdf

"Journalists' Perceptions of the Future of Journalistic Work, RISJ Report, Reuters Institute,
University of Oxford, May 2015.  Download pdf

"New Approaches to Paid Digital Content,” pp. 80-82 in Nic Newman and David Levy, eds.,
Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2014: Tracking the Future of News, Reuters Institute,
University of Oxford, 2014. Download pdf

"Deficient tutelage: Challenges of contemporary journalism education," Keynote Address to
the Toward 2020: New Directions in Journalism Education Conference, Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada, May 31, 2014.  Download pdf

"Content Taxes in the Digital Age: How Can Policymakers Tax Digital Content?" Intermedia,
(14(2):18-21 (Summer 2014). Download pdf

"What If there Were No BBC Television? The Net Impact on UK viewers" (co-authored with
Paddy Barwise), RISJ Report, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, February 2014.
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"The Bottom Line: Do and Will Consumers Pay for Digital News? Reuters Institute Digital
News Report 2013. Reuters Institute University of Oxford, pp. 89-91. Download pdf

"Is There Still a Place for Public Service Television? Effects of the Changing Economics of
Broadcasting (edited with Paolo Siciliani, RISJ Report, Retuers Institute, University of
Oxford, September 2013. download pdf

"The Economics of Television in a Digital World: What Economics Tells Us for Future Policy
Debates," RISJ Report, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, September 2012. download pdf

“Mapping Digital Media: Digitization and Media Business Models,” Reference Series, Open
Society Foundations Media Programme, 2011. download pdf

"Tremors, Structural Damage and Some Casualties, but No Cataclysm: The News About
News Provision," Background Paper for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Workshop
"From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age? Dec. 1-2, 2009. download pdf

"Why Journalists Deserve Low Pay," Presentation to Reuters Institute for the Study of
Journalism, Oxford University, 2009. download pdf

"Media Clusters: Local Agglomeration in an Industry Developing Networked Virtual
Clusters," Jönköping International Business School Working Paper Series 2008-3.
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"Screen Test: All Eyes on Web-Based Video," Ideas Magazine (International Newspaper
Marketing Association), July/August 2008, pp. 12-15. download pdf

"Capital Crisis in the Profitable Newspaper Industry," Nieman Reports, Winter 2006, pp. 10-
12. download pdf

"Business Models of Newspaper Publishing Companies," Where News? Research Report
No. 1, 05.2006. Darmstadt, Germany: IFRA download pdf

"Journalism, Value Creation, and the Future of News Organizations," Shorenstein Center
on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Working Papers Series, 2006-
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"Evolution of Revenue Streams and the Business Model of Newspapers: The U.S.
Newspaper Industry between 1950-2000," Business Research and Development Center,
Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, C1/2000. download pdf