Market performance analysis of the online news industry

dc.contributor.advisorSylvie, Georgeen
dc.creatorHuang, Jing-rong, 1974-en
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-28T23:58:07Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:18:46Z
dc.date.available2008-08-28T23:58:07Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:18:46Z
dc.date.issued2007-12en
dc.description.abstractThe online news industry faces a challenge: Whether online news media can produce enough quality content that generates revenue and profit at a level comparable to traditional media. To meet the challenge, this dissertation applied two economic models, the industrial organization (IO) and the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), to locate the determinants of market performance for the online news industry. Together, the determinants derived from both models explained 19 to 35 percent of variance in market performance among the 208 news sites in the study. Separately, IO's industry variables were twice as powerful as RBV's firm variables in explaining news sites' revenue growth, profitability, and relative performance. A post hoc analysis using a news site's traffic as another dependent variable showed that the importance of the industry and firm effects differs substantially across market performance and traffic. A detailed examination suggested that industry effects were powerful in explaining the extent of news sites' market performance, whereas firm effects were influential in explaining news sites' traffic. However, the study argued that generating traffic should not be news sites' ultimate goal but their relay station; otherwise the solvency challenge remains.en
dc.description.departmentJournalismen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.oclc194402744en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/3601en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.subject.lcshOnline journalismen
dc.subject.lcshElectronic news gatheringen
dc.titleMarket performance analysis of the online news industryen
dc.type.genreThesisen

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