Creative Destruction: Why Not Researching Entrepreneurial Media?

Weezel, Aldo van

doi:10.1080/14241270903558442

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“…In the media industry, entrepreneurial activities and newly started ventures are considered as driving forward industry’s change and innovation. Start-ups can disrupt inertia of the industry and serve as role models for legacy media companies: They discover, test, and accelerate new media products, revenue streams, production processes, organizational structures, and so on (Achtenhagen, 2017; Buschow, 2020; Küng, 2015; van Weezel, 2010). This is one of the reasons why a vast range of entrepreneurship education has recently been established in journalism and mass communication departments (e.g., Chimbel, 2016; Ferrier, 2013; Hunter & Nel, 2011).…”

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What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

Buschow

Laugemann²

2020

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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Entrepreneurship and new venture creation are seen as important drivers of media industry’s change and renewal. However, whether newly founded companies will emerge in the future depends to a large extent on entrepreneurial individuals. Through a survey of students from 47 German universities ( N = 720), this study identifies critical factors that explain the entrepreneurial intention of today’s mass communication students, who are likely to be among the future start-up founders in journalism and media industry. Conclusions drawn indicate possibilities for the early identification of potential media entrepreneurs and their ongoing encouragement by journalism and mass communication educators.

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What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

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Laugemann²

2020

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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“…In the media industry, the environment is particularly turbulent (Achtenhagen, 2008;McKelvie & Wiklund, 2008). Digitalization and technology lead to high uncertainty about the future of news and the need for innovation (Kaye & Quinn, 2010;van Weezel, 2010). New ideas and ventures have emerged within traditional media companies (Achtenhagen, 2008;Hass, 2011) or formed as startups.…”

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Market Orientation of News Startups

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2017

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The media industry is undergoing major disruptions, which foster innovation but make starting a new business particularly difficult. In this instable environment, theory suggests market orientation being important for success. Based on four case studies of early stage news startups, I investigate processes and practices of market orientation in the media. The results show that startups generate market intelligence in various ways and, in doing so, prioritize markets. Most attention is dedicated to learning about users, while they put less effort into examining businesses and competitors. Overall, market orientation seems to have a positive influence on a news startup's survival and support innovation.

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“…Entrepreneurship and novel business ventures are seen as crucial drivers of media industry change and transformation (e.g., Deuze & Witschge, 2020;Küng, 2015;van Weezel, 2010). In theory, digital native news outlets such as BuzzFeed (US), Mediapart (France) or De Correspondent (Netherlands) can be environments where new products, alternative revenue streams, and innovative ways of organizing digital journalism are discovered, tested, and advanced.…”

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Why Do Digital Native News Media Fail? An Investigation of Failure in the Early Start-Up Phase

Buschow

2020

MaC

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Digital native news media have great potential for improving journalism. Theoretically, they can be the sites where new products, novel revenue streams and alternative ways of organizing digital journalism are discovered, tested, and advanced. In practice, however, the situation appears to be more complicated. Besides the normal pressures facing new businesses, entrepreneurs in digital news are faced with specific challenges. Against the background of general and journalism specific entrepreneurship literature, and in light of a practice–theoretical approach, this qualitative case study research on 15 German digital native news media outlets empirically investigates what barriers curb their innovative capacity in the early start-up phase. In the new media organizations under study here, there are—among other problems—a high degree of homogeneity within founding teams, tensions between journalistic and economic practices, insufficient user orientation, as well as a tendency for organizations to be underfinanced. The patterns of failure investigated in this study can raise awareness, help news start-ups avoid common mistakes before actually entering the market, and help industry experts and investors to realistically estimate the potential of new ventures within the digital news industry.

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Creative Destruction: Why Not Researching Entrepreneurial Media?

Cited by 20 publications

References 1 publication

What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

Market Orientation of News Startups

Why Do Digital Native News Media Fail? An Investigation of Failure in the Early Start-Up Phase

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