Dear Colleagues,
The first NYC Media Seminar of the new year will take place on Wednesday, February 7. Quan Le, on the job market from Princeton, will present Network Competition and Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from News Agencies. Looking ahead, on March 6, Steve Tadelis (UC Berkeley) will present Learning, Sophistication and the Returns to Advertising. Our April talk by Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics) will take place on April 10 rather than April 3, details forthcoming.
The seminar meets the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year. We gather starting at 10:00 for coffee and conversation (sometimes doughnuts!), with the seminar running 10:30-12:00. Past and upcoming schedules are available on the seminar web sites here and here.
Important note on logistics! We meet this year at A Wonder Media Company, 1 Penn Plaza, New York City, located adjacent to Penn Station. A day before the seminar our hosts will send a QR code for building access (check your spam). You will show the QR code at the security desk and proceed to the room without further ID check or processing. Because of the need to process visitors, it is essential that you RSVP to Lisa or Miklos no later than noon on Monday of seminar week (this month 2/5).
The goal of the seminar is to link economists in the greater New York area working on media topics by providing a regular forum to connect with media research in economics, marketing and beyond. The seminar is open to all researchers and draws speakers from across the US and abroad. The seminar is jointly organized by Lisa George at Hunter College and Miklos Sarvary at Columbia Business School and has been generously supported by the Columbia Media Program. To receive papers and updates please register for the seminar listserv by sending an email to [log in to unmask] with SUBSCRIBE MEDIANYC-L in the e-mail message body (and nothing else).
As we begin a new semester and new routines, please help us welcome new members by sharing this message with colleagues, students and others interested in media research.
Miklos and I look forward to seeing you next week!
Lisa George, Hunter College
Miklos Sarvary, Columbia Business School