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Book SynopsisJulia Cagé explains the economics and history of the media crisis and offers a solution: a nonprofit media organization, midway between a foundation and a joint stock company, supported by readers, employees, and innovative financing such as crowdfunding. Her business model is inspired by a central idea: that news, like education, is a public good.
Trade Review[A] lucid and succinct analysis…
Saving the Media is an essential and timely contribution to a debate with high stakes—democracy itself. -- Vanessa Baird * New Internationalist *
Intelligent, daring, even revolutionary—these are the three adjectives that could describe this new book by Julia Cagé. * L’Expansion *
For economist Julia Cagé, the crisis of the media is primarily a problem of funding. In this new book, she imagines a participatory model that guarantees the freedom and independence of the press. * Libération *
In this concise, detailed, and very accessible book, Julia Cagé dissects the world of the media…to find a new economic and democratic model in the digital age. * Le Républicain Lorrain *
Saving the Media provides an excellent portrayal of the economic challenges facing the news media, newspapers in particular, and the implications these have on our democratic institutions. -- Henry Milner, University of Montreal
Offers a thought-provoking, meticulously researched and persuasively argued intervention into the heart of the contemporary media crisis. -- Hans Rollman * PopMatters *
Saving the Media is an informative and lively read with a well-balanced mix of facts and statistics. -- Gillian Youngs * Times Higher Education *
