Publications

01 Mar 2004
News

A Woman in the House

Journal Gazette (October 21, 2003). The swearing-in ceremony included an audience of eight hundred enthusiastic supporters, a high-school band, and a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem. “The bipartisan crowd was liberal with its... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

December 2001
Compilation

"Doer's Profile" Katherine Graham (1917-2001)

By: Laura L. Nash and Howard H. Stevenson

Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. View Details

Keywords: Success; Journalism and News Industry

July 2001 (Revised September 2005)
Case

USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Michael J. Roberts and David Kiron

Describes the evolution of USA TODAY Online, the electronic version of the newspaper, within the organizational structure of the newspaper. Describes the tensions and issues that develop and the pressure from the Online division to be spun off. At the same time, CEO... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Internet and the Web; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry

Web

2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gulf using a combination of social psychology, public policy, and post-colonial feminist lenses. She has published in Organization Science , Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Contexts, and Idafat: Arab View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact

of jeans for her burial, I came across a brown, leather-bound journal. I opened it and found passages from the weeks before she died. When I showed the journal to a neighbor (who happened to be an addiction psychiatrist) he said, “You... View Details

Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)

Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Organization Science, Organization and the Journal of Management Studies. She is also the author of Crafting Qualitative Research... View Details

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

pondered the impact of fake news on democracy, the potential for government regulation of the internet, and the future of business models that support traditional media such as newspapers. The event was co-sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Journalism & News; Journalism & News

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three years after declaring that his influential holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price."... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Journalism & News

March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
Supplement

Nation Magazine (B), The

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Journalism and News Industry

March 2020
Case

Minneapolis Star Tribune

By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris

In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for... View Details

Keywords: Financial Performance; Industry Evolution; Business Earnings; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Journalism and News Industry; Minnesota

February 2020
Case

Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A)

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Tonia Labruyere

The case discusses the strategy of DER SPIEGEL, the leading news magazine in Germany, in the aftermath of the discovery of a fake reporting scandal. It had come to light that one of DER SPIEGEL’s own reporters had falsified and made up entire articles for years,... View Details

Keywords: Scandal; Management Control Systems; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry; Germany

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage

By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon

The business press plays a significant role in distributing firm news to investors. We investigate the extent to which managers can influence their firm's level of coverage in newswires and newspapers. We consider three choices under managerial control: press release... View Details

Keywords: Announcements; Governance Controls; News; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry

SSRN

January 1991 (Revised March 1992)
Case

USA Today

By: Robert L. Simons

USA Today is a national newspaper struggling to achieve profitability. This case focuses on the use of management control systems to identify emerging opportunities and the formulation of new strategies. The interactive system used by top managers--the Friday... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Forecasting and Prediction; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Journalism and News Industry; United States

May 2008
Supplement

Tribune Company, 2007 (CW)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in the United States. Zell's proposed acquisition is unusual in several respects. It is two-tiered, employs... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Credit; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Employees; Markets; Market Transactions; Negotiation Deal; Business and Shareholder Relations; Sales; Perspective; Journalism and News Industry; United States

October 2004 (Revised April 2005)
Teaching Note

News Corporation (TN)

By: Bharat N. Anand

Teaching Note to (9-702-425). Includes color exhibits. View Details

Keywords: Journalism and News Industry

January 2001 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Range, The (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Tracy Thompson and Michael Smith

Reveals the potential benefits and pitfalls of reorganization into teams in order to respond to environmental change. Takes place in the newsroom of a metropolitan daily newspaper. Both management and employees struggle to find new balance after a major restructuring... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Restructuring; Balance and Stability; Organizational Structure; Business Processes; Journalism and News Industry

October 1997
Background Note

Family Firms in the Newspaper Industry

Changes in newspaper publishing, specifically the introduction of new technology and concurrent changes in tax policy, which led to a consolidation of the industry are described. Also describes the transformation of family firms into public corporations in response to... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Family Business; Journalism and News Industry