Making newsrooms sustainable is a challenge for everyone in the media today. No matter how brilliant one’s journalism, it won’t be sustainable unless it’s backed by a business plan that takes in...
Ross Settles
Ross Settles is Adjunct Professor focused on digital media and entrepreneurship at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong (JMSC).
He began his career in the 1990s as a consultant working with Meredith Magazines on new business models and organization. During the years since, he has worked with media companies, large and small, to innovate in today’s rapidly evolving media environment. As both a consultant and media executive, he has worked with newsrooms, revenue and product development teams to create the best mix of revenue sources and content needed to reach and satisfy audiences and advertisers.
Most recently, Settles has focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by the unique Asian media environment. He has worked with media to develop sustainable media business models in Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Myanmar, as well as in Europe and North America. He was a honorary lecturer for three years at the JMSC before joining the faculty as adjunct professor.
Around the world, people are building independent news- and journalism-related technology and content businesses - and investors are investing in them. How do these investors see the world, how do the...
