Styli CharalambousBattle for the future of media — Daily Maverick’s submission to the Competition CommissionThe Competition Commission of South Africa has launched a market inquiry into distributing media content on South Africa’s digital…13 min read·Mar 11, 2024----
Styli CharalambousNews Industry Meltdown: Market Failure or Creative Destruction?The recent tsunami of bad news about the news has raised an interesting question. Are we seeing the effects of a market failure playing…6 min read·Feb 8, 2024----
Styli CharalambousThese are the new laws that can help save and sustain journalism.Some countries’ constitutions specifically mention freedom of the press and access to information as a constitutional right. Others go even…14 min read·May 15, 2023----
Styli CharalambousinBootcampCase study: when data and design have a babyIt’s been five long years since Daily Maverick had a major design update to the home page and website. That was brought about with a…10 min read·Oct 12, 2021----
Styli CharalambousWhat the news media can learn from AmazonThe news media is no longer protected high-margin industry it once was. Where before a few players dominated each channel, we are faced…4 min read·Mar 18, 2021----
Styli CharalambousDigital news dance-off down underThe last few weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster for news publishers in Australia as the battle to strong-arm the proprietors of the…4 min read·Feb 24, 2021----
Styli CharalambousWhy strategy matters in a newsroomWhat is a strategy and how much of a role should it play in a newsroom? As a management concept, strategy has been the subject of many…3 min read·Feb 19, 2021----
Styli CharalambousThe ailing news media industry needs to do more than just survive (Part 6)In the final article of the series “Slaying the media sustainability monster,” I look at the role of and importance of technology as a…4 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
Styli CharalambousThe ailing news media industry needs to do more than just survive (Part 5)In a previous column addressing the funding issues facing the media industry, I looked at how we might structure media companies and…4 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
Styli CharalambousThe ailing news media industry needs to do more than just survive (Part 4)There is no conclusive view of just how much a CEO’s input can affect the performance of a company. Studies flip-flop between huge impact…3 min read·Jan 25, 2021----