Alamri  Musab, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Film in the Cinema and Theater Department at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

As a researcher in Saudi film industry studies, he earned his PhD in Film and Television Studies from the University of Nottingham, completing the first doctoral thesis on Saudi cinema.

Dr. Alamri has published three peer-reviewed research articles and two books on film development in Saudi Arabia. His research interests span film and media in MENA, government policies for cultural industries, and cultural identity in cinema. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee for Film Production programs at Princess Nourah University and leads projects in collaboration with Saudi government cultural initiatives.

is professor in Business Administration focused on Entrepreneurship and Business Development. She is also Director of the Media, Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC) at JIBS. She received her PhD from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She has held previous appointments at Warwick Business School, UK and the University of Bamberg, Germany. Prof. Achtenhagen is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Media Business Studies. Her main research and teaching are in the areas of strategy and organization studies as well as entrepreneurship. Currently, her research focuses on organizing/strategizing processes of continuously growing firms, analyses of discourses transmitted by newspapers, as well as open innovation. Her research has been published in numerous book chapters and journal articles.

She is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, University of Bucharest, Romania, where she teaches courses in marketing communications, media marketing, corporate and business PR, and communications. Her research covers several areas, including the intersection of communication and democratized forms of diplomacy, with a focus on public diplomacy, civil society diplomacy, and digital diplomacy; the transformation of the PR/comms profession and industry, particularly in relation to freelancers, PR agencies, and corporate communicators, and their intersection with digital and social media; and digital governmental communication. She is a member of EUPRERA, ICA, and ECREA and co-leads the Public Relations Education Network within EUPRERA.

Becerra Enrique P., PhD, is a tenured professor in the department of marketing at Texas State University, USA.
He served as the chair of the department from 2019 to 2023. He has published in several well-respected peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Advertising Research, and the European Journal of Marketing, among others. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Marketing Analytics, and The International Journal of Hispanic Media. He researches the effects of culture and ethnicity on consumers and retailers.

Bacovska Nedikj Jasna, Ph.D., is a full-time professor at the Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus” at the University “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, North Macedonia.
She specialises in the scientific field of theoretical legal sciences. Jasna Bachovska Nedikj graduated in law, received a master’s degree in law in the field of communications (master’s thesis: Political Propaganda in Democratic Systems), and a doctorate in the field of media and communications (doctoral thesis: Application of Research Methods in Journalism: A Sociological-Political Approach).

Bałandynowicz-Panfil Katarzyna, PhD in Economics, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sustainable Market Processes, Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk, Poland.
She implements and coordinates projects in the labor market and socio-cultural relations in cooperation with leading scientific and research institutions in Poland. Moreover, she has conducted international research projects with research centers in Hungary, Slovenia, and Romania. She is an expert in the cultural determinants of socio-economic development and aging societies, as well as a member of the Management Board of the Polish Gerontological Society, Gdańsk Branch, and a member of the Polish Demographic Society and the Polish Communication Association.

Baumann Sabine is a professor of digital business and vice president at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.
She is a scientific director at OFFIS Institute for Information Technology and an adjunct professor at Texas Tech University. Baumann is the former head of the Media Management, Economics & Entrepreneurship Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, former European Media Management Association board member, and editorial board member of the Journal of Media Business Studies and Journal of Media Innovations. She was editor of two Handbooks on Digital Business Ecosystems and founding editor of the IEEE TEMS Leadership BRIEFS.

Böhm Stephan is a professor of Telecommunication and Mobile Media at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany, and a visiting professor in Bangkok, Istanbul, and Australia.

Before joining academia in 2006, he worked for the leading strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in Berlin and Düsseldorf. He co-founded the CAEBUS Center for Advanced E-Business Studies and the Mobile Media Forum. His current research focuses on interactive and AI-based media innovations, technology acceptance research, and mobile HCI/UX. He is also the co-editor of a Springer book on AI-based media innovation.

Bomnüter Udo, PhD, is a media management and filmmaking professor at Macromedia University, Munich, Germany.

Together with Helmar Baum, managing partner of Valerian Film, an independent film company. His contributions have been published in the Journal of Media Business Studies (JOMBS) and the Springer Handbook of State Aid for Film, among others.

She is an associate professor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include media management/entrepreneurship, media industries, communication technology, and consumer behavior.

Her research aims to understand the competitive dynamics of the media marketplace, how new media change audiences’ media consumption patterns, and why audiences adopt or reject new communication technologies. It has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal on Media Management, the Journal of Media Economics, the International Journal of Communications, and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.

Chen Victoria Y., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication &
Graduate Institute of Telecommunications, National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan.

Her research focuses on news consumption behavior, digital journalism, and media economics. It has been published in prestigious journals such as Journalism, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication and Society, Journalism Practice, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Atlantic Journal of Communication, and The Agenda Setting Journal.

She was awarded two research awards: The Selection of Innovative Research and Development Results by Young Scholars Award and the Promising Young Scholar Research Award. She has published several articles about media literacy for high school students. Before receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, she was a TV show director at a national TV network in Taiwan. Before that, she was a journalist in a community media in Los Angeles, U.S.

Cramer Sebastian has been a research associate (since September 2024) at the chair of »Innovation Management and Media« at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany.
He previously completed a master’s degree in media management and a bachelor’s degree in communication science. His research interests lie in the entertainment sector, particularly investigating the influence of various factors on the commercial success of films, streaming content, and video games embedded in economic theories.

Is and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Information Studies (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), where he regularly teaches statistical inference classes. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Academic Librarianship (Elsevier) and has authored numerous publications on information culture in higher education, knowledge management, digital literacy and digital transformation. His current research interests include causal inference, bibliometrics, global university rankings, academic empowerment, and business process modeling.

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Doliwa Urszula, Prof, is head of the Department of Journalism at the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland.

She was Chair of the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Social Communication and Media Studies at the University of Warmia and Mazury from 2019 to 2022. A graduate of journalism from the University of Warsaw. She is the author of the books “Radio społeczne w Polsce” (2008), “Radio społeczne – trzeci obok publicznego i komercyjnego sektor radiowy” (2016), and “Pirate Waves: Polish Private Radio Broadcasting in the Period of Transformation 1989-1995” (2022).
Since 2021, she has been a Committee of Social Communication and Media Studies member at the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 2014 to 2019, she was the secretary, and from 2018 to 2020, she served as vice president of the Community Media Forum Europe. Since 2022, she has been a member of the advisory board of Prison Radio International. Since 2011, she has edited the journal Media – Culture – Social Communication.” Her research interests primarily relate to radio and sound art, civic media, and prison media. Since 2013, she has been hosting a program on Radio UWM FM dedicated to media called “Mediofon,” together with Dr. Marta Więckiewicz-Archacka.

Doyle Gillian, Professor of Media Economics and Director of MSc in Media Management at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

She is currently President of the WMEMC. Her research on media economics and policy and the impact of digitisation has been published in several languages. A former President of the Association for Cultural Economics International, Gillian has carried out, supervised, and contributed to studies funded by bodies such as the UK Research Council, the European Commission, the OECD, and the Council of Europe. Gillian is a recipient of the Journal of Media Economics Honour Award and the European Media Management Association prize for outstanding scholarship contributions.

Eisenbeis Uwe, PhD, is a Media Management and Economics Professor at Stuttgart Media University (Hochschule der Medien) Stuttgart, Germany.
He is a board member of the International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) and a member of the Institute „Creative Industries and Media Society (CREAM).” His research focus includes the impacts of technologies on media business models, technology adoption strategies, and digital revenue models.
Author of many articles and books on various management topics. He held speeches and presentations at international conferences and symposia, amongst others: International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA), World Media Economics and Management Conference (WMEMC), and European Media Management Association (EMMA).

Evens Tom, Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium.
He is the associate editor of the Journal of Media Business Studies and an editorial board member of Media Industries Journal and the Journal of Digital Media & Policy. He is the author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (2013, with Petros Iosifidis and Paul Smith), Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets (2018, with Karen Donders) and Sports Media Rights in the Age of Streaming and Platformisation (2025, with Paul Smith). His research concerns the economics and policies of digital media and technology, particularly on platformisation in the media industries.

Fange Kari Anne is an Associate Professor in Economics at Ostfold University College, Norway.
She holds a PhD in Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Before her academic career, she worked in public administration as an advisor at the Norwegian Media Authority. Fange’s research interests are primarily related to industrial organisation (IO) theory and market dynamics, precisely how various markets function regarding price development and competitive behaviors. Her work often explores the regulatory impacts on market structures and the effects of policy changes on consumer and producer behavior.

Gershon, Richard A., Ph.D., Ohio University, USA.
He is Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University, specialising in media business strategy and technology innovation. Dr. Gershon is an award-winning educator and writer. His most recent works include Digital Media and Innovation: Management Design Strategies in Communication, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2024). Dr. Gershon is a past recipient of the Steven H. Coltrin Professor of the Year award sponsored by the International Radio-Television Society and the Distinguished Teaching Award at Western Michigan University.

Guerrero Pérez Enrique is an Associate Professor at the School of Communication at the University of Navarra, Spain.
He is an editor of the scientific journal Communication & Society. In 2007, he specialised in Entertainment and Media Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2009, he earned his PhD in Communication with an extraordinary distinction from the University of Navarra, with a dissertation on the standardisation of audiovisual production processes and entertainment content. He has completed international research stays at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA, 2007), Bournemouth University (United Kingdom, 2011), the University of Texas at Austin (USA, 2013), and the University of Piura (Peru, 2016).
Additionally, he has participated in seven research projects and has received the FPU (University Faculty Training) and José Castillejo (international mobility) grants from the Spanish government. His main research focus includes the following areas: the audiovisual industry and market, audiovisual production processes, content management/programming, the impact of technological innovation on television and other streaming audiovisual services, audience habits, the development of entertainment formats (R&D), television history, and data science applied to media.

Guo Miao, PhD, Associate Professor in the Digital Media & Design Department at the University of Connecticut, USA.
She has published articles in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, International Journal on Media Management, Journal of Media Business Studies, Journalism Practice, Media and Communication, etc. Industry sponsors, including Time Warner Company, have funded Dr. Guo’s research. She also received the 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Research Grant Award, the 2016 BEA New Faculty Research Award, and the 2013 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Emerging Scholar Award. She has held leadership positions in professional associations, including the BEA and AEJMC. Her research interests include audience behavior, data analytics, communication technologies, and media economics and management.

Grönlund Mikko is a research Manager at the Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland.
With over 25 years of experience in media research, he focuses on media business models, economic development in communications, market concentration and ownership, the impact of digitalisation on media and creative industries, and the financial implications of copyright. His work has been published in various academic journals, and he has authored several reports, books, and book chapters on media economics and management.

Hanisch Megan is a research assistant at the Institute for Public Communication at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Salzgitter.
Since 2021, she has been a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Communication Science at the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg. Previously, she studied Communication Management (B. A.) at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and Strategic Communication (M. A.) at the University of Münster. Her main areas of work in teaching and research are practical journalism and strategic communication. The main research areas are currently digital transformation processes in journalism (especially from an economic perspective) and organisational communication changes in digitalisation and AI.

Harms Bianca is a professor at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands), specialising in transformational media.

She focuses on how media and marketing can support the transition toward broad societal prosperity. Since 2018, she has served as a board member of the European Media Management Association (emma) and is an active reviewer for several media and marketing journals. She hosted the emma Conference in 2024 and is currently a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Media Business Studies, set to be published in 2025.

Her academic research spans content marketing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication, and she is actively involved in applied research projects on sustainable marketing, persuasive communication for behavioural change, and media ethics. She maintains strong ties with the field and has a professional background in the media industry. Bianca also has extensive experience in higher education, having worked as a lecturer in marketing and media. As the founder and former dean of the Master’s program in Content & Media Strategy, she successfully led its growth, making it the largest applied master’s program in the economic domain in the Netherlands.

Jonathan Hendrickx, PhD, is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
His research concerns social media journalism. He has published extensively on digital journalism, the digitalisation of the news industry, and the institutional development of digital media.

Herfort Melanie, interim Professor of Marketing at the University of Applied Sciences for Media in Stuttgart, Germany.

She lectures in marketing, digital marketing, media marketing, innovation in marketing, and responsibility management. She holds a doctorate from the University of Bayreuth, where her research focused on the co-creation and co-destruction of value in the media agency industry. She researches media management, advertising agencies, and business-to-business marketing topics. Melanie has almost 20 years of experience in the media entertainment industry, including as Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications (EMEA) at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Hess Thomas is a Professor of Information Systems and Business Administration at LMU Munich, where he leads the Institute for Digital Management and New Media.
His research focuses on the digital transformation of companies and the management of media and IT companies. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and serves as co-editor of academic journals and textbooks. Additionally, he maintains strong ties to the industry through the Internet Business Cluster (IBC) and a supervisory board position.

Krishna Jayakar is a Professor and co-director of the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University. He is the author (with Dr. Chun Liu) of Making Policy for the New Information Economy:
Comparing China and India (2023) and numerous journal articles, conference presentations and invited talks on telecommunications policy and media economics.

He is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Information Policy, founded in 2011.

He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Telecommunications Council, Time Warner Cable, the Free Press Foundation, etc. At Penn State, Dr. Jayakar is the Head of the Department of Telecommunications and Media Industries in the Bellisario College of Communications. He is the faculty coordinator for the Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Consortium, a university-wide group for research and teaching on communications technologies for development. He was the 2020 recipient of the Barry Sherman Award for media economics education from the Media Economics, Management and Entrepreneurship Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Krishna received his undergraduate degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-BHU, India, and master’s and PhD degrees from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Kalpokas Ignas, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Communication at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
He is a visiting researcher at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He has authored or co-authored seven books, over 40 journal articles, and book chapters on these issues. His research focuses on the societal impact of AI and associated technologies, political communication, disinformation and fake news, and media theory.

Kammer Aske, PhD, Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark.
His research concerns the structural conditions of journalism and focuses on the intersection between editorial matters, management and economics, and (digital) technology. He has published extensively on the business of digital journalism, the digitalization and datafication of the news industry, and the institutional development of digital media.

Kim Dam Hee, Ph.D., University of Michigan, an Associate Professor in the College of Media and Communication at Korea University in South Korea.
Before joining the faculty at her alma mater, she was an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Arizona in the U.S. With her cross-disciplinary background in communication and business, Her research focuses on the social, political and business implications of individuals’ engagement with news and entertainment content in the evolving media environment.
Her recent projects seek to explain the performance of entertainment products through the theoretical lens of brand extension and country of origin. For instance, she has examined whether sequels and adaptations from existing work such as comic books and novels are more (or less) successful in terms of revenues and critical acclaim. She has also investigated how social media users discussed Parasite’s Oscars wins in English vs. Korean.

Kolo Castulus, Prof. of Media Management and the President of Macromedia University, Munich, Germany.
He has a doctorate in physics from research at CERN, Geneva, and a further doctorate in social anthropology from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. After extensive practice in applied research with Fraunhofer Society, he developed management experience in strategy consulting and as a board member of a publisher’s digital venture.
His publications generally focus on the preconditions, diffusion, and effects of media innovations. His current research focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence on the creative industries. He is a board member of the International Media Management Academic Association and President of the European Media Management Association.

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Kunz Reinhard, professor, dr. He has been chair holder of »Innovation Management and Media« at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar since March 2023.
His research interests lie in business administration and media management, primarily focusing on innovation. He deals with different aspects of innovation and media management of companies in the media, entertainment, information technology, and telecommunications industries. Following a behavioral science approach, individual and organisational behavior are explained and predicted. Additionally, the management of digital change and its impact on customers, companies, and society are examined. Practical implications for companies, managers, and decision-makers are derived.

is AI&DATA Director in Ringier Axel Springer Polska. He is a data scientist and AI manager with over 10 years of consulting experience. He has a track record of successfully delivering projects across a diverse range of industries varying from Banking through Telecommunication and Media ending on Life Science and Healthcare. Beyond his consulting experience, Marcin holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Uppsala University, reflecting his academic background and affinity for scientific research. This background has additionally allowed him to apply his AI knowledge to the field of biology and genetics, contributing to advancements in genomic analysis and personalized medicine.

is an Emmy-nominated digital culture expert, keynote speaker, and mental health advocate with over 1 million followers across platforms. As the founder of What’s Trending, a pioneering digital news brand with 3+ million followers, she has been shaping the creator economy and social media trends for two decades.

Shira has shared her expertise on stages like SXSW, VeeCon, CES and NAB. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology, honored on Variety’s Women of Impact list, and featured on NFTNow’s NFT100 Most Influential list. In 2020, Shira co-founded Peace Inside Live, a well-being organization, dedicated to crafting bespoke programs for forward-thinking companies and teams. She is also the co-author of The JOMO Journal: A Daily Practice for the Joy of Missing Out. This work led to the launch of Creators 4 Mental Health, an initiative focused on bringing mental health tools to the creator economy through events and community programming. She shares her insights in AI and the creator economy in her weekly newsletter, The Alpha. From 2018 to 2022, Shira illuminated airwaves as the host of the afternoon drive show, ‘Let’s Go There’, on CHANNEL Q—an Audacy Original Station and the award-winning LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network. Additionally, at Audacy, she conceived, executive produced, and hosted ‘Inside Web3’, which aired on KNX News.

Lee Jaejin, Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Florida.
She is an associate professor in the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University. Her research interests include consumer behavior, branding, socially responsible consumption, corporate social responsibility (CSR), new media, and health communication. She has published her research in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, Journal of Promotion Management, Journal of Marketing Communications, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Business and Management, etc.

Lehtisaari Katja is a journalism lecturer at Tampere University and an adjunct professor of media and communication studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Her research topics range from media business and media policy to journalism, often in an international, comparative setting. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C. Her publications include co-edited books, a wide range of chapters in edited books, and articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Leifheit Katja is a research assistant and Ph.D. student at Stuttgart Media University.
The main focus of her dissertation is the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the film and television industry. She holds a B.Eng. in Media Technology and an M.A. in Media Management from Stuttgart Media University. Furthermore, Katja greatly understands diversity management in media due to her time working as a Diversity Manager for a German public broadcaster.

has taught at the University of Tampere, George Washington University, Vienna University of Applied Sciences, Jonkoping International Business School in Sweden, and the University of Westminster. Now he teaches at Northwestern University in Qatar. He owns a high-level media management experience as senior advisor for corporate strategy and development at Yle Finland. Lowe holds a PhD in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in mass communication from Ohio State University. In addition to his academic posts, he served as president of the European Media Management Association, is continuity director for the RIPE International Initiative for Public Service Development in Media, and the President of International Media Management Academic Association. He took over as chair of the World Media Economics and Management Conference in 2018. His publications include 10 edited books and eBooks, as well as 45 refereed and scholarly publications on topics ranging from managing media firms to PSM, media finance, cross-border network issues, convergence, and challenges for theory development in the field. He is the series editor for the seven RIPE Readers published by Nordicom since 2003. Lowe was lead editor for a best-selling book published by Springer Scientific, titled Managing Media Firms and Industries: What’s so special about media management? He has also published numerous articles in i.e. Journal of Communication, European Journal of Communication, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Media Business Studies, and International Journal on Media Management.

Maciąg Rafał , Ph.D. in Humanities, professor at the Jagiellonian University, Poland.
He is an employee of the Institute of Information Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He is interested in social communication and media sciences in the field of social sciences. His research area includes theoretical models of knowledge built based on complexity theory, network theory, information in the context of technology, and the latest digital technologies, especially in natural language processing and digital transformation. His latest book is entitled Knowledge as a Tale: A Discursive Space” /Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2024./

is an Associate Professor at LUT University, Business School, Finland, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Trento, Italy, and DSW University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw, Poland. Her research focuses on strategic management and organizational renewal, particularly in the context of digital transformation, media responsibility, and sustainable business models in media organizations. Maijanen has conducted several longitudinal case studies in the media sector and brings valuable insight into the industry’s ongoing transformation, supported by her previous professional experience at the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Her current work explores how generative AI is reshaping journalistic and organizational practices. She served for several years on the executive board of the European Media Management Association (emma) and organized the emma Summer School at LUT Business School in 2023.

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Maslowska Ewa, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
She is also an Affiliate in the Institute of Communications Research, Informatics, and the Center for Social & Behavioral Science. Ewa’s research centers on customer engagement, personalisation, and word of mouth. She is interested in how people interact with digital platforms and the impact of technologies such as recommendation algorithms and platform design features. Additionally, she explores the ethical aspects of digital technologies and their persuasive qualities. Ewa earned her PhD in communication, focusing on personalised persuasive communication from the University of Amsterdam. She completed a postdoc at the Spiegel Center for Digital and Database Marketing at Northwestern University. She has a master’s degree in psychology from Jagiellonian University.

is attorney-in-law counsel and Co-head of the Media and Entertainment practice at WKB. She specialises in media law, including both regulatory and commercial aspects, and advises clients on legal aspects in the entertainment and information sectors. Paulina’s clients include television and radio broadcasters, press publishers, film distributors, content producers, and media rights holders. She is a recognised expert in the television market, advertising law (including marketing sensitive products and gambling), and sports sponsorship. Over her thirteen years, Paulina has represented clients in litigation involving defamation, copyright infringement (including collective rights management issues), press law, and unfair competition.
She is actively involved in legislative processes, particularly in the media and e-commerce sector. As a member of the ITECHLAW Association, Pailina is recognised among the leading media lawyers in Poland in the 2025 edition of Media Law International.

Matei Antonia, PhD in Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania.
She is a lecturer at FJSC-UB and has more than 10 years of experience as a reporter, host, and editor at Romanian Public Radio Station. She is interested in journalism research, professional roles and ethics, new technologies, and disinformation.

Materska-Samek Marta, Ph.D., Assistant professor and researcher at Jagiellonian University.
She is a guest researcher at the Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies CICANT (Lusofona University) in the context of the CresCine Horizon Europe project, with specialised expertise in the film and creative industries. Since earning her Ph.D. in Management Sciences from Jagiellonian University in 2016, Marta has been contributing to the development of multiple project such as EIT Culture & Creativity (2022–2023), PACESETTERS: Powering Artistic and Cultural Entrepreneurship to Drive The Climate Transition, and IMPULSE: IMmersive digitisation: uPcycling cULtural heritage towards new reviving strategies. As the Working Group for National Smart Specialisation 12 Creative Industries chairwoman at the Ministry of Development and Technology, Marta contributes to shaping policies in the creative sector.

Medina Mercedes, PhD at the University of Navarra, Spain.
She obtained a PhD in Communication from the University of Navarra and a Master in Arts in Communication from the University of Westminster. Moreover, she is a full-time professor at the Marketing and Media Management Department of the School of Communication at the University of Navarra (Spain).

is an associate professor of communications and media management at the Gabelli School of Business. Dr. Mierzejewska’s research and teaching focuses on media management and digitization, and its impact on media organizations and media workers. She is a recipient of the 2010 Sherman Teaching Award and the post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship. She presently is the editor of The International Journal on Media Management. Prior to joining Fordham, Dr. Mierzejewska taught and researched at the Media Management and Transformation Center, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden; and the Institute for Media and Communications Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is an accomplished speaker and conference host and a devoted educator.

Moraru-Buga Mădălina, Associate Professor and Director of the Advertising and Digital Communication Master Program at the University of Bucharest, Romania.
She has over 15 years of experience teaching advertising and is a member of Edcom – EACA, ECREA, and ESA. From 2010 to 2013, she received postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oklahoma, US, Staffordshire University and Buckinghamshire New University, UK. Between 2010 and 2013, she conducted a strategic European grant on glocalisation. During her activity, she authored many chapters, over 20 research articles, and two books focusing on myth, storytelling, and planning in advertising. She is active by getting involved in the Romanian industry’s projects and being invited to the most important events: Advertising Day, Fibra award, and member in Romanian Effie Juries.

He is a Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Puls Biznesu, where he is responsible for macroeconomic and sectoral analysis. He previously worked for many years as an economist in the banking sector. Between 2012 and 2016, he received multiple awards in rankings of top macroeconomic analysts, including twice placing on the podium in the analyst competition organized by Rzeczpospolita and the National Bank of Poland. In 2017, he was featured on the New Europe 100 list published by the Financial Times, highlighting the most innovative people in Central Europe. He was named one of the 10 most influential economists in Polish business by ThinkTank in both 2019 and 2022. In 2024, he was awarded Economist of the Year by the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers. In 2025, he received the prestigious Lesław A. Paga Award. He holds degrees in political science from the University of Warsaw and in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.

Nasta Luigi, Ph.D, an Assistant Professor of Management at John Cabot University, Rome, Italy.,
There, he teaches courses including “Principles of Management”, “Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries”, “Early-Stage Entrepreneurship”, and “Strategic Consulting”. Additionally, he serves as a Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Management at Luiss Business School (Rome, Italy), focusing on research activities within the Creative Industry Competence Center. He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of “Creative Industries and Business Model Innovation” at Luiss University (Rome, Italy). Prof. Nasta earned a Ph.D. in Management from the Department of Business and Management at Luiss University in Rome, Italy, where he also completed his M.Sc. in Management.

Nel François is an Associate Professor in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
He leads the Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme and helps manage the Institute for Creativity, Culture and Community and the Media Innovation Studio group. He also researches and supervises studies in a range of areas impacting innovation and sustainability in the news media ecosystem.

Ng Yee Man Margaret, Ph.D., Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Media, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Computer Science. Her research uses computational methods to examine technology use, social media, and platform migration.

Nguyen Huyen, Ph.D., a Teaching Assistant Professor at Kansas State University, USA,
She teaches courses in immersive storytelling, interactive journalism design, creative design, and content distribution. She defended her PhD at Ohio University in 2020.
Her research interests include the levels of interactivity in data-driven news stories, the financial performance of news firms, and common stock ownership in the media industry. Before entering academia, she was a magazine reporter and editor in Vietnam.

Nicoli Nicholas is a professor of Communication at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
His research interests focus on communication policy, platform strategies and the platformisation of media. His current research investigates the relationship between democracy, platform power, EU policies regarding the digital economy sector and their consequences for news media. Nicholas recently co-authored Digital democracy, Social Media and Disinformation with Professor Petros Iosifidis, published in 2021 by Routledge. He is on the editorial board of The Journal of Media Business Studies and The Journal of Digital Media & Policy.

Professor of Economics and the Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, emerit. He serves as the Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a research center focusing on management and policy issues in communications, internet, and media. Noam has published over 350 articles and 37 books, most recently including: Managing Media and Digital Organizations (Palgrave, 1.9 million downloads 2021); Media and Digital Management (Palgrave, 1.8 million downloads 2021); The Technology, Business, and Economics of Streaming Video (Elgar 2021); the award-winning books Who Owns the World’s Media (Oxford 2016) and The Content, Impact, and Regulation of Streaming Video (Elgar 2021); and the forthcoming Video 2040: Into the Next Generation of Media (Elgar, 2025). Noam was a regular columnist on Financial Times online. He served as Commissioner of Public Services for New York State, on the White House’s Presidential IT Advisory Board, and on governmental boards in Ireland and Sweden. He was President of the International Media Management Academic Association. Noam has been a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a commercially rated pilot. Noam received the degrees of AB, AM, Ph.D (Economics) and JD from Harvard University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Munich and the University of Marseilles Aix-la-Provence.

Osepashvili Dali, an aff. Prof. of journalism and mass communication and head of the Digital Media and Communication MA program at IBSU/International Blac Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
She is the author of 4 books and more than 60 research papers. Some of them are indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Her research interests included digital transformation of media, social media, journalism studies, transformation of news in the digital era, algorithms etc. Dali is a member of professional international associations, such as ECREA, ICA, and IAMCR.

Oksymets Viktoriia is a PhD candidate in communication at Vytautas Magnus University. Her research focuses on the governance of generative AI, its use in journalism, and the social aspects of technology.

Ollrog Marc-Christian, PhD, Associate Professor (since October 2016) of Journalism Studies at Ostfalia UAS in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
He studied journalism and history at the universities of Bielefeld and Leipzig. After graduating, he worked as a financial and business editor in Frankfurt in various positions. In 2013, he completed his doctorate with a thesis on media economics on newspapers’ dealings with shifting business models. There, he teaches and researches the theory and practice of journalism, currently focusing on issues of media economics and training didactics.

Perišin Tena, a professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb.
She is the founder of the Journalism Research Lab and on Student Television. She teaches television and multimedia journalism.

Price Schultz Cindy, Associate Professor and former head of Communication and Journalism at the University of Wyoming, USA.
She is an editorial board member of the International Journal on Media Management and a reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Media Economics and Media Business Studies. She teaches public relations and advertising and is the former head of the Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She published an investigation of US digital news business models and studied digital news in Kazakhstan. Her research emphasises media management, especially online news.

Rattanakorn Rath is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Bauhaus-University Weimar’s Chair of Marketing and Media.
Alongside Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes, Mr. Rattanakorn designs courses on empirical market research and supervises research projects and Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. He completed his Bachelor’s in Sports, Media and Event Management at the ASCENSO Akademie in Palma de Mallorca and the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. During his studies, he gained professional experience through internships at the BMW Group in Munich and Bangkok, where he worked in brand experience and marketing. He completed his Master’s degree in Media Management with distinction.

Rauch Maxi-Josephine is a PhD student at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the field of ‘Digital Economies’ at the Department of Media Management of the Faculty of Media, Germany.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Book and Media Economics and a Master of Arts in Media Management. Her research focuses on public platforms and transforming public service media (PSM) into platforms. She has analysed current platform proposals for PSM in Germany and investigated drivers and barriers in analogous areas such as public education and administration platforms.

Riemann Robin, a research Associate at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany.
He works at the Department of Communication (Media Business Division). His dissertation project revolves around the role of audience analytics in digital journalism and media production. Previously, Robin worked for the German Public Service Media ZDF as an online editor. He holds a Master’s degree in Communication Research from Johannes Gutenberg Universität and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication. Beyond his primary focus, his research interests are the willingness to pay for journalism and the dynamics of online advertising. ORCID: 0000-0002-8417-1389

Rösch Jürgen, PhD, Junior Professor for ‘Digital Economies’ at the Department of Media Management in the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany.
He holds a Diploma in International Economics, a Master of International Business, and a PhD from the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Policy at Heinrich Heine University. In his work, Jürgen Rösch focuses on the specifics and characteristics of digital platforms. His research focuses on different aspects of platforms and areas such as B2B, public, circular, governance, and politics. He also conducts research in the fields of sports economics and creative and cultural economics.

Anna Sámelová, PhD., Assoc. Prof. at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

She is the director of the Section of News and Current Affairs of the Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS, public-service broadcaster); a radio and television journalist with 33 years of experience in the field; the author of 3 monographs on RTVS, co-author of both current codes of ethics in journalism in Slovakia – national (The Journalist’s Code of Ethics) and public-service (The Statute of Program Employees and Associates of the Radio and Television of Slovakia). 
She has connected her academic work with applied practice and vice versa in 4 completed and 2 ongoing grant-funded research projects focusing on the issues of power and truth in media, editorial responsibility within “mediatization” of the world, the changes in human cognition within media-mediated communication after the rise of online media. She was a co-founder of the International Press Institute Slovakia (2008), a member of the National Communication Committee for the Introduction of the Euro in the Slovak Republic (2006 – 2009), currently, she is an individual member of ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association and a regular member of the Slovak Philosophical Association at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Schmidt Tobias, PhD student at the chair for Management Accounting and Control of the department of Business and Economics at TU Dortmund University, Germany.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Social Sciences and a Master of Arts in Philosophy of Science. He has over ten years of experience as a reporter and managing editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Publishing House and the German Press Agency (dpa). His interdisciplinary research focuses on management controls in media companies and integrating non-financial objectives into management accounting.

is the Co-Founder of UNXNOWN, a marketing and media studio. Its clients include Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE), CAA, Google, Tishman Speyer, The Duchess of York, FAENA, and Alok. He is also a partner and Chief Strategy Officer at NETWORK, the College Sports Marketing and Athlete Management Agency. In 2016, he co-founded Subnation, a digital media agency that worked with Amazon, NASCAR, Saks Fifth Avenue, NBC Universal, Victoria’s Secret, Mythical Games, FOX, Mastercard and the State of North Carolina. Doug is also Founding Partner of Culture Group, agency based in Singapore, which manages the cultural strategy for Coca-Cola, Spotify, Nike, Amazon, Globe Telecom, Riot Games, ESPN and Tencent among others. Prior to founding Culture Group, he served as EVP Marketing & Brand Solutions for Endeavor. Along with Doug’s work in Global Brand Partnerships, he supported all of the marketing needs across the Company’s Events, Properties, Licensing and Talent divisions including projects such as ELEAGUE, Miss Universe, The Miami Open, Professional Bull Riders, Color Run, Frieze Art Fair, and Serena Williams. Before Endeavor, Doug was Founder and President of WPP’s Ogilvy Entertainment. Programs and partnerships Doug established and led include Watson vs. Jeopardy for IBM in partnership with i.e. Sony Pictures Television; The Power of Shunya for DuPont with Times Television Network. He has earned over 60 awards from competitions like Cannes Lions, London International Awards, Effie Worldwide, CLIO Awards, The Webby’s and The One Show. Doug was nominated for an Emmy for Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on CNN. He is the Co-Founder of the Museum of Advertising and an active member to start-ups. Doug is an active industry speaker and has guest lectured, too.

Seipp Theresa Josephine, PhD, is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

She is also the lead of the legal cluster and part of the research team at the AI, Media & Democracy Lab. Her primary research interests center on the normative and legal challenges associated with AI in local journalism, media concentration, platform-media dependencies, and European media law and policy.

He is a manager with extensive experience in international cooperation, commercial communications and media strategies. For many years, he was associated with public service TV broadcaster Telewizja Polska SA, where he served as deputy director of the Management Office and the International Cooperation Office, responsible for international institutional relations, license sales and cooperation with foreign partners. In the past, he also worked with companies in the IT sector, implementing projects related to marketing communications and corporate development strategy. Currently, at TVP SA, he serves as deputy director of the Corporate Affairs Office.

Shay Ronen is an assistant professor in the Communications and Media Management program at the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York, USA.

Simões David, M.A., is a research Associate and Adjunct Lecturer in Digital Economy at Stuttgart Media University (Hochschule der Medien) Stuttgart, Germany.
His research focus includes the impacts of technologies on media business models, technology adoption strategies, and digital revenue models.

Stecko-Żukowska Agnieszka is a PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the University of Warsaw.
She is working on a dissertation about alternative social media and imagined and anticipated futures of the Internet. Using anthropological and ethnographical tools, she examines new phenomena in advertising, marketing, new media, and technology. She is a cultural studies graduate of the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw.

Szymonek Joanna is a PhD at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland.
The organisational researcher and expert in human rights management systems. Academic teacher in strategic management, human rights, social dialogue, media management and audience management. Cooperate with variety stakeholders i.e business, civil society orgnisations, media, social partners, public administration and academia.

Professor of Jagiellonian University, media expert, specialist in the field of media management and information management. She works at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University. Head of the Department of International Communication and Media. Vice-Dean for Educational Affairs at the Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University. Member of the editorial team of the “Zeszyty Prasoznawcze” , the oldest media studies journal in Poland. Research interests: management of media organisations, media economics, and changes in the functioning of the media market, process of media digitization, and information management (with particular emphasis on information in the public sector). University lecturer, author of award-winning monographs and numerous of scientific publications on media functioning and information management.

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Taneja Harsh is an associate Professor of New and Emerging Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.
His research focuses on media industries and audiences. Given the growth in media choices, he is interested in how audiences are formed. He also closely tracks the implications of changing audience measurement practices in the industry as media forms and technologies evolve.

Wilczek Bartosz, PhD, a PostDoc at the Department of Media and Communication at the LMU Munich, Germany.
In his research and teaching, he focuses on how (Gen)AI technologies are adopted in different media sectors and how such technologies are transforming value chains and revenue streams. Moreover, he coordinates the international and interdisciplinary research project “Towards Responsible AI in Local Journalism,” funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

(PhD) is professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, where he co-leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group. He holds a secondary appointment at the University of Gothenburg and is the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism (2018-). He specializes in digital journalism, fact-checking, platformization, media management, news consumption, and mobile media.

Wilkinson Kenton T, regents Professor and Director of the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic & International Communication in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University, USA.
His research interests include international communication, U.S. Hispanic/Latino-oriented media and health communication. He was recently Co-PI on an externally funded research project addressing the circulation of disinformation about health issues among Hispanic/Latino populations living in the South Plains of Texas. His book, Spanish-Language Television in the United States: Fifty Years of Development, was published by Routledge in 2015.

van Kranenburg Hans is a full professor of Strategic Management, particularly Corporate Strategy, at Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, the Netherlands.
He is head of the Department of Business Administration. He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Reuters Institute and Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), the Media Management and Transformation Center at Jönköping International Business School (Sweden), University of Navarra (Spain), and the University of Chicago (USA). He published on market and nonmarket strategic behavior of organisations, stakeholder management, industry dynamics, alliances and networks, sustainability, energy and digitalisation transitions.

Voci Denise, PhD., is a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
She received her Ph.D. in media and communication studies, focusing on media economics and cross-border media management. Her research interests include media economics and media management, currently focusing on the transformation process caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in these areas, as well as media sustainability and environmental communication.

Vujkov Milorad is a seasoned media professional with extensive experience in television journalism, program promotion, and public relations. He has established a distinguished presence in the media industry, specialising in communication strategies and promotional activities for the Public Television-Radio Television of Vojvodina.
His expertise encompasses content creation, audience engagement, and branding, ensuring that television programs effectively reach and resonate with viewers. Presently, he leads a department focused on program promotion and public relations, managing all facets of communication, from crafting compelling promotional content for television and social media to developing successful marketing campaigns.
His in-depth understanding of the television industry enables him to create informative and engaging content. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, he has contributed to numerous projects, including promotional campaigns for TV shows, films, and special programs.

Zabel Christian, Professor for Innovation and Corporate Management at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences since 2016.
His research focuses on the digital transformation of media companies, the production and distribution of digital media and the development of digital markets and ecosystems (including streaming services, VR, influencer marketing and online advertising). He regularly publishes in internationally renowned journals, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Media Economics or European Journal of Innovation Management. Previously, he headed the product management of t-online.de, Germany’s largest online publisher. From 2008 to 2012, he was executive assistant to Deutsche Telekom’s CEO René Obermann, overseeing strategic cooperation with the media industry. Christian Zabel studied journalism in Dortmund and Brussels and political science at Sciences-Po Paris (IEP).

earned his first Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University and his second Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies from Bowling Green State University. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Media Economics. His research interests include the measurement of media reputation, the impacts of media on economy and business, the diffusion of information and communication technologies, audience research, and big data and machine learning in communication research. He has more than 50 publications in journals and books, and received 14 top paper awards from academic conferences.

Zwingmann Nina is a PhD candidate at LMU Munich researching the transformative impact of generative AI on the media industry.
She holds a master’s degree in Management, Technology, and Digital Media and co-teaches the “Managing Digital Media” master’s course with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess. Her work examines how generative AI reshapes media production, distribution, and consumption, how companies adapt to these shifts, and the economic and social challenges that arise. Drawing on her practical experience in a media organisation, she aims to advance academic discourse and offer actionable insights for media companies.