Geoffrey Cowan is a professor at the University of Southern California, occupying the Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership at the Annenberg School for Communication. Cowan also directs USC’s Center on Communication Leadership and, from 1996 until July 2007, was the dean of the Annenberg School. Before joining USC, Cowan served under President Clinton as director of the Voice of America and director of the International Broadcasting Bureau. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Cowan has authored several award-winning books, including See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television and The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America’s Greatest Lawyer. Cowan spent his time at the Shorenstein Center examining new business models for news.
Executive session discusses new business models for news
October 29, 2009
October 29, 2009 — The Shorenstein Center presented an executive session on “How to Make Money in News: New Business Models for the 21st Century,” funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Read the Transcript (unedited) The first panel, “Reflections by Carnegie Researchers on New Business Models for News,” featured Robert Giles
