Strategic options of public media – the experience of Polish Radio Gdańsk SA Cover Image

Opcje strategiczne mediów publicznych - doświadczenia Polskiego Radia Gdańsk SA
Strategic options of public media – the experience of Polish Radio Gdańsk SA

Author(s): Jan Kreft
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: public media; management; strategy; radio

Summary/Abstract: The inconstancy of business and competition models influence the need for constant redefining of media enterprises strategy. In case of polish regional radio station companies, the destabilization of subscription revenue and rules governing their division is an additional factor underlining the instability of management conditions. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that in the face of persistent destabilization of external factors, public media companies have limited strategic choices and may maximize their income by increasing activity in the advertising market and value co-creation with the users of media products. The paradox of those companies actions lies in the fact that they seek for stabilization of their financial situation in the highly competitive and unstable advertising market and that the forced competition with other commercial media must accompany carrying out the public media mission. Those solutions are based on the example of the Polish Radio Gdańsk SA.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-19
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish