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Impact of Media Ownership on News Coverage

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  • Simi Kedia

    (Rutgers Business School, Newark, New Jersey 07102)

  • Gunchang Kim

    (Institute of Financial Studies, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 610074, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China)

Abstract

This paper examines whether ownership by media conglomerates impacts business news reporting. To address this question, we take advantage of a unique setting when in 2007 the ownership of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) was transferred to News Corp., a media conglomerate with broad business interests. We find that, after the acquisition, WSJ’s sentiment toward competitors of News Corp. became significantly negative in comparison with similar reporting conducted by The New York Times . Further, WSJ’s reporting influences stock prices and is associated with more profitable insider trading. This evidence suggests that ownership by media conglomerates likely influences the nature of business news coverage.

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  • Simi Kedia & Gunchang Kim, 2024. "Impact of Media Ownership on News Coverage," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 70(9), pages 5627-5645, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:70:y:2024:i:9:p:5627-5645
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2022.00653
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