Koleman Strumpf's Media mentions

Opinion pieces are found here.

If you find a stale link, please let me know and I can send you a cached copy of the article.

Local economic development
- New York Times "Why Midsize Cities Struggle to Catch Up to Superstar Cities" (16 July 2019). See also summary in NY Times Dealbook, 17 July 2019.
- Winston-Salem Journal "New York Times article offers mixed view of Winston-Salem" (17 July 2019).
World War II Spending
- Vox "5 lessons from World War II for the coronavirus response" (10 April 2020).
File Sharing
- Major Media
  - NPR (Freakonomics Radio). "How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)" (10 April 2019). See "a pair of economists" at 9:45.
  - The Hollywood Reporter. "Galloway on Film: Lies, Damned Lies and (Hollywood) Statistics" (22 August 2016).
  - Wall Street Journal. "Curse of the Greedy Copyright Holders " (9 July 2010).
  - ABAJournal. "The Record Business Blues" (June 2010).
  - Billboard.biz. "Researchers Change Tune, Now Say P2P Has Negative Impact" (22 June 2010).
  - Le Monde (translation). "Le piratage fera-t-il 1,2 million de chômeurs en Europe en 2015 ?" (19 March 2010).
  - Billboard.biz "Harvard Paper on P2P Flawed But Worth Reading " (19 June 2009).
  - New York Times (ReadWriteWeb). "Study: Piracy Does Not Deter the Production of Music, Films, Books" (17 June 2009).
  - Spin Magazine "Hitting the Jackpot" (April 2008). This article is about business models for digital downloads.
  - The Atlantic Monthly"Primary Sources" (September 2007).
  - Billboard. "Fuzzy Math" (1 July 2006).
  - WUNC-TV. UNC Symposium on Intellectual Property, Creativity and the Innovation Process (March 2006). Sadly the video is not available in this cached version. Roger McGuinn from the Byrds (among other luminaries) was on the panel with me.
  - New York Times. "Does a Free Download Equal a Lost Sale?" (21 November 2004).
  - Wall Street Journal. "Film Industry Vows Crackdown on Online Movie Thieves" (5 November 2004).
  - ABC Nightline. Video file (real audio). (24 September 2004).
  - Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). "The many colors of multimedia security" (December 2004: volume 47, 25-29).
  - Macleans. "Plying the Pirates" (19 July 2004).
  - Washington Post. "License to Steal?" (27 June 2004).
  - US Senate Committe on Commerce, Science & Transportation. Research cited in testimony (23 June 2004).
  - New York Times (Op-Ed). "Share the Music" (25 June 2004).
  - Wired. "Streaming Media" (June 2004).
  - USA Today. "Online music plunges into mainstream" (17 May 2004).
  - Washington Post. "Musicians Score a Date With Lobbyists" (6 May 2004).
  - ABC World News Tonight. Video file (26 April 2004).
  - New York Times (Op-Ed). "The Recording Industry Soldiers On Against Illegal Downloading" (17 April 2004).
  - Variety. "EU offloads downloads in weighing merger" (15 April 2004).
  - CNBC (Kudlow and Cramer). Transcript of TV interview (8 April 2004).
  - BBC News. "Music sales decline again in 2003" (7 April 2004).
  - PC Magazine. "Congress Targets Digital Pirates" (6 April 2004).
  - Financial Times. "Downloads may even speed up album sales" (6 April 2004).
  - Technology Review. "Don’t Blame Downloads for Sagging CD Sales" (5 April 2004).
  - Rolling Stone. "File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap?" (5 April 2004).
  - New York Times. "A Heretical View of File Sharing." (5 April 2004).
  - Christian Science Monitor. "New haven for free music: Canada" (2 April 2004).
  - Chicago Tribune. "Study has upbeat news about illegal downloads" (2 April 2004).
  - Los Angeles Times. "File Sharing Ruled Legal in Canada" (1 April 2004).
  - International Herald Tribune. "Study finds downloads don't hurt music sales" (1 April 2004).
  - Boston Globe. "Study: File downloads don't affect sales of CDs" (31 March 2004).
  - USA Today. "Charges of song swapping go global" (30 March 2004).
  - MTV. "Don't Blame File-Sharing For Slumping CD Sales, Study Says" (30 March 2004).
  - Wired. "Maybe the Music's Just Lousy?" (30 March 2004).
  - Washington Post. "Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales" (29 March 2004).
  - HBS press release. (27 March 2004).
- Metanews, Blogs, Internet News
  - Advanced Television. "Economist: ‘File sharing modest impact on box office revenue'" (16 July 2014).
  - TorrentFreak. "File-sharing doesn’t hurt box office revenue, research finds" (15 July 2014).
  - The Register. "BitTorrent not to blame for movie revenues, says economist" (15 July 2014).
  - Boy Genius (BGR). "Shocker: Extensive new study says movie piracy isn’t that harmful to Hollywood" (15 Jul 2014).
  - AfterDawn. "Economist: Piracy has no effect on box office results" (15 Jul 2014).
  - BoingBoing. "Economist examines empirical evidence of file-sharing on box-office revenue" (14 July 2014).
  - Slashdot. "Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most" (14 July 2014).
  - Wall Street Journal: The Numbers Guy (WSJ Blog). "Putting a Price Tag on Film Piracy" (5 April 2013).
  - Yglesias. "File Sharing, Copyright, and Production" (22 June 2010).
  - ars technica. "File-sharing has weakened copyright--and helped society" (21 June 2010).
  - Tech Dirt. "Updated Research Showing, Yet Again, That Weaker Copyright Has Benefited Culture And Society" (21 June 2010).
  - Tech Dirt. "Response To The White House's Request For Feedback On IP Enforcement" (24 March 2010).
  - Slashdot. "Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society" (18 June 2009).
  - ars technica. "Researchers conclude piracy not stifling content creation" (18 June 2009).
  - Tech Dirt. "Yet Another Study Shows That Weaker Copyright Benefits Everyone" (17 June 2009).
  - Google. Sample of stories. Additional links: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] (20 April 2004).
  - Google. Sample of stories (10 April 2004).
  - Yahoo. Featured story on Yahoo home page (31 March 2004).
  - Slashdot. "Study: MP3 Sharing Not Serious Threat To CD Sales" -- thread on my research (30 March 2004).
  - Google. Sample of stories (30 March 2004).
  - CNet. "Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says" (29 March 2004).
  - BoingBoing. A Directory of Wonderful Things (29 March 2004).
- Invited Lecture
  - Duke Law School, Center for the Study of the Public Domain. "The Effect of File Sharing on the Sale of Entertainment Products: The Case of Recorded Music and Movies." Video stream of lecture (real audio). (23 January 2006).
- Detailed and Early Articles
  - Independent Weekly. "Big-budget action download" (1 February 2006).
  - Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Listen to the flip side" (22 July 2004).
  - News & Observer. "Music industry in uproar over UNC research" (14 April 2004).
  - Independent Weekly. "The down low on downloads." (11 February 2004).
  - Endeavors overview of my research (Winter 2004). BTW, the "Carrboro, North Carolina, music club" which I am standing in front of is the awesome Cat's Cradle. Reprinted in the University Gazette (18 February 2004).
  - St. Petersburg Times editorial (25 July 2003).
- Audio Interviews
  - Bloomberg Radio. Long audio interview on wbbr (21 April 2004).
  - NPR. Kojo Nnamdi's Tech Tuesday, WAMU (20 April 2004).
  - Inside Digital Media (real audio -- may require Internet Explorer). "File Sharing Impact On CD Sales" (8 April 2004).
  - NPR (All Things Considered). "Study: Internet Hasn't Hurt CD Sales." (30 March 2004).
  - Inside Digital Media on-line interview (8 August 2003). Sorry, no longer available :(
- Record Industry Response
  - Reuters (Billboard). "RIAA Says Study Falls Short" (9 April 2004).
  - Arizona Republic. "Record industry pooh-poohs file-swap study" (2 April 2004).
  - RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America (30 March 2004).
  - IFPI. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (30 March 2004).
- International
  - La Presse (translation). Canada (9 September 2014).
  - Die Zeit (translation). Germany (24 Feb 2012).
  - Le Monde, Norweigian edition (translation). Norway (30 October 2009).
  - EL PAÍS. Spain (28 August 2009).
  - América Economía. Chile (6 August 2009).
  - The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia (15 October 2007).
  - The Jakarta Post. Indonesia (15 November 2005).
  - Bangkok Post. Thailand. Op-Ed (3 October 2005).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (27 July 2005).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (29 June 2005). Reprinted in Taipei Times (4 July 2005).
  - Taipei Times. Taiwan (26 July 2004).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (7 June 2004).
  - Melodick. France (April 2004).
  - Sydney Morning Herald. Australia (20 April 2004).
  - The Daily Telegraph. London, UK (10 April 2004).
  - Calgary Herald. Canada (10 April 2004).
  - IAfrica. South Africa (7 April 2004).
  - The Indian Express. India (6 April 2004).
  - Guardian Unlimited. UK (5 April 2004).
  - The Straits Times. Singapore (4 April 2004).
  - Liberation. France (3 April 2004).
  - The Toronto Sun. Canada (2 April 2004).
  - The Gazette. Montreal, Canada (1 April 2004).
  - The Independent. London, UK (31 March 2004).
  - Digital Media News for Europe. (31 March 2004).
  - NME. UK's Rolling Stone (31 March 2004).
  - The Register. UK (30 March 2004).
- Other
  - The Ringer "Streaming Exclusives May Be Making the Music Piracy Problem Even Worse" (18 August 2016)
  - Streaming Media Magazine "Taking Steps to Fight Piracy in Online Video" (June-July 2013)
  - Forbes "There's No Fixing SOPA And PIPA; Time To Start Over" (25 Jan 2012)
  - RealClearPolitics "Copyright Enforcement Debate Misses Big Picture" (24 Jan 2012)
  - St. Louis Post Dispatch "Piracy fight pits new media against old, and new is winning" (22 Jan 2012)
  - Magix Magazine "Operation `In Our Sites' and why it matters" (12 August 2010).
  - Information Week "Economists List File Sharing's Benefits" (17 June 2009).
  - Fox 4 (KC TV) "Free Music Helps Propel Struggling Bands Into Spotlight" (30 April 2008). Video link in box in the middle of the page.
  - [Condé Nast] Portfolio. "The Pirates Can't Be Stopped" (February 2008).
  - Decatur Daily. "Digital downloads remaking music industry" (11 October 2007).
  - PC magazine. "The Price of Piracy" (10 October 2007).
  - The Tennessean. "Commentary" (6 April 2007).
  - The [Ontario] Record. "The CD vs. the Web" (15 February 2007).
  - Austin American-Statesman. "Download TKO" (8 February 2007).
  - Charlotte Observer. "Record company recalls CDs" (28 November 2005).
  - Charlotte Observer. "Rulings on cable lines, file sharing affect you" (28 June 2005).
  - Charlotte Observer. "How Music Sharing Works" (29 March 2005).
  - Law.com. "Top Attorneys Tapped for High Court Tech Cases" (28 March 2005).
  - LA Weekly. "3 Myths About the Recording Industry Debunked" (24-30 September 2004).
  - UPI/Washington Times (Op-Ed). "Commentary: Hill vs. Constitution and reality" (30 June 2004).
  - HBS Working Knowledge. "Music Downloads: Pirates--or Customers?" (21 June 2004).
  - Cato Institute Conference. "The Law and Economics of File Sharing and P2P Networks." Includes Real Audio streams of talks(17 June 2004).
  - Relix. "The Perfect Storm to the Recording Industry" (June 2004).
  - Alternet. "Filesharing Is Not the Enemy" (14 May 2004). Reprinted in Utne Magazine (20 May 2004).
  - Sarasota Herald Tribune (Op-Ed). "Online bogeyman? Study suggests record industry exaggerates threat" (20 April 2004).
  - Tampa Tribune. "Study Says File Sharers Not Hurting CD Sales" (19 April 2004).
  - New York Newsday (Op-Ed). "Piracy is not the problem" (11 April 2004).
  - San Jose Mercury News (AP). "U.S. music sales turnaround continued in first quarter of 2004" (10 April 2004).
  - Boston Herald. "Same old tune: Blame downloads" (8 April 2004).
  - Stereophile. "Canadian Judge: Downloads OK" (5 April 2004).
  - UPI. "Paying music downloaders triple" (31 March 2004).
  - San Francisco Chronicle. "DAILY DIGEST: Internet not to blame for slow music sales" (30 March 2004).
  - New Scientist. "Net music piracy 'does not harm record sales'" (30 March 2004).
- Funny
  - The Nation (Thailand). "Consumers’ rights versus corporations’ illusions" (20 September 2004).
  - Cleveland Scene. "Harvard's Got Game" (14 April 2004).
  - Knight-Ridder Newspapers. "Math professors' study of music downloads doesn't add up" (9 April 2004).
  - Brian's Culture Blog. "Mad Professors" (5 April 2004).
  - Harry Shearer's Le Show. Real audio file (4 April 2004).
Political and Corporate futures markets
- Financial Times (10 November 2023)
- Wall Street Journal (1 November 2023)
- Vixio Regulatory Intelligence [subscription required, cached copy] (15 August 2023)
- New York Times (4 November 2022)
- New Yorker (3 November 2022)
- Wall Street Journal (26 October 2022)
- NPR (19 September 2022). The Takeaway, extended interview with my colleague Melissa Harris-Perry
- Politico (5 September 2022)
- Vixio Regulatory Intelligence [subscription required, cached copy] (14 September 2022)
- PlayUSA (20 November 2020).
- OnlineGamblling.com (16 November 2020).
- Bloomberg Businessweek (30 October 2020).
- LesEchos (France) (30 October 2020).
- Forbes (29 October 2020).
- NewStatesman (26 October 2020).
- Action Network (3 March 2020).
- Legal Sports Report (18 February 2020).
- (New York) Observer (20 October 2019).
- Bloomberg Businessweek (1 August 2019).
- Washington Examiner (19 March 2019).
- TheStreet (11 November 2016).
- KU Press release (10 Nov 2016).
- NY Daily News (3 November 2016).
- WAPI-AM, Birmingham AL (Richard Dixon show, no audio available) (1 February 2016).
- attn: (31 January 2016).
- The Economist (2 January 2016)
- attn: (14 January 2016)
- Vice News (3 December 2015)
- BloombergView (13 May 2015)
- BloombergBusiness (17 Feb 2015)
- Buzzfeed (20 Feb 2014)
- KPSI Radio (Morning Show with Steve Kelly, no audio available) (2 November 2012)
- Global News (Canada) (26 October 2012)
- NPR (Planet Money) (25 October 2012)
- Reuters (24 October 2012)
- Huffington Post (24 October 2012)
- Daily Caller (23 October 2012)
- NPR (All Things Considered) (19 October 2012)
- ABC News (7 August 2012)
- Bloomberg (29 June 2012)
- ABC News: 23 June 2012, 26 June 2012
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (17 January 2012).
- Boston Globe op-ed (30 Dec 2011). Reprinted in Philadelphia Inquirer (3 January 2012).
- Politico (19 December 2011).
- Huffington Post (28 October 2010).
- Handelsblatt (Germany) (translation). (5 November 2009).
- CNET (4 November 2008).
- Blogs:
  - Freakonomics (3 November 2008).
  - Huffington Post (3 November 2008).
  - Huffington Post (2 November 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (MarketWatch) (3 November 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (MarketWatch) (2 November 2008).
- Bloomberg (1 November 2008).
- Slate (26 September 2008).
- Business Week (26 June 2008).
- Harvard Political Review (Spring 2008).
- Fox 4 (KC TV) (21 April 2008). video link in box in the middle of the page.
- CNN transcript and video (16 February 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (9 January 2008).
- Slate (7 July 2007).
- Financial Times (29 June 2007).
- Crain's Pensions & Investments (25 June 2007).
- NY Daily News (27 May 2007).
- Wall Street Journal (20 October 2006). See "A study by economists at the University of North Carolina."
- Investors Business Daily (19 September 2006).
- CNNMoney.com (Business 2.0 Magazine) (13 September 2006).
- San Antonio Express-News (4 September 2006). This is on hurricane futures.
- Baltimore Daily Record (25 August 2006).
- Boston Hera (29 December 2005).
- CNET/ZDNet (3 November 2004).
- Wall Street Journal (2 November 2004).
- NY Sun (2 November 2004).
- Independent On Sunday (London) (31 October 2004).
- The Economist (30 October 2004).
- Rocky Mountain News (30 October 2004). Reprinted in Capitol Hill Blue (31 October 2004).
- Los Angeles Times (29 October 2004). Reprinted in the Boston Globe (31 October 2004), Seattle Times (30 October 2004), Arizona Republic (29 October 2004).
- NPR (Marketplace, Morning Report)-- real audio format (28 October 2004). Text overview of story.
- CNN (28 October 2004). Transcript only (look for "Coleman Strumph").
- The Journal News (27 October 2004).
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (26 October 2004). Circulated on Scripps Howard News Service.
- Reuters (20 October 2004). Appeared in Houston Chronicle (20 October 2004), Indian Express (India) (21 October 2004).
- National Business Review (NZ) (19 October 2004).
- National Review (8 October 2004).
- MSNBC (10 September 2004).
- Bloomberg (31 August 2004).
- Science (Vol 305, Issue 5684, 603, 30 July 2004).
- Science Now (on-line cousin of Science) (27 July 2004).
- Science News (18 October 2003).
Sports gambling
- The Los Angeles Times (1 April 2024).
- The Times of London (9 January 2023)
- The Dallas Morning News (27 December 2022)
- New York Times (20 November 2022)
- Forbes (22 November 2019)
- SABR (June 2019). Newsletter version
- Supreme Court of the United States (Nos. 16-476 & 16-477). GOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER J. CHRISTIE, et al., Petitioners, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et al., Respondents (5 September 2017, case argued 4 December 2017).
- The Star-Ledger (2 Feb 2014).
- GamblingCompliance (30 March 2011).
- GamblingCompliance (9 November 2009).
- Delaware News Journal (26 July 2009).
- Financial Times (24 July 2006).
- Durham Herald Sun (18 March 2006).
- Hartford Courant (15 March 2006).
- Newsfactor Magazine (23 February 2006).
- The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (28 August 2005).
- Charlotte Observer (16 May 2005).
- Scranton Times Tribune (28 December 2004).
- Wall Street Journal (9 December 2004).
- Yahoo Financial News (15 September 2004). BETonSPORTS plc National Public Policy Initiative.
- News & Observer (7 July 2004). Internet wagering (poker). Reprinted in Albuquerque Tribune (18 August 2004), Sun Herald (2 September 2004).
- Las Vegas Review-Journal (19 June 2004). Internet wagering.
- Philadelphia Inquirer (12 April 2004).
- MSNBC (1 April 2004). Internet wagering (WTO ruling).
- National Journal (1 November 2003). Bookies in DC.
- Op-ed on internet wagering.
  - Chicago Sun-Times (28 February 2004).
  - Desert Dispatch (20 February 2004).
  - Fox News (10 February 2004).
  - CBS market watch (23 January 2004).
  - Cato techknowledge op-ed (23 January 2004).
- Superbowl betting.
  - Chicago Sun-Times (1 February 2004).
  - Denver Post (30 January 2004).
  - Charlotte Observer (23 January 2004).
  - NBC-17 tv story (video, real audio format) on superbowl betting. There is also an accompanying article (20 January 2004).
  - WHYY (Philadelphia NPR) Radio Times interview (real audio format) on superbowl betting. I apologize for the horrible fight song at the beginning, though on the bright side a Massive Attack song is played right before my intro (16 January 2004).
- C-Span interview (25 October 2003). I discuss U.S. policy on internet sports gambling and field phone calls from around the world in this 45 minute segment. The segment is available as streaming video or a transcript.
- Cato conference: On-line gambling (23 October 2003). Featured speaker was Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass). The whole conference can be streamed (video, real audio format).
- University Gazette article (18 February 2004)
- News and Observer article (7 July 2003)
- AP story (7 July 2003)
- UNC press release (17 June 2003)
- WCHO, WCHL radio interviews: no stream available (7 July 2003, 22 August 2003)
Smoking
Business Week article (4 September 2000) which discusses my paper with Donna Gilleskie on teen smoking.
Wage taxes
- Philadelphia Inquirer invited Op-Ed (20 June 2000).
- Philadelphia Inquirer article (11 June 2000) where I am quoted.
- Pittsburgh's KDKA radio interview. They do not simulcast over the web so I never heard it :(.