Vorterix rock: towards the resignification of the radio business models in Argentina

Authors

  • Agustín Eduardo Espada

Abstract

The radio market in Argentina responds to global trends and has its own characteristics and actors too. Vorterix Rock is a multiplatform media emerged in 2012 that presents new answers to the structural conditions of argentine media system. In this article, the artistic and the commercial models are both analyzed to classify Vorterix's business model in accordance with either the traditional strategies that come from radio as a cultural industry or those from digital media. In addition, questions about the future of this business model and radio as a communication media are presented.    

Keywords:

Business model, radio, digital media, general environment

Author Biography

Agustín Eduardo Espada

Licenciado en Comunicación Social - Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina - Becario de Investigación Inicial 2014 - Miembro del Programa de Investigación de "Industrias Culturales y Espacio Público: comunicación y política en Argentina" (Dir. Martín Becerra), dentro del Proyecto "Audiovisual, post devaluación y después: políticas de comunicación en Argentina desde 2002" (Dir. Santiago Marino).