A new, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary work examines AI’s impact on global media power, governance, and industry structure, underscoring its foundational importance for understanding the media landscape.

Endorsements from leading scholars and policy thinkers highlight the book’s timely analysis of how AI reshapes media industries, power concentration, and the social-political implications of AI-enabled ecosystems.

Prominent reviewers praise the volume for detailing AI-driven changes in media organizations, products, and governance, and for offering conceptual frameworks to analyze emergent power dynamics in the global media economy.

Zvezdan Vukanović publishes an 820-page work titled Artificial Intelligence and the Recentralization of the Global Media Economy: Beyond Disruption, released by Palgrave Macmillan and Springer Nature in 2026.

The same title, published in 2026, spans 820 pages and marks a major contribution to understanding AI’s role in recentralizing the global media economy.

Early uptake is strong, with libraries and universities acquiring the book in large numbers in its first two weeks, and more than 1,500 digital readers already engaging, signaling a forthcoming second edition.

Distribution is wide through Springer Nature Link, Google Books, Amazon, and publisher portals, ensuring rapid access in academic and corporate libraries ahead of a planned second edition.

Availability extends across major portals, including Google Books, Amazon, Palgrave Macmillan, and Springer Nature, with Springer Nature Link serving as a central access point and additional information at the publisher’s site.

The author is a distinguished academic and administrator with affiliations at Columbia University and Northwestern University in Qatar, recognized as a leading thinker in media management and technology.

Vukanović holds multiple leadership roles, including assistant director at Columbia’s Center for Tele-Information and board member at the International Academy of Media Management at Northwestern University in Qatar.

The volume is described as timely, future-oriented, and essential for understanding the intertwining of AI with media economics, management, and governance.

Reviewers note AI’s dual role in enabling content creation while raising barriers to competition, redistributing control away from traditional distributors, and centralizing power within integrated tech infrastructures.