Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to invite you to take part in our upcoming two-day symposium on: *Content Producers: Incentives, Motivations and Value Creation.* which will focus on the future of professional independent content producers and will include topics such as: gig economy, crowdfunding and future of the small newsroom. Our keynote speakers are: · Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford University · Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology · Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota Program can be found here: https://tel-design.wixsite. com/links-conference2018/content-producers The event is planned so as to enable mutual acquaintance, discussion and joint research ideas generation. Inviting you to Israel in the coldest month of the year (in the northern hemisphere) means that the weather you will experience here is likely better than elsewhere J It is also President's Day weekend, a long weekend in the U.S.. Please see the program in the attached file and register in advance <https://www.formlets.com/forms/FLCfn5kiji4RTwLx/%0D/> because space is limited. You are welcome to forward the invitation to colleagues who may be interested. Questions and comments are welcome. Lior Zalmanson, Daphne Raban, Sheizaf Rafaeli, David Bodoff, Lina Portnoy Dr. Lior Zalmanson Faculty of Management University of Haifa lzalmanson@univ.haifa.ac.il