Jonathan Knee
Michael T. Fries Professor of Professional Practice of Media and Technology; Co-Director
Media and Technology Program
BA, Boston University; MSc, Trinity in Dublin, Ireland; MBA, Stanford; JD, Yale
Joined CBS in 2001
Office:
312
Uris
Phone:
212-854-5246
E-mail:
jk2110@columbia.edu
Fax:
212-866-1377
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Professor Knee teaches Media Mergers and Acquisitions, co-teaches The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy with Professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School, and co-teaches Digital Investing with Adjunct Professor Jeremy Philips. He also serves as co-director of the Media & Technology Program with Professor Sarvary. Professor Knee is a Senior Advisor at Evercore Partners. Before joining Evercore as a Senior Managing Director in 2003, Professor Knee was a Managing Director and Co-head of Morgan Stanley's Media Group. He was previously Publishing Sector Head in the Communications, Media and Entertainment Group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to becoming an investment banker, he was Director of International Affairs at United Airlines and served as Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post and he is the author of Class Clowns: How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education (2017), co-author of Curse of the Mogul (Portfolio:2009) and author of The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street (Oxford: 2006).
Teaching
Spring 2020
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Fall 2019
Digital Investing
(MBA)
Sports Economics And Policy
(MBA)
Spring 2019
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
Fall 2018
Digital Investing
(MBA)
Sports Economics And Policy
(MBA)
Spring 2018
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Fall 2017
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
The Business of Sports
(MBA)
Spring 2017
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Digital Investing
(MBA)
Fall 2016
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
The Business of Sports
(MBA)
Spring 2016
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Digital Investing
(MBA)
Fall 2015
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
Spring 2015
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Digital Investing
(MBA)
Fall 2014
Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)
(MBA)
Spring 2014
The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy
(MBA)
Columbia Caseworks cases
Bloomberg LP – More Than the Box?
(2014)
Coauthor(s): Jonathan Knee, Miklos Sarvary
Petersen Publishing (A and B)
(2012)
Coauthor(s): Jonathan A. Knee
Research
Books
The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies
(2009)
Coauthor(s): Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald, Ava Seave
The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
(2006)
Coauthor(s): Jonathan Knee
Working papers
Agenda Chasing and Contests Among News Providers
(2014)
Coauthor(s): Zsolt Katona, Jonathan Knee, Miklos Sarvary
Ideas and Insights
In The Media
Education Guru Chris Whittle Tries a Comeback with New School in Brooklyn
Review: ‘Power Trip’ Ably Guides Us through the History of Energy
Can HBO Retain Its Place on the Throne under AT&T
A Deep Dive into the ‘Underground’ World of Caves and Tunnels
Review: ‘Twilight of the Elites’ Looks at a France, and a World, Divided