Marketing and PR
Simon Dumenco offers some good advice to Murdoch about what NOT to do with his newest acquisition: "Attempt pseudo-subliminal advertising. A recent New York Times piece described plans by Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive Media, to turn "advertisers into members of the MySpace community, with their own
Acquisitions
Not unexpectedly, Orkla's decision to sell it's newspaper division to Mecom has been condemned from north to south throughout this long and narrow country by journalists and politicians alike. Norway's cultural minister, Trond Giske, has expressed his 'disappointment' and emphasised how he
Acquisitions
It's official: the new owner of Orkla Media is Mecom and David Montgomery. "This is a day of grief Orkla's employees, media plurality and Orkla's credibility," says Carine Johansen, a journalist union representative and board member of Orkla Media to Journalisten. More
Acquisitions
A final decision to the drawn out saga of who will get to buy Orkla's newspaper arm is expected today: both DN and Aftenposten speculate that Orkla' Media's new owner will indeed be British Mecom and David Montgomery. Employees of Orkla Media have mounted a
Marketing and PR
How difficult can it be to terminate an internet account? Good thing this guy had the sense to TAPE the phone conversation. I found this almost too painful to listen to as it brought some very unwelcome flashbacks from my AOL nightmare – which ended with my then new laptop becoming
Personal
Monday: Got up at 6am. Damn. Should have been up at 5, but still not too bad. Spend an inordinate time catching up on the news (piles of newspapers waiting for me after a week of travelling, and better take a closer look at the news and websites I'
Personal
I found this test rather gratifying. And here I was, pondering all my shortcomings... Take the "How evil are you?" test yourself here
Acquisitions
Orkla Media's employees have been mobilising heavily against a possible sale of the company to British Mecom this week. They have expressed great concern about Mecom's behaviour in Germany, but equally about the prospect of getting a British proprietor – in fact they have stated that they
Current Affairs
As if Norway's largest company, Statoil, didn't run into enough problems in Iran, Norway's second largest company, Norwegian Hydro, has just land a big contract there. Let's for their sake hope it's not yet another of those elaborate buy-back schemes
Acquisitions
I thoroughly enjoyed this short flick about how financial services might look in the future (if you're interested in finance, the web and/ or the future you just have to watch this). Link via Adriana
Personal
Last month I wrote about my friend H's close encounter with death and how she miraculously survived a dramatic crash with a mountain wall which left her car completely wrecked. Well, wonders of all wonders, not only did my friend H and the contents of the car all
Media
Actually "the most socialistic force you've ever seen" according to Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP. "They have decided - 'if I don't eat my children somebody else will'," he is quoted saying in the FT . My friend Adriana,