Freesheets
What do Baugur, Morten Lund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson's Tim Draper have in common? Well, they're hardly risk averse, which is why Nyhedsavisen's new investor seems to be the perfect fit for the freesheet a great number of Danish media insiders think is ambitious
Freesheets
After weeks of speculations of whether the end was near for Denmark's most read newspaper Nyhedsavisen, it emerged yesterday that American venture capital Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) had come to the rescue. Even though Morten Lund, the majority owner and previous early stage investor in Skype, said in
Media
What if your news site could create a place online where it was so attractive to participate in the discussion that politicians, lobby groups and your average Joes would all happily post under their full names to make their voices heard, to argue their case in a civilised manner: thereby
Media
Back to what is now the rather old question of whether it just "the fear factor", or if it is the market’s loss of faith in the media's business model that’s to blame for the recent hammering the industry’s received on the worlds
Freesheets
Nyhedsavisen failed to hand in its annual accounts on deadline yesterday, which could spell the end for the infamous freesheet, according to Berlingske. Danish media have reported for some time that the freesheet that once forced the costly Danish freesheet war is struggling to find new investors to help foot
Personal
Gee, I beat Paal Hivand and was only three points behind Digi.no's Anders Brenna, a long-time programmer and IT-journalist. Not sure how I did that, my knowledge of Tolkien and Slashdot could hardly be enough. I've always been good at translating abstract or technical issues
Media
Of course, financially it is a bad idea, as most of them fail, but, despite the current sense of doom on the stock markets, it appears now is the best time in years to start a magazine. Just this morning I was reading about the collapse of Spain’s biggest
Media
Well, perhaps not. Despite these ever so eloquent musings of Stephen Glover last Monday, it is looking increasingly gloomy, at least in the short-term, for an industry that relies so heavily on the health of the advertisment sector (which is a bit like becoming financially dependent on someone with a
Blogging
This is one of the key questions in a survey two master students are conducting for a thesis on blogs and trust (you can find a link to it here, in Norwegian). Trouble is, it’s a bit like asking “Do you trust people who talk?” or “Do you trust
Pictures
The view from my hotel room in Kvinesdal this weekend, where I was covering a big festival. I came back with some 400 photos, but after working from 7am to 11pm for three days in a row, I'm still struggling to convince my body that neither Mondays nor
Media
Why are media shares in such a mess at the moment? The short answer, of course, is that it’s a bear market out there, but at least one analyst thinks the pain is only temporary. Media shares have gone from heaven to hell in the last twelve months, and
Media
This morning the Mecom share hit a record low, as threats of industrial action looms in Holland and protests have reached a new creative peak in Germany. As readers have pointed out to me, I did neglect blogging about recent Mecom developments last week, but matters reached a boiling point