Media
Swedish media giant Bonnier continues its foreign expansion and has partnered with the likes of Audax Publishing and Betapress to crack the Dutch magazine market. To start with, Bonnier is bringing its popular science magazine Illustrated Science, already performing to the publishers satisfaction in the Nordic countries, Latvia and Greece,
Freesheets
The price tag for the Danish freesheet war is approaching 1bn DKK, according to Danish trade journal Journalisten. They have calculated that so far the Icelandic attempt to prove that the future is free has cost the newspaper companies involved 815m DKK, with the now closed Dato taking 196m DKK
Media
In Denmark, the opposition parties think they've found the ultimate solution to funding public broadcasting: shift the burden of proof – guilty until you've proved your innocent of owning a device that can be used to receive public TV and radio (via Berlingske). Some wise soul, or
Blogging
I was going to blog about some interesting tidbits from the kingdom of Denmark when the future existence of my blog was called into question yesterday. So, while I was quite put off blogging, my thoughts did wander to Hamlet, of course. Both because of his existential soul-searching - Whether
Web/Tech
This blogging account had been suspended due to Typepad's sudden inability to process my credit card in its US billing system. At first they kindly suggested all the possible ways in which I could be at fault here, insufficient funds etc. When I denied all these accus... eh.
Blogging
Auch! Sweden's blogging foreign minister Carl Bildt, previously heavily criticised for bypassing the media by writing a blog, has now been put under investigation for not removing certain reader comments made on his blog (but Bildt assures us that these comments have now been removed). The Local has
Blogging
Denmarks' public broadcaster is enrolling some 40 'expert bloggers' to give instant indepth analysis on the broadcaster's main news, if I understand this article correctly. The new feature will become a part of DR blogs this summer and goes under the name 'Project A-blogger:
Blogging
Swedish Metro has launched a new blog portal where bloggers get paid about half a US cent per page view. That is, if you get at least 5,000 page views per month, reports Media Culpa. Bloggers have often been accused of being parasites on mainstream media, but over time
Web/Tech
It was recently put to me that there are perhaps greater 'privacy invasions' to worry about than companies compiling all the electronic footprints we leave behind in this Web 2.0 world ours; only to store them in databases for clever commercial purposes, such as targeted marketing. Or
Media
I've been holding off writing about Mecom's newest acquisition, Netzeitung (still subject to regulatory approval), until Olav Anders Övrebö, media blogger and former Netzeitung journalist, added his perspectives to the fray. Though he's not too optimistic about the takeover, he throws up a few
Media
You've just got to love this set of journalism rules from Michael Rosenberg (via Roy Greenslade, who says: 'they strike me as being uncomfortably true to life'). I can't say they don't strike a chord with me, here's a few
Citizen journalism
'Press photographers are bound by a professional code of conduct, you can't say that for your average Joe,' Knut Haavik, editor of Norwegian gossip rag Se og Hör, commenting on the inflation in mobile phone pictures – well-awarded by the press if it involves the right celebs