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
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
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
Acquisitions
"Cultureless" is the striking title of Gudleiv Forr's opinion piece in Dagbladet about how Orkla is willing to throw what he dubs 'the Norwegian Enlightenment project' over board by selling its newspaper arm to cultureless foreign owners such as the Brits (represented by Mecom)
Acquisitions
Rumour has it that Mecom, headed by David Montgomery, has emerged as the frontrunner to take over Orkla's newspaper arm – a development I am quite excited about (though Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet and perhaps the newspaper group A-pressen are still being considered as serious alternative buyers). The possible sale