Media
"Modern journalists believe that as indispensable arbiters and guardians of the 'truth', they must be independent of government just as they must be independent of pressures from anyone or anything — no pressures allowed from government, employers, business competition, corporate takeovers, advertisers, even the demands of their own
Media
A vast majority of people base their choice of news sources not on quality but on convenience, comprehensiveness, or timeliness. That is, if we are to believe this analysis of what consumers want from online news - based on US data - by McKinsey (via Adrian Monck). Cynics might say
Marketing and PR
Schibsted, the ambitions Norwegian media group who, some would say, operates in a different league than most other Scandinavian media companies, aims to take a slice of the international ad market by setting up shop in London (via Dagens Media, in Swedish). To start with, the London office will employ
Freesheets
Lacklustre results from Mecom's Danish arm was to be expected, but the latest proposed freehsheet merger certainly caught me by surprise. I must admit I was a bit surprised to see Mecom shares tumble almost 5pc in yesterday's trading, after the company announced its interim results
Acquisitions
Governance of Owners (GO) is attempting to throw a spanner in the works for former Mirror-boss David Montgomery's rapidly expanding newspaper empire (via NA24 Propaganda). The British fund has adviced Dutch newspaper group Wegener, of which GO owns 13.3 pc, to reject Mecom's bid. Wegener&
Blogging
Ever heard of the blogging journalist who denied being a blogger? Just as I published my last post I realised that I'd made the monumental mistake of making a statement about what blogging IS in the headline (hence the correction). From experience I know that can be dangerous
Blogging
Or maybe that should be: what journalists need to know about distributed conversations. I came across this survey on Friday, which unsurprisingly found that most (Danish) journalists found reading blogs irrelevant to their work. "Ah, the things they are missing out on," I thought to myself, but was
Blogging
Four out of five Danish journalists feel reading blogs is irrelevant to their work, according to a survey by media intelligence company Cision (via Mediawatch.dk). Hardly any news journalists felt blogs were worth the hassle, but half of the survey's respondents did believe blogs would come to
Media
"I want some facts. Any kind of facts. There must be something going on in Europe besides a nervous breakdown. I don't want anymore economists, sages or oracles bombinating over our cables. I want a reporter. Somebody who doesn't know the difference between an ism
Acquisitions
Mecom, the investment vehicle of former Mirror boss David Montgomery, has finally submitted a formal bid for Dutch regional newspaper group Wegener. The British media group announced its takeover plans early May, but the deadline for submitting a formal bid in accordance with Dutch law had to be extended thrice
Media
He won a Pultizier Price for his stories from Ukraine under Stalin, stories which supported the official Stalinist line that the Ukraine famine never took place. Now Walter Duranty, or his alter ego rather, is reporting more 'good news' from beyond the grave (via Steve Boriss): "I
Acquisitions
The highest bid was not enough to persuade the Lagardère and Le Monde groups to sell their regional newspapers to Mecom. Lagardère Group announced on Monday that it had sold its regional dailies in Southern France to Groupe Hersant Média for €160m. Le Monde Group is suspected to follow suit