BusinessModel
As of next week you have to subscribe to the print version of Schibsted Norway's regional Faedrelandsvennen if you want to read the full online version. The good news is that print subscribers get full access to all content regardless of the platform, and all content will be
Journalism
The Breivik-trial has taken live-coverage to a new level, but Norwegians are divided on whether it is a scandal or a blessing the testimony and examination of the mass mass murderer cannot be broadcasted. In the internet age, don’t we have a right to go to directly to the
Media
The short answer? Be agile and well-managed. Here’s how. Of course, I don’t have all the answers. Not by far. But this month’s report by Pew Research Centre’s Project for Excellence in Journalism on the efforts and failings of newspapers to grow their digital businesses had
Freesheets
In December 2008, angry protesters branded both Geir Haarde, Iceland’s then prime minister, and David Oddsson, then head of the country’s central bank, as «Iceland’s bin Laden» - blaming them in equal parts for the country’s complete financial meltdown (see my photos below). Now, the former
Media
If paying would be as easy as across various devices as with iTunes, would readers feel more inclined to pay for editorial content and classifieds? Apple has introduced a new standard for paying for content, which makes most other payment solutions look unnecessarily complicated in comparison. The media’s dream
Media
Now, what did you have to do again in the good old days to get yourself on the evening news? These days all it takes is a tweet. Arguably it might take what most people would call a tweet too far, but still… This week I was invited to discuss
Media
Shocked out of holiday mode, and a general cutural innocence, by the worst terror attack in the country's modern history, it is perhaps not surprising that some Norwegians find themselves missing the summer's traditional silly season. "I miss headlines about dangerous tics, murder snails and
Media
An issue of a media magazine I wrote the lead story for just won a prize for front page of the year during the Nordic Media Festival in Bergen. I had absolutely nothing to do with that front page but I love how it alludes to some of the paradoxes
Media
"Publishers are finally saying yes to Apple's terms because ...it turns out their fear that Apple’s policies would deny them the consumer data they need to do business was unfounded". So writes Jeff Bercovici on his Forbes-blog. His post reminds me of two things, well
Media
Do you remember how "stickiness" used to be considered a virtue online? I can recall it being praised as such in a newsroom I worked as late as 2007. However, a story from 1997 about this very same "virtue" really leapt at me when reading Steven
Journalism
With all the hullabaloo over content farms, Google, and whether Huffington Post really is a content farm, as of late, two contrary perspectives struck me last week. First, I attended Robert Picard's talk on media business models, as mentioned here. What I didn't mention was some
Media
What if it's that endless routine of trying to create some sort of order out chaos, minute by minute, day by day, that's to blame for the media's challenges in coping with change? I've been listening to Robert Picard, currently director of