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There's something reassuring about an editor who starts his tenure by identifying what the newspaper he is to edit needs to improve on. The biggest problem Dagens Nyheter (DN), Sweden's largest subscription based newspaper, has to face up to is that it is "too slow&
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He could hardly have been further off target the guy who, in an elaborate Op-Ed in Dagens Naeringsliv in August 1996, claimed the Internet is "a fashion thing that will die in a few years." Ten years on, a survey by Journalisten reveals that Norway now has more
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It seems Björn Benkow might get away with fabricating interviews with the rich and the famous. Aftonbladet, Dagbladet and Tara have all decided not to press charges, but as far as I know his many 'victims', such as Bill Gates and Michael Schumacher, may still sue him. Norwegian
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The management at Denmark's journalism school (DJH) are at odds over whether the school should become a part of Aarhus University or remain an independent institution. Headmaster Kim Minke argues that as research increasingly has become the domain of universities, DJH needs to work closer with Aarhus University
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Björn Benkow, the Norwegian journalist recently caught fabricating interviews, has understandably been hounded and besieged by journalists unsuccessfully trying to secure interviews and comments on his demise. So it must have been a welcome change when he received a call from DN's Per Bang, editor of "Paa
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The expected Danish newspaper war has finally started. Berlingske Officin has just announced that they will launch a new freesheet tomorrow, as predicted by Journalisten last week. Rumoured to be the brain child of Berlingske's owner-in-waiting, David Montgomery, Dato will battle it out with a range of exisiting
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I couldn't help but laugh when I first saw Day of the Longtail (link vi Adriana), though it also made me very sad to reflect on the conspiracy theory it's built on. It's an avid attack on Big Media, but as Big everything, Big
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David Montgomery will buy The Mirror with financial backing from Orkla. That is, if we are to take today’s stories in Norwegian media to their logical conclusion and predict a future outcome. And it all started with a throwaway sentence by James Robinson in last week’s Observer… Norwegian
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Norwegian journalists invent and alter quotes all the time; they make anonymous sources out to be more important than they really are and write up random meetings with celebrities, say in an elevator or on the street, as exclusive interviews. Benkow is just a convenient scapegoat for something that happens
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Germany must be heaven for journalists. Apparently they get so many freebies and boons there that even politicians pretend to be hacks to get a share of all the benefits of the trade. According to German media magazine Journalist, former CDU politician Thorsten Thümler has just been fined 900 Euro
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Some will probably argue that this is long overdue, but I was heartened to read about how The Bakersfield Californian has "transformed itself into a new media showcase" according to The Guardian's Roy Greenslade. The paper boasts an impressive range of social media features including staff
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Benkow admits faking interviews with Bill Gates and other celebrities "to survive". The 66 year old Norwegian freelance journalist, who's recently been accused of fabricating interviews with notabilities such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Schumacher and Bill Gates, writes in a press release: "What has been