Media
Yesterday, the 2009 circulation figures for Norwegian newspapers were published, and it was pretty much the same story as the year before, and the year before that come to think of it. So, putting on my obsessive compulsive blogger hat, I figured I might as well stick with pretty much
Blogging
On Metro, Foursquare, the future of freesheets, Facebook-journalism and creative disruption. Okay, so the headline of this post is pretty much the subtitle of this blog, but I often come across posts on interesting developments that I have limited time to blog about and know I easily will forget if
Media
What should we make of the rumoured investor revolt against Mecom boss David Montgomery? My hunch is that it's nothing to cheer for. This weekend Sunday Times ran a story on how Montgomery is facing shareholder rebellion, about a year after the failed board room coup against him.
Current Affairs
Much of the media speculation ahead of Obama's flying visit to Norway today has centered on what the one question he has said he will take from Norwegian press will be. And the question is: Annette Groth, The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK): "Giving the peace prize to
Journalism
Reporting is now a commdity, but journalism isn't - what implications does that have for print? In the excellent post I mention in the intro, George F. Snell concludes: "If newspapers and magazines want to survive they should focus on journalism and leave the reporting to the
Journalism
Mecom-owned regional Sandefjord's Blad is not the only media organisation currently searching for ways to grade its journalists. Media site Kampanje reports today that Norwegian magazine group Hjemmet Mortensen is about to embark upon a new project for measuring staff productivity. Under the new scheme, journalists and subs
Journalism
How do you measure your journalists' productivity? That is a conondrum the management at Sandefjord's Blad, a Norwegian regional newspaper, currently is working hard to solve. So far the management at the Mecom-owned newspaper is measuring the size of the journalists' articles. For that purpose the
Media
Actually, it's more of an excuse to publish a photo I snapped a while back and rather like. It's of a statue of the legendary naval officer Tordenskjold (also spelled Tordenskiold, in english "Thundershield"), and there's an interesting idiom related to this
Media
How would you feel if I were to say the opening hours for commenting on this blog's posts are from 9am to 3pm? Recently I came across a link to this screengrab from Norwegian news site Agderposten.no (via @prinsessemarte ), stating that a given article was open for
Media
M. DuMont Schauberg (MDS) proved to be no saviour for Netzeitung, the German online only newspaper started in 2000 by the same company that launched Norwegian online newspaper Nettavisen in 1996. Employees at was was once Mecom Germany were some of the most vocal opponents of Mecom and its boss,
Journalism
Incidentally, this is the title of an old post I never got around to finishing, but, since I used this story last week for a column I write, I thought I’d finally make an attempt of blogging about it. Now what got me thinking about this old, and rather
Media
I take my coffee straight: it's one of those instant fixes I'm rather dependent on having available whenever I need it, which, seeing that I work for clients in very different time zones, can be at any hour of the day or night. I do wish