Acquisitions
Mecom's management is aiming for a resolution for Edda Media before Christmas or New Year, according to employee representatives who spoke with Mecom-boss David Montgomery in Amsterdam today. "We have received an update: it did not contribute to clarify the situation. Various alternatives are being explored further
Acquisitions
All quiet from the Mecom camp, should there not be an RNS due today to clarify the situation?? The sentiment is taken from this share discussion for Mecom Grp (MEC.L) where commenters, presumbaly shareholders, are getting desperate for an update from Mecom on what's happening. So '
Acquisitions
It is believed Mecom, the pan-European newspaper company led by former Mirror-boss David Montgomery, will conclude the drawn out bidding process for its Norwegian arm, Edda Media, in a board meeting today. Rumours that moves were afoot to try to bring Edda Media, the Norwegian arm of Orkla Media, acquired
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"You missed your chance to buy me.Maybe getting a whole B2B publishing company thrown in was offputting? :)," Reed Business Information (RBI) blogging supremo Adam Tinworth commenting the news on his blog. Do also check Rafat Ali's piece on the Reed Business Auction process and the
Catching up with some of the many unread posts in my newsreader yesterday (busy days), I found this interesting Bloomberg-interview with ContentNext founder and publisher Rafat Ali, well worth listening to. Paidcontent sums it up neatly as as Ali "giving a frank forecast of the climate for media and
Media
Found this one via Henrik Torstensson . My morning routine isn't quite the same, I tend to get up and make myself a mug of coffee before I gradually wake up while catching up on the news on my beat and the lives of friends and acquaintances around the
Media
I just loved this take on the recent controversy over Danish newspaper publishers' efforts to stop websites like Google News from linking to individual articles rather than a newspaper's homepage (link to the article via Martin Stabe): "So if I buy a newspaper, cut out a
Media
Or should that be media in mass job cull? Hardly something to jest about, but two images struck a note with me last week. I thought they were worth recording here as they illustrate what we the can expect in the months ahead: and make no mistake, we're
Media
Are you dreaming of traveling? Do you want to write long feature stories? Do you enjoy writing comprehensive profile interviews? Are you interested in writing about international politics? Do you think printed newspapers are more exciting than the web? Then you don't need to apply for a job
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Brilliant. Found here and here, from Elisabeth Spiers' tweets.
Current Affairs
"Newspapers have already lost one of their key selling points: Social currency. In 2008, all meaningful political discourse — the essential element of social currency — takes place on the Web." Dan at Xark in "10 reasons why newspapers won't reinvent news", via Mindy McAdams, who
Media
It seems Schibsted is not one to put its money on a quick economic recovery, at least not if we're to judge from the announcement the media company made this week recommendending the IPO of Media Norge is postponed. It should take place within seven years after the