Two Swedish Eyes on Media and Public Relations
If you know your Thomas Dolby history, this quote from Dolby’s blog will amuse you:
“I nearly missed my plane the other day – I lost track of time and when I got to the gate it had already closed. But I could see the plane had not left so I banged on the door. A polite stewardess opened it and said ‘ah Mr Dolby, the captain was just wondering what happened to you!’ And as I sprinted down the ramp and onto the plane I heard blurted out from the cockpit ‘SCIENCE!’ (True!)”
20%, or 40 million Americans, rely on the internet as their primary source for news and information about science, according to a new 42 page (phew) report from Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Television is cited by 41%, while newspapers and magazines are each cited by 14% as their main sources for news.
Famous last words: If I would decide to quit updating this blog, I would quote Erik Stattin:
“I’ll be back when everything is better.”
“Jag kommer tillbaka när allt är bättre.”
Now I suspect that Erik is just sick, and if so, hope you get well soon, Erik. [Or maybe he is actually taking a blog break?]
The kerfuffle surrounding Google News in Belgium might repeat itself, this time in Norway. Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association (MBL), which represents more than 160 newspapers, has sent a letter to Google demanding that the company stops using its members’ photos in the Norwegian version of Google News. And MBL is supported by Pressefotografenes Klubb (PK), the Press Photographers’ Association in Norway.
Terje Bringedal of PK tells Journalisten.no:
“If you haven’t got permission from the copyright holder, it’s just pure theft.”
A legal counsel at MBL says that they’re fine with the linking but that Google needs to obtain permission for photos. Bringedal encourages all media that find their photos on Google to take action.
Tags: Google News, Google, Norway, Belgium, google, Google News. Ping.
Europe’s best designed newspapers can be found in Belgium, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Spain, according to the European Newspaper Award 2006. One of the category winners is Norway’s Bergens Tidene, which in September 2006 changed format to tabloid.
The jury writes:
“Bergens Tidende stands out against all other regional papers submitted to the competition by their use of white space – not only in the culture, sport or fashion section, but also and most consciously on news pages. Because of its tabloid format and the generous white space this newspaper looks very much like a magazine. In future we will certainly see more of those newspapers in this North European style.”
Tags: newspaper, tabloid, Norway, Europe, media, Norge. Ping.