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New publication | 20 November 2023

New factsheet: Gender balance and the 25 largest Nordic media companies

Research shows the significance of gender balance in company boards and top management on companies’ strategies and values, in addition to the fact that that it fosters gender balance further down the hierarchy. A new factsheet from Nordicom of the 25 largest Nordic media companies confirms that gender balance begins at the top and spreads downwards.

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New publication | 26 October 2023

New book explores evolving media landscape for young people

The media diet of Scandinavian children and adolescents has changed dramatically during the past decade. Global platforms are becoming more popular, while domestic films and series are in decline. A new anthology published by Nordicom explores these recent developments in production and distribution, as well as how it’s being received by young people.

New publication | 25 October 2023

Reduced profitability for the media despite record high media usage

The Swedish media year of 2022 was influenced by a great public interest in receiving information from the media about the continued Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the Swedish general election. During the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, media companies were also affected by rising costs, decreasing advertising revenues, and a declining economy. This is shown by the report Medieekonomi 2023 [Media economy 2023].

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