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News  | 27 March 2023

New EU database of media ownership

The EU-funded research project European Media Ownership Monitor just released a new database with media ownership data of 15 EU member states.
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News  | 23 March 2023

Magnus Fredriksson joins Nordicom's editorial team

In March, Magnus Fredriksson took on a role as editor at Nordicom. Fredriksson has a long experience as a researcher, his most recent role being senior lecturer and director of doctoral studies at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) at the University of Gothenburg.
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New publication  | 15 March 2023

Increased digitalisation and ownership concentration in the Swedish media landscape

A growing share of the Swedish population is turning away from traditional media, reduced advertisement revenues could affect citizens’ access to local news, and the ownership of the newspaper market has been concentrated to a few regional newspaper monopolies. The report MedieSverige 2023 [Media Sweden 2023] gives the reader an up-to-date and broad overview of today's Swedish media landscape.
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Omslag MedieSverige 2023. Serverhall i blått ljus

MedieSverige 2023
Ulrika Facht
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Nordic News Media in Global Competition: The Conditions for News Journalism in the Digital Platform Economy
Tobias Lindberg
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Communicating a Pandemic: Crisis Management and Covid-19 in the Nordic Countries
Bengt Johansson, Øyvind Ihlen, Jenny Lindholm, Mark Blach-Ørsten (eds.)
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Mediebarometern 2021: Tema bokläsning

Karin Hellingwerf

Latest from Nordicom Review

Polarisation and echo chambers?

Making sense of the climate issue with social media in everyday life

Hallvard Moe, Synnøve Lindtner, & Brita Ytre-Arne

“Malmö is not Sweden’s Chicago”

Policing and the challenge of creating a sense of safety through social media strategies

Jens Sjöberg, Peter Berglez, & Renira Rampazzo Gambarato

Future directions of professional photographers

A case study of changing hats between journalism and humanitarian photography

Jenni Mäenpää

Nordicom Review 44 (1) 2023

Latest from Facts and analysis

The Norwegian telecom giant Telenor tops the list over the 25 largest media companies in the Nordics in 2021, and the Nordic region's four largest newspaper companies come from four different countries. The latest factsheets from Nordicom present the lists of the 25 largest media companies and the 10 largest newspaper companies in the Nordics in 2021.

The 25 largest media companies in the Nordics by turnover – 2021 (factsheet 2023:1)

The 10 largest newspaper companies in the Nordics by turnover – 2021 (factsheet 2023:2)