A pile of newspapers.
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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Newsletter  | 9 October 2023

Nordic Media Policy, Issue 3, 2023 is out

In Sweden, the debate about new media subsidies has flared up again. Finland granted EUR 7 million to media companies to ensure a five-day delivery of newspapers nationally. Denmark plans to introduce five new media bills in the coming year. And in Norway, several media organisations intend to take the state to court for planned mass surveillance. Read more about these and other media issues in this Nordic Media Policy newsletter.
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New publication  | 3 October 2023

New factsheet: Access to paid-for online news in the Nordic countries

Nordic news consumers stand out for their comparative willingness to pay for news on digital channels, according to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. A new factsheet from Nordicom looks at the share of individuals paying for or using online news in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

Access to paid-for online news in the Nordic countries

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Call for papers  | 20 September 2023

Call for literature reviews for a special issue of Nordicom Review

Nordicom invites authors to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review. The Call is for literature reviews of research on media communication and journalism and their dependence and influence on democracy. Proposals should include relevance for the Nordic region.
Tobias Lindberg at Nordicom presents the Medie Barometer 2022
News  | 18 September 2023

Vacancy: Nordicom Seeks Analyst

Nordicom is looking for a new analyst to work on deepening the knowledge about the development of the media in Sweden and the Nordic region. The work also includes the Media Barometer, the largest independent survey of media use in the Swedish population.
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Newsletter  | 29 August 2023

European Media Policy – the August issue is out

Work on a European law to prevent abusive court proceedings advances while a new report reveals such lawsuits mainly target journalists, lobby-groups try to influence the negotiations on the European Media Freedom ACT, and a commissioner’s statement regarding potential social media shutdowns causes concern. The August issue of the European Media Policy newsletter is out.
A mobile phone showing an article on a German blog.
New publication  | 23 August 2023

Anti-gender propaganda promotes an image of a dysfunctional and decaying Scandinavia

By spreading news stories involving the corruption and harm of “innocent children”, anti-gender movements in Russia and Germany contribute to discourses about a dysfunctional and decaying Scandinavia, according to an article published in the latest issue of Nordic Journal of Media Studies, entitled The Return of Propaganda.

Sources of news in the Nordic countries, in Europe and a selection of non-European countries 2023

Sources of news in the Nordic countries, in Europe and a selection of non-European countries 2023

Data are from the annual Digital News Report, published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, edition 2023. The research was conducted by YouGov, using an online questionnaire at the end of January/beginning of February 2023. Important to note is that because this survey deals with news consumption, anyone indicating they had not consumed any news during the past month was filtered out. Moreover, online samples will tend to under-represent the news consumption habits of people who are older and less affluent.

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