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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.

MedieSverige 2023

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Call for papers | 1 March 2023

Call for papers: Ownership and regulation of news media

This special issue of Nordicom Review will focus on the ownership and regulation of news media and digital platforms in Europe. The deadline for extended abstracts is 2 May 2023.

New publication | 31 January 2023

New factsheet: The ten largest newspaper companies in the Nordics 2021

Measured in turnover during 2021, the Nordic region's four largest newspaper companies come from four different countries. The biggest player is the Swedish media company Bonnier's news media division: Bonnier News. A new factsheet from Nordicom presents the list of the ten largest newspaper companies in the Nordics in 2021.

Nordicom Review 44 (1) 2023

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Call for papers | 27 January 2023

Media and Gender: A Nordic Perspective

With this issue of Nordic Journal of Media Studies, we invite scholars to explore the following questions: What new ideas, discussions, concepts, and methods are emerging in studies at the intersection of media and gender in the Nordic countries and beyond?

The 25 largest media companies in the Nordics by turnover (2021)

New publication | 26 January 2023

Telenor and Spotify top the list of the 25 largest media companies in the Nordics 2021

The latest factsheet from Nordicom presents the list of the 25 largest media companies in the Nordics. The list covers a large variety of businesses with regard to geographic location, age, and ownership structure, as well as business focus and profitability levels.

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News | 23 January 2023

Nordicom presents report as part of Swedish EU Presidency conference

Global platform companies have strengthened their financial and technological positions in the Nordic media markets over the past five years, according to the report Nordic News Media in Global Competition, which is now available in English. The report is presented today at a conference organised as part of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The ten largest newspaper companies in the Nordics by turnover (2021)

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