by John Einar Sandvand on October 15, 2011 · 7 comments
Norway’s largest newspaper Aftenposten published nude pictures of the national hero Fridtjof Nansen. That was too much for Facebook – and references to the photos were removed from Aftenposten’s Facebook page.
by John Einar Sandvand on September 24, 2011 · 4 comments
In 2011 it is no longer possible to be a top professional journalist without  mastering social media. Here are five reasons why news organizations need to care about the new trends.
Here are five don’ts and five dos for how media companies should use social media, as suggested by Media Helping Media.
by John Einar Sandvand on February 27, 2011 · 11 comments
So you got stuck, working for the printed newspaper all these years? And now you realize your future is with digital media? Here is your digital makeover plan!
by John Einar Sandvand on February 5, 2011 · 4 comments
I gave a speech for 70 managers in Media Norway. But the audience turned out to be more 4500. Here is how!
by John Einar Sandvand on December 10, 2010 · 5 comments
It was time to cut the crap: The Spanish news site 20minutos.es decided to make a sincere effort to increase the quality of readers’ contributions. Here is how.
by John Einar Sandvand on November 15, 2010 · 6 comments
How location and positioning will become game changers in the local media market.
by John Einar Sandvand on October 28, 2010 · 3 comments
Newspaper-owned Nettby used to be Norway’s largest online social community. Then came Facebook. Gone were the media companies’ hopes of being the centers of gravity for people’s social activities.
This week Google’s Eric Schmidt suggested we may need to invent new identities to escape embarrassing online pasts – while Facebook launched a tool to share users’ locations. So does technology pose a threat to private life?
by John Einar Sandvand on June 9, 2010 · 2 comments
More than 1,6 million people live in Norway’s capital Oslo, claims Facebook. But the real number is only about 500.000. Advertisers be warned: You cannot trust the demographic numbers of Facebook.
