media

How user payment will improve journalism

by John Einar Sandvand on November 28, 2010 · 5 comments

Many paywall experiments will fail during the next year. That will lead to better journalism in many media companies. Here is why.

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iPad is all male fun in high tech country Sweden

by John Einar Sandvand on November 25, 2010 · 3 comments

Even before iPad has been launched in Scandinavia, ten thousands of people have managed to get hold of a tablet. But they are almost all male!

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From Copy Economy to Access Economy: The media industry must prepare itself for a future in the cloud, claims a digital future expert.

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How location and positioning will become game changers in the local media market.

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Recently published numbers for The Times’ paywall demonstrates how hard it will be for media houses to make users pay for digital content.

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The demise of a social community

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.

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Digital trends that will shape the media industry

by John Einar Sandvand on October 25, 2010 · 13 comments

What are the digital trends that will shape the media industry? I asked three digital media experts. Here are their answers.

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iPad chokes netbook sales

by The Guardian on October 14, 2010 · 1 comment

Gartner and IDC data shows slower growth in sales of PCs than expected – with Apple tablet reckoned to account for shortfall

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In the digitalization factory

by John Einar Sandvand on October 7, 2010 · 4 comments

Western newspapers rush to digitalize their historic archives. But rarely do editors realize how much manpower this task takes. Here is a report from a digitalization sweatshop in Cambodia.

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What is the value of editorial content?

by John Einar Sandvand on October 3, 2010 · 5 comments

How can media companies measure the value of content? Is editorial quality the only aspect? Or should they look at it from a pure commercial viewpoint?

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