With the internet changing media in all sorts of ways, I found a blog today talking about the first online newspaper making all profit from being online. Computer World Denmark, the newspaper, has a paper version of the publication, but in the last year made close to no money.
Because of everything that the internet is capable of, the publication plans on expanding its online version with the use of audio, video, different visuals that newspapers aren’t capable of. According to the blog, the newspapers are going to be turning towards more of a magazine feel.
I thought this was really interesting because it has to do with a lot of what I talk about in all of my journalism classes. The internet has changed journalists job descriptions, resources, the way that they work in general. As we get farther and farther into the new millennium, the future of media is up in the air. No one knows where it is going or how far.
The link to the blog:
http://kristinelowe.blogs.com/kristine_lowe/2007/11/computerworlddk.html
November 30, 2007
November 24, 2007
Computers for the Less Developed
I found an article today, about a company in Denmark that is providing Less Developed Countries computers for their children. It caught my attention because wow, what an amazing contribution for somebody to make.
Danida, the Denmark organization, is providing children with “XO Computers” that can withstand being worked over by children. The best part is that they only cost $100 per computer. The organization is putting together a campaign across the country to raise money for this contribution. They are looking to private investors and companies to help back the project to get the computers out there.
For Denmark being a relatively small country without the oh ah of other countries, I was pretty stoked to read about this. So far there are 5 countries who are going to benefit from this project. It is pretty amazing.
Check out this awesome article here: http://www.cphpost.dk/get/103441.html
Danida, the Denmark organization, is providing children with “XO Computers” that can withstand being worked over by children. The best part is that they only cost $100 per computer. The organization is putting together a campaign across the country to raise money for this contribution. They are looking to private investors and companies to help back the project to get the computers out there.
For Denmark being a relatively small country without the oh ah of other countries, I was pretty stoked to read about this. So far there are 5 countries who are going to benefit from this project. It is pretty amazing.
Check out this awesome article here: http://www.cphpost.dk/get/103441.html
November 22, 2007
Egmont - Denmark's Conglomerate
Reading the previous article, it mentioned a large media group from Denmark: Egmont. Egmont is a media company that was founded in Denmark that is now found in over 20 countries. It was founded in 1878 and is still going strong today. It might not compare to Time Warner or Disney from the US, but for a country like Denmark, it might be the largest media conglomerate that the country has.
I went to the Egmont website to update myself on Denmark’s large corporation, and found out that Denmark might be holding onto their traditional domestic companies, but at the same time are making a name for themselves with companies like Egmont. I found out that it is definitely expanding from its early days in a kitchen.
It went from a small publication to branching out to magazines, comics, film and television. Like all other large conglomerates, Egmont is growing and surviving the competition.
Here is the Egmont history: http://www.egmont.com/About+us/Egmont+History/
I went to the Egmont website to update myself on Denmark’s large corporation, and found out that Denmark might be holding onto their traditional domestic companies, but at the same time are making a name for themselves with companies like Egmont. I found out that it is definitely expanding from its early days in a kitchen.
It went from a small publication to branching out to magazines, comics, film and television. Like all other large conglomerates, Egmont is growing and surviving the competition.
Here is the Egmont history: http://www.egmont.com/About+us/Egmont+History/
November 13, 2007
Media Conglomerates
When looking for media conglomerates that are in or from Denmark, I found an interesting website that is going in the other direction. Robert W. McChesney's book Rich Media, Poor Democracy, the article is talking about how the US, with a couple of other countries are taking over the world with companies such as AT & T, Disney, Time Warner, all of the companies that we have been talking about in class.
But what is interesting is that further into the article, it mentions countries like Denmark, Norway, Spain, that are doing everything that they can to keep their media industries domestic. Their industries and outreach is so limited compared to that of Hollywood, that these countries are trying to create some boundaries to stay afloat.
This article is from 1999, so it is quickly becoming outdated, but at the same time, I found it to be very interesting that Denmark is doing its best to keep itself alive while all of these huge companies are squashing everyone around them.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/29/053.html
But what is interesting is that further into the article, it mentions countries like Denmark, Norway, Spain, that are doing everything that they can to keep their media industries domestic. Their industries and outreach is so limited compared to that of Hollywood, that these countries are trying to create some boundaries to stay afloat.
This article is from 1999, so it is quickly becoming outdated, but at the same time, I found it to be very interesting that Denmark is doing its best to keep itself alive while all of these huge companies are squashing everyone around them.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/29/053.html
November 5, 2007
Newspapers? Traditional or Failing?
Today in class, you asked why we think that newpaper leadership is failing. In my opinion, I think that newspapers are falling a part because they are traditional and this generation wants everything new and shiny. Newspaper are just slightly, and I mean slightly, a step behind when it comes to timeliness. Websites can put it out there immediately.
Not only can websites put it out there so quickly, but people can get it through alerts on their phones, alerts on their computers whether theyre looking for it or not, and they can find anything they want at their fingertips.
Newspapers are becoming like pay phones I think. They are still around, but the majority of the population doesn’t utilize them. I don’t know any statistics, but in a few of my journalism classes we have talked about how it is really hard for newspapers these days to make money with all of the new and different competition that they’re going up against.
Not only can websites put it out there so quickly, but people can get it through alerts on their phones, alerts on their computers whether theyre looking for it or not, and they can find anything they want at their fingertips.
Newspapers are becoming like pay phones I think. They are still around, but the majority of the population doesn’t utilize them. I don’t know any statistics, but in a few of my journalism classes we have talked about how it is really hard for newspapers these days to make money with all of the new and different competition that they’re going up against.
November 1, 2007
Broadcasting in Denmark
I have finally found the media website that I have been looking for….it has a lot of information for me about different types of media, ownership and statistics for the country Denmark.
The Compendium website explains how their media is broken down into three categories:
1. Nationwide
2. Regional
3. Local
Nationwide: There are two prominent, public broadcasting companies in Denmark that are the nationwide scale; they are Danmarks Radio (DR) and TV 2/Danmark. Amongst these two, there are numerous private stations for both television and radio.
DR: has two television channels and four radio stations
TV 2/Danmark: has four television channels and one radio station
· Regional: DR and TV 2 are the dominant companies in this category as well. Outside of the TV 2 and DR companies there are 23 radio stations and 50 television stations
DR: has nine radio stations
TV 2: has eight televisison channels
· Local: These are different from both national and regional in the fact that they are privately owned and can only be obtained through a subscription. In this category there are 60 television stations and 161 radio stations.
Going along with that national, regional and local scale, this website shows newspaper numbers from 2006 on the same scale.
1. Nationwide: 16 newspaper publications
2. Regional: 7 newspaper publications
3. Local: 17 newspaper publications
To check out more on their publications here is the link: http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/denmark.php?aid=425
The Compendium website explains how their media is broken down into three categories:
1. Nationwide
2. Regional
3. Local
Nationwide: There are two prominent, public broadcasting companies in Denmark that are the nationwide scale; they are Danmarks Radio (DR) and TV 2/Danmark. Amongst these two, there are numerous private stations for both television and radio.
DR: has two television channels and four radio stations
TV 2/Danmark: has four television channels and one radio station
· Regional: DR and TV 2 are the dominant companies in this category as well. Outside of the TV 2 and DR companies there are 23 radio stations and 50 television stations
DR: has nine radio stations
TV 2: has eight televisison channels
· Local: These are different from both national and regional in the fact that they are privately owned and can only be obtained through a subscription. In this category there are 60 television stations and 161 radio stations.
Going along with that national, regional and local scale, this website shows newspaper numbers from 2006 on the same scale.
1. Nationwide: 16 newspaper publications
2. Regional: 7 newspaper publications
3. Local: 17 newspaper publications
To check out more on their publications here is the link: http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/denmark.php?aid=425
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