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Expressen Gives Out Culture Awards

By Bert Menninga on 2012-02-01
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On Monday, Swedish tabloid Expressen gave out its annual culture prizes. The Björn Nilsson Prize for the year's best culture journalist went to to reporter Johan Hakelius. The prize was first awarded to Björn Nilsson himself in 1994. The award includes SEk 30,000 and a statuette. A Bit of George's Hat, a theater prize, went to director Alexander Mörk-Eidem, the Heffaklumpen prize for culture for kids went to the children's theater Barnens Underjordiska Scen and the Spelmannen music prize went to Åke Holmquist.

Expressen and DN Win Paper of the Year Prizes

By Bert Menninga on 2011-10-21
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Today industry association Tidningsutgivarna announced its winners of the Daily Newspaper of the Year awards. Several prizes went to Bonnier: Expressen, which won for editorial staff of the year, and Dagens Nyheter, which won for advertising department of the year.

The New DN Is Here

By Bert Menninga on 2011-09-19
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Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter gets a new design, a section for Stockholm and more on personal finances.

For the past year, the editorial team at Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter has been working on developing a completely new  Dagens Nyheter. The first issue of the new paper came out today. The new design and content is the result of asking 20,000 readers what they want.

– It's exciting that we can finally show our readers what we've been working on for so long," says managing editor Åsa Tillberg.

DN.se as iPhone App

By Bert Menninga on 2011-08-31
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Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter's new DN.se iPhone app gives online extras.

Sweden's daily newspaper online DN.se is now available as an iPhone app. The app looks similar to the cell-phone site that was launched a while ago.

"The app has the same design and structure as the cell-phone site, but we've added functions that are unique to the app," says Björn Hedensjö, head of DN.se.

Contract Signed for Newspaper Sale in Southern Sweden

By Bert Menninga on 2011-08-30
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In June, Bonnier announced it would be divesting its ownership of the southern Swedish newspapers Kristianstadsbladet, Ystads Allehanda and Trelleborgs Allehanda. Yesterday the deal was concluded, which means Bonnier's daily newspaper operations focus on big city papers and that Gota Media will be the new owner of the three southern Swedish newspapers together with the Stiftelsen Kristianstadpress foundation.

DraftFCB Wins DN Reklamcupen 2011

By Bert Menninga on 2011-08-29
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Det vinnande bidraget.

The winner in this year's ad contest DN Reklamcupen was the advertising agency DraftFCB, with its ad for the insect repellent Autan.

"It's super exciting and we're really happy," says Peter Håwi, CEO of Draft FCB.

Sydsvenskan Launches Weekend Section

By Bert Menninga on 2011-08-26
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Southern Swedish daily Sydsvenskan launches ad campaign for new weekend section of the paper.

Beginning with the upcoming weekend, southern Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan will change the look of the second section of the paper for the weekend editions. The Friday paper will focus on the end of the week and what's happening during the weekend. The section will include the culture pages for young people and arts reviews.

Stockholm City Newspaper To Be Discontinued

By Bert Menninga on 2011-06-13
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Despite extensive cost-savings and a reorganization, free newspaper Stockholm City has been unable to turn a profit; so, following agreements with the unions, the newspaper will be discontinued during the summer.

"We have shown results in gaining readers in Stockholm but have been unable to bring in revenues," says Daniel Frodin, publisher at Bonnier Tidskrifter and responsible for Stockholm City.

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    • Junior Great Journalist Award 2011 Winners Announced

    By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-26
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    Junior and senior high school newspapers and magazines - print and on the web - shine in journalism contest.

    Yesterday, the Lilla Journalistpriset (Junior Great Journalist Award) prize was announced at a ceremony at  Stockholm's amusement park, Gröna Lund.

    International Day from Dagens Nyheter

    By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-24
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    Dagens Nyheter foreign correspondents discuss Obama, the Japanese earthquake and the North African rebellions for an engaged public.

    Erik Esbjörnsson and Peter Wallensteen discuss Africa

    When Dagens Nyheter's Utrikesdag - international day - was held for the seventh year in a row, the line to get into Konserthuset, where the event was held, reached around Hötorget square in Stockholm. People had come to hear the newspaper's foreign correspondents discuss the situation in the Middle East, Africa and Mexico, among other places.

    "It was a full house for every part of the program, our only regret was that there weren't more seats to offer," says Susanne Hamne, who has been project