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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.
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New publication  | 22 December 2022

Book-reading habits in a changing media landscape

A new Nordicom report investigates how digitalisation has affected the Swedish population’s book-reading habits and what they look like in different groups of the population. The report also looks into how book-reading habits were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the status of the book compared to other types of media.
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Nordic News Media in Global Competition: The Conditions for News Journalism in the Digital Platform Economy
Tobias Lindberg
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Communicating a Pandemic: Crisis Management and Covid-19 in the Nordic Countries
Bengt Johansson, Øyvind Ihlen, Jenny Lindholm, Mark Blach-Ørsten (eds.)
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Mediebarometern 2021: Tema bokläsning

Karin Hellingwerf
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Nordiska nyhetsmedier i global konkurrens: Nyhetsjournalistikens villkor i den digitala plattformsekonomin
Tobias Lindberg

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News consumption repertoires among Finnish adolescents 

Moderate digital traditionalists, minimalist social media stumblers, and frequent omnivores

Niina Sormanen, Eero Rantala, Markku Lonkila, & Terhi-Anna Wilska

12 December 2022

Nordicom Review 43 (2) 2022

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The Norwegian telecom giant Telenor tops the list over the 25 largest media companies in the Nordics 2021. Find the full list in the latest factsheet from Nordicom.

The 25 largest media companies in the Nordics by turnover 2021 (factsheet 2023:1)

The EU Commission is concerned about the increasing political pressure on public service media in many parts of Europe. Read about media policy developments at the European level in our newsletter European Media Policy.

European Media Policy no. 2 2022