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Print declines in Denmark

Print sales continue to drop in Denmark, according to data from Newspaper Innovation. Every newspaper in the country has experienced some decline in print sales since 1997. Danish broadsheets have been particularly hard-hit by this drop in sales, Jyllands Posten has lost more than half of its print readership in 14 years and Politiken's print readership has declined by a third over the same period.

Although the free daily Metro Xpress is still retains the highest readership levels, it too has lost readers, although not as many as the free daily, Urban, which has suffered a steep loss of 60% since 2005.

According to data published by Press Reference earlier this year, Denmark currently has 31 daily newspapers with a circulation of 1,481,000 and an average daily newspaper consumption of 27 minutes per day. Yet, print sales have still taken a huge slide over the past fourteen years.

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Katherine Travers

Date

2011-12-23 15:36

Dagbladet Information launches crowd-sourced think tank

The Danish Daily Dagbladet Information has launched a think tank that aims to address the problems facing Denmark and the country's new government. The results will be handed over to the new Prime Minister Helle Thorning -Schmidt after she has completed 100 days in office.

The interesting thing about this research project? Everyone is invited.

Readers of Information are invited to contribute to the think tank, appropriately named 100 Dage (100 Days) , alongside NGOs, experts, politicians, organisations, corporations and even established think tanks.

Through this blend of expert insight and popular opinion, the paper hopes to gain a more profound insight into the mood of the Danish people and how best to deal with the current political and economic environment.

Nikolai Thyssen, from Information, said in an email interview "we're breaking the silos in which political discussions usually take place (politicians talking to civil servants, economists talking to think tanks, activists talking to NGOs etc. etc.)". The crowd sourcing method is a means of shaking up the traditional method of political research encouraging "new lines of thought".

Read a full interview with Nikolai Thyssen here.

WAN-IFRA: First and foremost, can you give a brief summary of the concept and

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Katherine Travers

Date

2011-09-26 16:30

Let the tablet come! Denmark is prepared, says Berlingske Media's Annemarie Kirk

Even though the iPad has not been launched in Denmark yet, Denmark's largest publishing group Berlingske Media is already ready for it. At the 17th World Editors Forum in Hamburg, digital business development manager Annemarie Kirk presented how Berlingske Media is approaching the tablet, after a remarkable history of 261 years in publishing.

The company set up a project group with only a hand full of members and a shoestring budget which followed the development of the iPad closely. With most money being raised through print media and the majority of readers being around 60 years old, Berlingske Media realizes the chance to reach young readers and other new target groups through tablets. One of the study group's most significant findings was that users first and foremost want simplicity and their respective, preferred niche content.

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Annkatrin Stender

Date

2010-10-07 18:58

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