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New CEO for MTV Media

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-11
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Heikki Rotko to succeed Pekka Karhuvaara at the helm of MTV Media.

MTV Media in Finland announced today that Heikki Rotko will assume the position of CEO for MTV Media in July. Rotko succeeds Pekka Karhuvaara, who has served as CEO for more than ten years and will take the position of Vice Chairman of the Board for the MTV Media Group.

Rotko, 50, has been working in the media industry for over 25 years. He began his career in commercial radio as CEO for Radiobooking Oy. In 1992, he was part of the start-up of TV channel MTV3 and later served as national sales director for MTV Oy until 1997.

The Outdoor Life Look

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-10
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In a new deal with Sears, Outdoor Life expands the brand to a line of clothing.

Earlier this week, Outdoor Life magazine and U.S. department store retailer Sears announced a new cooperation to launch a range of Outdoor Life-branded clothes for men. The line will be sold at some 800 Sears throughout the U.S. starting in Sept.

Global Prize

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-09
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Swedish dailies Dagens Nyheter and Expressen win top prizes from international media organization INMA.

During the annual global congress of the INMA, two of Bonnier's daily newspapers took home first prizes in the organization's annual awards.

Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter took first place in the category "Print and Digital Subscription Sales." The paper won for its launch of the new DN, with the judges cal

Introducing DiY

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-08
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Business news magazine for students premieres from Dagens industri today: DiY.

Today, Dagens industri introduces the newest member of the family: DiY, Sweden's business news magazine for students. The Y stands for Generation Y - tomorrow's decision makers. The news magazine, which will come out twice monthly, will be offered free for any students who sign up for subscriptions.

An Abundance of Awards

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-07
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Saveur magazine boasts a bevy of recently won prizes.

James Oseland celebrates Saveur's Ellie in New York

Saveur is being showered with awards for its articles, columns and videos, in print as well as on the web. Last week was particularly big for the popular U.S. food title, with wins from both the American Society of Magazine Editors and the James Beard Foundation. The magazine earlier won awards as well from magazine industry stalwart Min and IACP, the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

For James Oseland, editor-in-chief, winning the awards is real validation that what the magazine does is worthwhile.

Saveur and American Photo ASME Winners

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-04
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At last night's National Magazine Awards 2012, better known as the Ellies, Saveur took home the prize for best magazine in the category of Leisure Interests. The magazine beat out fellow Bonnier Corporation title Outdoor Life as well as Wired magazine and Texas Monthly.

TV4 Sport Xtra Launches

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-04
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Today, the TV4 Group's new sports channel TV4 Sport Xtra launches. Everything is broadcast in HD, and first out are the Ice Hockey World Championships. Next up will be the finals of the Europe League and the Spanish Cup. The channel will also be the home for Serie A games.

TV4 Sport Xtra is offered as an à la carte choice from most Swedish cable TV providers. "TV4 SPort Xtra is a TV chanel with strong broadcast rights and that gives us the chance to maximize our coverage of big championships," says Elin Ahnberg, head of programming for TV4 Sport Xtra.

News App Additions

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-02
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News app Pulse adds 20 Bonnier Corporation titles.

Bonnier Corporation has announced that twenty of its brands are now on Pulse, an app designed to make it easy to consume news on mobile phones and tablets.

The new full-fledged partnership between Bonnier Corporation and Pulse follows a trial run with Bonnier's iconic brand Popular Science.

KP Celebrates 120 Years

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-02
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Kid's magazine KP  celebrates 120 years with an anniversary issue and a May 26 day for all subscribers at Stockholm's amusement park Skansen. We talked with Editor-in-Chief Lukas Björkman about the magazine.

What has Kamratposten - KP - meant for Sweden's children during its long history - and now?

KP (and Folkskolans barntidning, which the magazine was called until 1950) meant a lot for children's reading already from its beginnings in 1892. And that was founder Stina Quint's goal, to get kids to read even outside of school.

Bonnier Digital Wins Prize

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-30
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Bonnier Digital takes home best mobile app award at the Microsoft Awards 2012

Bonnier Digital, together with development partner Spree, won the Microsoft Awards prize for best Windows Phone solution. 

Bonnier Digital's technical solution is made for news and makes it possible for Bonnier companies to quickly and flexibly create apps for all platforms, not just Windows Phone, courtesy of a cloud-based content service.

Along with winning in the mobile phone cateogry, the solution was also nominated in all other relevant categories, including Client-Business, Client-Consumer and Cloud-Consumer.

"It's paricularly exciting to wi

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