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Barbie and Bonnier in Britain

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-10
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Children's book publisher Bonnier Publishing just received licensing rights for Barbie in the U.K. We talked  about what's in store with Perminder Mann, managing director for Autumn Publishing and Smellessence.

What does Bonnier's new Barbie licensing agreement involve?

The licence is for master publishing rights in the U.K. - this means all book formats excluding annuals and we have included formats exclusive to our Smellessence brand as well.

For the Senses

By Bert Menninga on 2012-05-10
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Food lovers mingle with celebrity chefs and editors at Allt om Mat's taste event.

What happens when you mix together a pinch of TV chefs, a healthy portion of cook book authors, a couple of food companies and then throw in 300 food enthusiasts of all kinds? You get Sinnen och Smak (Sense and Taste), Allt om Mat's recent event for its readers.

"Sinnen och Smak is a way for our readers to feel a part of the magazine," says Anna Gidgård, editor at Allt om Mat, Sweden's largest and most popular food magazine.

Film and Social Media

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-30
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Film distribution company Svensk Filmindustri tackles the social media question across the Nordic region. Nikki Sørensen explains.

Nikki Sørensen

The growth of social media has occurred at a phenomenal rate and the use of marketing in social media channels has also experienced exponential growth.

At film and DVD distribution company Svensk Filmindustri, each of the subsidiary companies in the Nordic region has made use of social media at its own discretion, at whatever level internal and economic resources allow.

Finance Kids

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-26
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With school and child care teachers on strike, Finance helps parents make it through the day.

When teachers went on strike in Ljubljana, Slovenia recently, business daily Finance didn't let it make things difficult for its working parents: the paper set up its own child care on the premises for the day.

And it wasn't your usual child care. Finance took over two of the gyms of the Fit & Fun sports center located in the same building, and with the help of six people hired for the day, kept 26 children busy during the morning.

Meet Leena Salo

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-25
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A love of literature has taken GROW participant Leena Salo from Finland to the U.K.

When Leena Salo from Finland moved to Dorking and started at Templar, she had to get used to a whole new language - and it wasn't English. "I daily hear - and now use - words like pop-ups, glue spots, embossing, foiling, varnish and spacer," Salo says.

Meet Tony Stepanow

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-20
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GROW participant Tony Stepanow from Sub in Helsinki takes advantage of the hustle and bustle of Beijing during exchange program.

For Tony Stepanow, every day is a new adventure. At least for the three months Stepanow is working in Beijing at Bonnier China as a commercializing consultant under the exchange program GROW. Normally, he spends his days as a product manager for the Finnish TV channel Sub in Helsinki, where he is responsible for product placement, program cooperations and cross-media solutions for TV shows such as Big Brother and Top Chef Finland.

New CEO for Mag+

By Bert Menninga on 2012-04-16
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Tablet computer publishing platform Mag+ has announced that Gregg Hano will take over as CEO starting May 7. Hano succeeds co-founder, Staffan Ekholm, who will return to Stockholm to focus on international expansion and business development.

Hano is currently senior vice president of corporate sales and the Bonnier Technology Group.

Meet Karin Porshage

By Elin Eriksson on 2012-04-12
From top photographers to spiders as big as her hand, GROW participant Karin Porshage is having an Australian experience she’ll never forget.

At The Five Mile Press in Australia, Swede Karin Porshage has been surrounded by colleagues who've done everything to make her feel at home, half way around the world. "People have been so wonderful and inspiring," says Porshage. She normally works for online book retailer Adlibris in Stockholm, where she works as a web editor with social media and digital books.

Stand Up for Soccer

By Bert Menninga on 2012-03-29
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Canal+ and the TV4 Group promote a healthy soccer fan culture.

The TV4 Group and Canal+ together with Swedish companies Swedbank, Svenska Spel and Ica have decided to work together to support positive sport fan behavior via the Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll - SEF, the Swedish Elite Soccer Association. Over a five-year period the companies will contribute over SEK 10 million to support the Stand Up for Soccer! program.

Conversation with Sarah Odedina

By Bert Menninga on 2012-03-28
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Hot Key Books’ Sarah Odedina talks about the market, Bologna and what she loves about her job.

Last summer, Bonnier Publishing came out with big news: the U.K. book publisher had hired Sarah Odedina to start up a new company. Odedina, who was publishing director for children's books at Bloomsbury where she oversaw publication of the Harry Potter books, soon announced the formation of Hot Key Books.

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