http://www.schibsted.com/ http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Schibsted-ASA---Annual-General-Meeting-30-April-2013-/ Approval of the annual financial statements for 2012 (item 4) The General Meeting approved the Board's proposal regarding the income statement for 2012 and balance sheet as at 31 December 2012 for Schibsted ASA and the Schibsted Group, including the Board's report for 2012. The General Meeting considered the Board's report on Corporate Governance. Dividend for 2012 (item 5 ) The General Meeting... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Schibsted-ASA---Annual-General-Meeting-30-April-2013-/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:21:09 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Result-1-quarter-2013/ Today, Schibsted Media Group released its Q1 2013 report, which shows operating revenues of NOK 3.7 billion. The gross operating profit (EBITDA) was NOK 274 million. Excluding Online classifieds Investment phase, the EBITDA was NOK 514 million, compared to NOK 564 million in the same period in 2012. The Online classifieds operations increased their revenues with 11 percent. The revenues of the... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Result-1-quarter-2013/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:09:19 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Schibsted-Annual-Editorial-Report-2012/ Read the report here Schibsted Media Group is presenting its Annual Editorial Report which focuses on the journalistic status of our media houses. The annual editorial report will contribute to increased transparency in Schibsted Media Group’s editorial activities. "We firmly believe that increased transparency in journalism and journalistic methods will strengthen both the credibility and the... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Schibsted-Annual-Editorial-Report-2012/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:28:49 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Innkalling-til-ordinar-generalforsamling-/ Voting forms will be distributed at the meeting venue from 10:00. The annual report for 2012 and other relevant documents are available on the company’s website. More information here Participants may register here   http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Innkalling-til-ordinar-generalforsamling-/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:18:20 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Media-people-want-to-work-at-Schibsted/ More than 800 people put Schibsted on the top of the list when asked by the media recruitment company Mediabemanning "If you were to mention one company in the media and communications industry that you could imagine yourself working for, which one would be your choice?" Click to see the list of the top ten places to work in Norway, as ranked by Mediabemanning Record-high interest Schibsted was... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Media-people-want-to-work-at-Schibsted/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:19:24 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Sverre-Munck-steps-down-Frode-Eilertsen-new-EVP-Strategy-and-Digital-Transformation/ Frode Eilertsen has studied and worked in the US for 16 years. He has been part of McKinsey’s core global Leadership in Innovation practice, the Advanced Data & Analytics (MADA) initiative, as well as the Business Technology Office (BTO)’s Digital Enterprise initiative. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2001. He has worked within the Private Equity industry, and also founded a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Sverre-Munck-steps-down-Frode-Eilertsen-new-EVP-Strategy-and-Digital-Transformation/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:44:35 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Digital-opportunities-for-traditional-media-houses/ Published in Aftenposten, 13. February 2013.  Digital opportunities for traditional media houses Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO, Schibsted Media Group The new type of journalism in Schibsted's media houses is now taking shape. New digital talents are collaborating with experienced journalists to find exciting solutions. They disseminate journalistic content in digital forms – on different platforms and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Digital-opportunities-for-traditional-media-houses/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:18:54 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/--Solid-quarter-for-Schibsted/ Today, Schibsted Media Group released its Q4 2012 report, which shows operating revenues of NOK 3.8 billion. This was underlying and increase of 1 percent. The Online classifieds operations increased their revenues by 14 percent underlying. The revenues of the media houses in Norway and Sweden declined by underlying 2 and 4 percent, respectively. - Q4 was another solid quarter for Schibsted Med... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/--Solid-quarter-for-Schibsted/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:07:30 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards/ Kretzmähr and colleagues from Aftenposten, Aftonbladet, FINN.no and Infojobs Spain received their prizes in five categories in front of almost 700 jubilant participants in Karlstad on Friday 8 February. - I congratulate all the winners on their impressive achievements in 2012. Schibsted Media Group depends on the job that our sales people carry out every day. I am proud of your high level of... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards/ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:25:38 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Gunnar-Stromblad-to-leave-Schibsted/ Strömblad's contributions in Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet are part of modern Swedish newspaper history. Strömblad wants to devote more time to his family and hobbies. Gunnar Strömblad holds a degree in business and economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He took over as CFO of Aftonbladet in 1987, at a time when the newspaper was in dire financial straits, and went on to become i... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Gunnar-Stromblad-to-leave-Schibsted/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:09:12 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/New-Schibsted-video/ In the video, we meet young people in a normal day and see how they in different ways use and get information from various Schibsted-brands. The film is made in three different versions – Norwegian, Swedish and International – where the main difference is which of our brands are displayed. All versions may be downloaded at Arena (the international version will be available shortly). - We wished... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/New-Schibsted-video/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:27:41 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/ http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:26:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Quest-for-new-digital-talent/ The announcement of 17 new digital positions in Aftenposten means that the quest to find the digital talents to achieve this goal has now begun in earnest. "Our ambition to build world-class media houses means that we have to deliver quality journalism on digital platforms, lead the way in finding new content and new sources of revenue, and eventually to derive most of our future revenues from... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Quest-for-new-digital-talent/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:07:34 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Change-of-Editor-in-Chief-in-Bergens-Tidende/ Trine Eilertsen today tendered her resignation as Editor-in-Chief to the Board of Bergens Tidende. Eilertsen gave family circumstances as the grounds for the decision. "I have a husband and a son under the age of two in Oslo and want to spend more time with them. Commuting between Oslo and Bergen this autumn has not been an ideal situation. Our private circumstances are such that I need to make... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Change-of-Editor-in-Chief-in-Bergens-Tidende/ Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:39:27 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-Sales-Norway-established/ Svein Eriksen is currently CEO of Schibsted's online advertising network Webtraffic. Geir Jangås (40) is appointed Head of Operations. Jangås is currently product director for advertising products in FINN.no. The company will be responsible for a number of joint projects and initiatives across Schibsted Norge. "I'm very pleased to be offered this opportunity," says Eriksen, "Schibsted Norge wil... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-Sales-Norway-established/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:54:00 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stora-Journalistpriset-to-SvD-and-Aftonbladet/ “I congratulate all our winners on their fantastic achievements. To win three of four awards in such a tough and prestigious competition is nothing short of impressive. It is also a clear statement on the quality of our journalism both in SvD and Aftonbladet,” said CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal in Schibsted Media Group. Two prizes to SvD SvD´s Inger Atterstam won Lukas Bonnier’s Grand Journalism Prize... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stora-Journalistpriset-to-SvD-and-Aftonbladet/ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:33:47 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-buys-share-of-Hasznaltautohu/ Schibsted's portfolio includes Jófogás.hu, which was launched in 2010 and now holds Hungary's largest classifieds database. - Hasznaltauto.hu is Hungary’s leading automotive portal for selling new and used vehicles, and represents an important part of strengthening our ambitions in the Hungarian online classifieds market. Through closer cooperation and support from Schibsted Classified Media, w... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-buys-share-of-Hasznaltautohu/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:09:01 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-Swedish-Prime-Minister-visits-Schibsted-Sverige/ On 9 November the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the Moderate Party's chief strategist Per Schlingmann made a study visit to Schibsted Media Group’s Swedish operations in Schibsted-huset in Stockholm. One of the topics discussed was the changing media market. "One of the issues Schibsted raised was the future of Swedish quality journalism. We covered everything, from the digital... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-Swedish-Prime-Minister-visits-Schibsted-Sverige/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:31:28 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-CEO-at-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ Siv Juvik Tveitnes succeeds Hans Abrahamsen, who resigned the post in September. Juvik Tveitnes is currently CFO and HR Director in Bergens Tidende. After several years working as a consultant in Accenture and Bekk Consulting, she began her career in the media house as a business developer in 2006. Juvik Tveitnes also has experience as a project director in Media Norge, and was appointed acting... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-CEO-at-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:39:18 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stable-result-in-Q3/ Today, Schibsted Media Group, released its Q3 2012 report, which shows operating revenues of NOK 3.5 billion, underlying an increase of 2 percent compared to the same period in 2011. The Online classifieds operations increased their revenues by 16 percent. The revenues of the media houses in Norway and Sweden declined by 2 and 1 percent, respectively. - During the quarter we saw continued stead... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stable-result-in-Q3/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:05:12 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-Webcast-Q3-2012-results/ The interim report, presentation materials, and spreadsheet with key figures and analytical information will be made available on the investor relations pages at the investor relations pages on Schibsted.com. The presentation will be also be webcasted live on Schibsted.com. It will be presented in Norwegian and simultaneously translated into English at 09:00 CET. The presentation will be held b... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-Webcast-Q3-2012-results/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:27:22 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Our-view-on-regulating-ownership-in-media/ Read the full statement from Schibsted here (in Norwegian). Summary of our main comments Technological development has radically changed Norwegians' media use. Digitalization has intensified competition from international giants who make no contribution to editorial content or journalistic quality. In sum, this situation has had a dramatic impact on the competition situation for Norwegian media... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Our-view-on-regulating-ownership-in-media/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:38:40 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/--Schibsted-is-building-world-class-digital-media-houses/ Schibsted is building world-class digital media houses By Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO, Schibsted Media Group The story of Schibsted's reorganization of its media houses comprises two chapters: one of them about painful cost-cutting measures, the other about an extensive and assertive strategy for digital growth. So far, it has been the first of these that has attracted most discussion and debate.... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/--Schibsted-is-building-world-class-digital-media-houses/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:14:12 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Aftenposten-and-VG-to-co-locate-in-Akersgata/ Since long Akersgata has been known as Oslo’s "newspaper street", located in the city centre and close by Norway's key national institutions. The main objectives for co-locating is to create a good workplace and work environment, retain and strengthen the identities of each business, and achieve a good overall financial position. – Aftenposten is looking forward to collaborating more closely wi... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Aftenposten-and-VG-to-co-locate-in-Akersgata/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:13:32 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Details-for-restructuring-plan-in-the-media-houses/ - The aim is to continue the digital transition in our media houses in order to gain as strong positions online as they enjoy today in traditional media. Strong editorial products will continue to be the fundament for healthy and profitable media house businesses also in the digital future, CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal says. In the Q2 2012 report Schibsted announced an ambition to reduce costs with a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Details-for-restructuring-plan-in-the-media-houses/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:03:23 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Good-online-growth-in-Q2/  - Q2 was a quarter where we saw continuing good growth for online classifieds. Our media houses continued to make further efforts adapting to structural change and softer advertising markets, CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal says. - The revenue growth for Online classifieds operations was 16 per cent in Q2. I am particularly satisfied with the continued strong development of our French online classifieds... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Good-online-growth-in-Q2/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:08:51 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-Webcast-Q2-2012-results/ The presentation will be webcasted live here . It will be presented in Norwegian and simultaneously translated into English . The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger. - It is important for us to make information about Schibsted Media Group easily available to the public. Our live webcast makes it possible for all those interested to obtain a firsthand... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-Webcast-Q2-2012-results/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:43:07 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards-2012/ Tonight’s festive prize ceremony concluded a full-day event in Oslo packed with highly relevant food-for-thought, insight and inspiration for journalists at Schibsted Media Group’s media houses. On June 13th Schibsted Journalism Awards was arranged for the fifth time. Journalists and editors were present to honor exemplary journalism in text, photo, audio or live images produced in all of... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards-2012/ Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:29:59 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/program-for-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards/ The event will be streamed live here from 09.30 on 13th June. More than 200 journalists and participants from Schibsted Media Group’s media houses are expected at the day-time conference and the awards ceremony the same evening. They can look forward to an exciting full day-program packed with interesting content and inspiring contributions from a highly relevant selection of Scandinavian and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/program-for-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards/ Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:00:17 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-board-members-in-Schibsted-Media-Group/ A Board representation agreement has been entered into with Schibsted Media Group’s employees involving a proposal at this year's Annual General Meeting that seven members shall be elected by the shareholders. At the same time, Schibsted Media Group’s employees are entitled to elect three members, of whom one of them must be elected from the Group's employees in Sweden and the other two shall b... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-board-members-in-Schibsted-Media-Group/ Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:45 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stable-result-in-Q1/ The Online classifieds operations increased their revenues by 19 per cent. The media house operations in Schibsted Norge increased their revenues by 3 per cent, while Schibsted Sverige decreased its revenues by 2 per cent, underlying. EBITDA in Q1 2012 was NOK 421 million, compared to NOK 439 million in Q1 2011. The result includes spending on new ventures in Online classifieds of NOK 140 milli... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Stable-result-in-Q1/ Fri, 11 May 2012 07:07:01 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-of-Q1-results/ The presentation will be webcasted live on Schibsted.com/ir. It will be presented in Norwegian and also simultaneously translated into English. The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger. See presentation here. A recording of the presentation will be available on our web site shortly after the live webcast has ended. The interim report, presentation materials, a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-of-Q1-results/ Wed, 09 May 2012 10:20:40 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsteds-first-Annual-Editorial-Report/ Read the report here The annual editorial report will contribute to increasing transparency in Schibsted Media Group’s editorial activities. - We firmly believe that increased transparency in journalism and journalistic methods will strengthen both the credibility and the public trust in media. This report is an important step in that direction, CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal says. - Our goal is to... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsteds-first-Annual-Editorial-Report/ Fri, 04 May 2012 14:31:41 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Ferd-Capital-and-Platekompaniet-becomes-Schibsteds-partners-in-the-streaming-service-WiMP/ Going into 2012, Wimp had 350,000 paying customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. Launches in The Netherlands and Germany are in progress, and more countries will follow. Growth capital will be injected into WiMP in order to develop the service and support the geographical expansion.   Schibsted will contribute with distribution and marketing through its strong online positions and it... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Ferd-Capital-and-Platekompaniet-becomes-Schibsteds-partners-in-the-streaming-service-WiMP/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:18:02 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-CFOCOO-at-Schibsted-Norge/ - Tina is a representative of the digital world, she is an expert on organizational changes and she’s a great ambassador for the VG culture. I am confident that she is the right person for the new Schibsted Norge, says CEO Didrik Munch in Schibsted Norge. Tina is currently Organizational Director at the VG media house. At Schibsted Norge she will replace Andreas Torsheim, who recently took up t... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/New-CFOCOO-at-Schibsted-Norge/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:07:15 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Notice-of-Annual-General-Meeting-2012/ Printed version of the notice is distributed by mail to shareholders. Further information: Notice of Annual General Meeting Declaration on Management Salary The Nomination committe's report Participants may register here . The Nomination Committee's recommendations for the election of shareholder-elected directors is as follows:   •Ole Jacob Sunde (Board Chairman, Norwegian) •Karl-Christian... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Notice-of-Annual-General-Meeting-2012/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:31:53 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/SCHIBSTED-MEDIA-GROUPS-ANNUAL-REPORT-2011/ Annual Report 2011 In the Annual Report, you will find “ Letter from the CEO ”, “ Board of Directors Report ” and “ Financial Statement ”, amongst others. Here are some main points from 2011: • Schibsted Media Group has delivered good results for 2011. • An increased rate of investment in 2011 linked to the rolling-out of the online classified business in new markets has adversely affected the... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/SCHIBSTED-MEDIA-GROUPS-ANNUAL-REPORT-2011/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:20:03 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/FINN-declared-Norways-best-place-to-work/ - I congratulate FINN with the award as Norways best workplace. It was a great achievement to win last year, and equally impressive to repeat the victory! The culture and working environment in FINN serve as an inspiration to everyone in Schibsted Media Group, says CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal. Birthday FINN received the accolade on its birthday. The small entrepreneurial company that started with a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/FINN-declared-Norways-best-place-to-work/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:22:14 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH--Schibsted-increases-its-holding-in-Aspiro-to-734-per-cent-during-the-extended-acceptance-period/ The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from, or on behalf of, holders in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or USA, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of the Offer would contravene... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH--Schibsted-increases-its-holding-in-Aspiro-to-734-per-cent-during-the-extended-acceptance-period/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:52:42 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Pictures-from-Investor-Day-/ Olivier Aizac from Leboncoin.fr and CEO Terje Seljeseth i Schibsted Classified Media (left).   CFO Trond Berger, Chairman of the Board Ole Jacob Sunde, Editor Kjersti Løken Stavrum and CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal.   CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal presenting "Strategic Direction" http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Pictures-from-Investor-Day-/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:31:32 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Successful-Investor-Day-in-London/ The presentation material and webcast can be downloaded at www.schibsted.com/Investorday2012 . - We see continued profitable growth for our Online Classifieds operations in the years to come, and have set an ambitious target to become the global leader in this market. Within Media Houses, we expect growth to continue for our online operations, and have taken a multi-lever approach to manage the... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Successful-Investor-Day-in-London/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:31:08 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH--Schibsted-holds-more-than-two-thirds-of-the-shares-in-Aspiro/ The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from, or on behalf of, holders in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or USA, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of the Offer would contravene... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH--Schibsted-holds-more-than-two-thirds-of-the-shares-in-Aspiro/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:00:03 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-from-Investor-Day/ Watch webcast here The program in London will cover a strategic and financial update of the Group's operations, and include in depth presentations on our Online Classifieds business, as well as our Scandinavian Media Houses. Program: 12:30 – 17:00 Presentations: • Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO • Trond Berger, CFO • Terje Seljeseth, CEO Schibsted Classified Media • Sverre Munck, EVP Strategy &... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-from-Investor-Day/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:20:09 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-completes-the-offer-to-the-shareholders-in-Aspiro-and-extends-the-acceptance-period/ The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from, or on behalf of, holders in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or USA, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of the Offer would contravene... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-completes-the-offer-to-the-shareholders-in-Aspiro-and-extends-the-acceptance-period/ Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:48:08 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Creating-Schibsted-Norge/ Ryssdal emphasizes that the subscription newspapers and VG will retain the same high level of editorial freedom, journalistic independence and content exchange as today. - We have no plans for editorial cooperation in the media house' core areas. VG will not join the content exchange agreement in which the media houses in Media Norge participate. The fierce competition between the media houses... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Creating-Schibsted-Norge/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:20:10 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Growth-and-stable-earnings/ Schibsteds Q4 2011 report shows operating revenues of NOK 3.7 billion, underlying an increase of 4 per cent compared to the same period in 2010. Advertising revenues contributed with a growth of 9 per cent. EBITDA in Q4 was NOK 531 million, compared to NOK 567 million in the same period in 2010. The Online classifieds operations increased their revenues by 18 percent, whereas the Media Houses h... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Growth-and-stable-earnings/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:04:14 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-Q4-2011-results/ The presentation will be webcasted live on Schibsted.com/ir. It will be presented in Norwegian and simultaneously translated into English. The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger. - It is important for us to make information about Schibsted Media Group easily available to the public. Our live webcast makes it possible for all those interested to obtain a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Live-webcast-Q4-2011-results/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:09:23 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards/ - I congratulate all the winners on their impressive achievements. Schibsted Media Group depends on the job that our sales people carry out every day. I am proud of your high level of professionalism and your eagerness to constantly improve. Thanks to all of you for your great sales efforts in 2011, said Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO Schibsted Media Group. Schibsted Sales Awards is Schibsted Media... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:17:11 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH---Schibsted-makes-public-a-supplement-to-the-offer-document/ The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from, or on behalf of, holders in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or USA, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of the Offer would contravene... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Schibsted-ASA-SCH---Schibsted-makes-public-a-supplement-to-the-offer-document/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:20 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/ALL-TIME-HIGHS-FOR-AFTONBLADET/ In the third week of January aftonbladet.se reached an all-time high with 6 284 865 unique readers. This was an 11 percent increase compared with the third week of 2011. At the same time, mobil.aftonbladet.se also hit a new record with 1.8 million unique users, an increase of almost 180 percent in comparison with the same period last year! Aftonbladet’s sports edition, Sportbladet on web and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/ALL-TIME-HIGHS-FOR-AFTONBLADET/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:22:56 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Offer-Document-In-Relation-To-Schibsteds-Recommended-Cash-Offer-To-The-Shareholders-In-Aspiro-Made-Public/ Schibsted ASA (“Schibsted”) announced on 12 January 2012 an offer to the shareholders in Aspiro AB (“Aspiro”) to acquire all the shares in Aspiro for SEK 1.65 in cash per share (the “Offer”). Aspiro’s Board of Directors has recommended the shareholders to accept the Offer. The offer document regarding Schibsted’s offer was made public today. The offer document is available at Schibsted’s websit... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Offer-Document-In-Relation-To-Schibsteds-Recommended-Cash-Offer-To-The-Shareholders-In-Aspiro-Made-Public/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:55:37 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Press-release1/ The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from or on behalf of holders in, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or USA, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of the Offer would contravene... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/Press-release1/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:55:59 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/CHANGES-IN-BLOMMENHOLM-INDUSTRIER/ Blommenholm Industrier AS, the company’s largest shareholder, owns 28,188,589 shares, representing 26.1% of the shares in Schibsted ASA. Blommenholm Industrier AS is represented on the board of Schibsted ASA by Board Chair Ole Jacob Sunde. Blommenholm Industrier AS initially had two share classes: Class A and Class B shares. The Class B shares, which are non-voting shares, are owned by four... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/CHANGES-IN-BLOMMENHOLM-INDUSTRIER/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:59:19 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-prisoners-in-Ethiopia-must-be-released/ To: Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sweden) Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) Oslo, 30 December 2011. The prisoners in Ethiopia must be released The Schibsted Media Group wishes to express its deep concern for the two Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, currently imprisoned in Ethiopia. We urge both the Swedish and Norwegian authorities t... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/The-prisoners-in-Ethiopia-must-be-released/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:02:59 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/ http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2012/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:57:18 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Andreas-Thorsheim-new-CEO-of-Bergens-Tidende/ - Thorsheim will provide BT with digital media expertise, strong drive and a passion for newspapers, says Didrik Munch, Bergens Tidende’s Board Chair and Group Managing Director of Media Norge. Prior to this appointment, Thorsheim was CFO/COO in Media Norge and was a member of the group management team for two years. He will take up his new position as CEO of Bergens Tidende on 15 April 2012.... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Andreas-Thorsheim-new-CEO-of-Bergens-Tidende/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:10:53 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Books-on-the-history-of-Schibsted/ Lead was transformed into gold when in 1860 the orphaned typographer Christian M. Schibsted founded Aftenposten, the newspaper that marked the beginning of the Schibsted story. More than 130 years later the founder’s most recent descendant, Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, played the lead role in a final showdown between two branches of the family over media, power and millions when the group was launch... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Books-on-the-history-of-Schibsted/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:48:40 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/FINN-Torget--Most-Useful-App-of-the-Year/ “Gulltasten” is the Norwegian mobile industry’s mobile award ceremony, which also includes four application categories: App of the Year, Most Useful App of the Year, Entertainment App of the Year and Kids App of the Year. In fierce competition with other great apps it was FINN Torget (FINN Marketplace) for iPhone that won the award for Useful App of the Year. The list of Gulltasten nominees and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/FINN-Torget--Most-Useful-App-of-the-Year/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:39:09 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Sondre-Gravir-new-CEO-of-Aftenposten/ Sondre has been the CEO of regional media house Bergens Tidende (BT) since January 2009. Familiar face Sondre is a familiar face to a lot of people at Aftenposten from 2003 and 2004, when he as a consultant from McKinsey was hired to participate in a big strategy project and then the project group that was responsible for converting Aftenposten’s morning issue to tabloid format. In 2007 he beca... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Sondre-Gravir-new-CEO-of-Aftenposten/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:22:39 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Q3-report/ - Q3 2011 was a satisfactory quarter for Schibsted Media Group. Our Online Classifieds business continues to show good revenue and earnings growth in spite of higher in-vestment in rolling out business operations in new markets. Our Media Houses are showing slightly weaker earnings compared with very good results in Q3 last year, but they are still showing good overall margins, the structural... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Q3-report/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:04:23 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/LIVE-WEBCAST-OF-Q3-2011-RESULTS/ The presentation will be webcasted live on Schibsted.com/ir . It will be presented in Norwegian and also simultaneously translated into English. The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger. See presentation here. A recording of the presentation will be available on our web site shortly after the live webcast has ended. The interim report, presentation materials,... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/LIVE-WEBCAST-OF-Q3-2011-RESULTS/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:21:24 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Lars-Helle-new-Editor-in-Chief-at-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ - Lars Helle is an experienced publicist, and the job he has carried out at Dagbladet has been positively noticed. His ties and commitment to Stavanger and the Rogaland district will be important in his new job, says Didrik Munch, CEO of Media Norge and Chairman of Stavanger Aftenblad. Munch is looking forward to include Lars Helle as in Media Norge’s editorial and management community. -... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Lars-Helle-new-Editor-in-Chief-at-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:10:31 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/VG--worlds-best-on-iPad/ Norwegian media house VG’s iPad edition has won the prestigious competition “XMA Cross Media Awards” that rewards the media houses that have come up with the best and most innovative multimedia products throughout the year. Best of show VG+ scored highest in front of among others the Sunday Times from the UK, Die Welt from Germany and Bloomberg News from the US. Aftenposten was voted number... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/VG--worlds-best-on-iPad/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:58:59 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-most-attractive-place-to-work/ The Norwegian recruitment agency Mediabemanning has carried out its annual career-survey, asking people who work in media, advertising and communications what company they would consider the most attractive if they were to look for a new job. - Attractive employer During September 963 people participated in the survey. And equal to last year most of them would like to work in Schibsted or a... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-most-attractive-place-to-work/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:32:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Sale-of-shares-in-Polaris-Media-to-strategic-media-owners/ Since 2009, Schibsted Media Group has had a total return swap agreement with SEB Enskilda AS regarding the financial exposure to 17,751,236 shares, equal to 36.3% of the shares. The agreement expires 30. September 2011, and SEB Enskilda AS has as a consequence of this sold a corresponding number of shares at NOK 24.00 per share. Norrköpings Tidningars Media AB (NTM) acquires 7.050.000 shares,... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Sale-of-shares-in-Polaris-Media-to-strategic-media-owners/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:06:43 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-launches-mortgage-loan-service/ - This is the first time the Norwegian banking community is gathered together on one website. Consumers can obtain offers from up to three banks at the same time and from the same place, says Endre Kolbjørnsen, Managing Director of Penger.no, as the new company is called. 70% of the Norwegian banking sector gathered in one place According to Kolbjørnsen, the website has attracted around 70% of... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-launches-mortgage-loan-service/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:31:40 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-launches-Technical-Trainee-Program/ The technical trainee program has a clear focus on product development and technological know-how. The aim is to develop developers and technology specialist who in the future will be key persons for Schibsted Media Group’s companies. - It is both inspiring and exciting to launch a new program with a focus that our subsidiaries have asked for, in addition to the already existing sales and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-launches-Technical-Trainee-Program/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:49:09 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Tom-Hetland-steps-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ Hetland (57) has been regional media house Stavanger Aftenblad’s editor-in-chief for the past nine years, a period marked by great and swift readjustments and demanding organizational processes, such as the transition to morning newspaper and tabloid format, moving into new locations, the integration into Media Norge, several extensive downsizing processes and not at least the transition from... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Tom-Hetland-steps-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-Stavanger-Aftenblad/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:03:28 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-Vekst-invests-in-Duplo-Media/ EasyAd, which is Duplo Media’s automatized advertisement solution, has yielded good results within a short period of time. - We believe that the market for self-service advertising will increase a lot in the years to come, says Lars Vangen Jordet, CEO of Schibsted Vekst. - Self-service gives the advertisement better control and more flexibility, at the same time as it saves costs. Through Duplo... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-Vekst-invests-in-Duplo-Media/ Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:26:29 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Svein-Eriksen-new-CEO-of-Webtraffic/ Currently, Svein is Country Manager of Webtraffic Norway, a business that he has developed and been in charge of since it was launched in 2009. - We are very pleased that Svein has chosen to come to us in Stockholm. He has long experience from Schibsted Media Group and has proven to have both the sound knowledge and drive it will take to bring Webtraffic to the next level, says Anders Berglund,... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Svein-Eriksen-new-CEO-of-Webtraffic/ Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:21:54 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Good-result-for-Schibsted/ Today Schibsted ASA (SCH) released its Q2 2011 report, which shows operating revenues of NOK 3.8 billion, underlying an increase of 6 per cent compared to the same period in 2010. Advertising revenues contributed with a growth of 9 per cent. EBITDA in Q2 was NOK 683 million, compared to NOK 652 million in the same period in 2010. - Q2 2011 was a good quarter for Schibsted Media Group. We achiev... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Good-result-for-Schibsted/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:04:14 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-webcast-of-Q2-2011-results/  The presentation will be webcasted live at Schibsted.com/ir . It will be presented in Norwegian and also simultaneously translated to English.   See webcast here. The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger. - It is important for us to make information on Schibsted Media Group easily available. Our live webcast makes it possible for all those interested to obtai... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-webcast-of-Q2-2011-results/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:23:08 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/VG-and-Aftenposten-back-after-blast/ VG and Aftenposten both managed to produce newspapers after the terrible events in Oslo on Friday and the subsequent evacuation of their buildings. They are now back at their offices and working to produce tomorrows newspapers. Schibsted CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal visited both VG and Aftenposten Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. - The meaningless killings in Oslo and at Utøya are a national... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/VG-and-Aftenposten-back-after-blast/ Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:09:36 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards-2011/ On June 9 Schibsted Journalism Awards was arranged for the fourth time. Journalists and editors were present to honor exemplary journalism in text, photo, audio or live images produced in all of Schibsted Media Group's media houses. In each of the three categories “Best Storytelling”, “Best Innovative Entry” and “Best Scoop” the winners were honored with NOK 200,000. - It’s great to see how... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/The-winners-of-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards-2011/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:35:38 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Program-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards/ Schibsted Journalism Award is open for members of the press who wants to cover the arrangement. Master of Ceremonies will be Ingrid Bjørnov. Schibsted Journalism Award To work for and gain distinction as pioneers of good journalism is fundamentally important in Schibsted. That is why the group created the Schibsted Journalism Awards in 2007; to honor exemplary works of journalism in the form of... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Program-Schibsted-Journalism-Awards/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:27 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Joakim-Pops-new-CEO-of-Hittase/ Today, Webtraffic has operations in Sweden, Norway and Estonia and has an annual turnover of SEK 250 and 50 employees. - It will be great fun to be in charge of Sweden’s leading online catalog service. Hitta has undergone a fascinating journey in the past few years and are now a clear market leader, says Joakim Pops. Joakim is a Market Economist from the University of Stockholm and is currently... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Joakim-Pops-new-CEO-of-Hittase/ Wed, 25 May 2011 13:45:07 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-continues-progress/ - I am very pleased to announce that for the seventh consecutive quarter Schibsted Media Group can present a quarterly result ahead of what we achieved in the same period in the previous year. This is the highest profit we have ever posted in a first quarter, CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal says. - While we had some help from the advertising markets this first quarter, credit is equally due to the hard... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-continues-progress/ Fri, 13 May 2011 07:05:09 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Awards-for-VG/ VGTV won two out of a total of three prizes in the web TV category. The powerful story called “Størst av alt er kjærligheten” (The Greatest of All is Love) about the cancer patient Ida Wassås won the award for best photo reportage of the year on web TV. The jury’s verdict said: “It’s a powerful story told in a worthy way. It hits you straight in the heart”. The ski and snowboard series “Side by... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Awards-for-VG/ Thu, 12 May 2011 15:41:18 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-webcast-of-Q1-2011-results/ The presentation will be webcasted live at Schibsted.com/ir . It will be presented in Norwegian and, for the first time, simultaneously translated to English. The presentation will be held by CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal, and CFO Trond Berger. - We are happy to offer this service for all those who have an interest in Schibsted Media Group. Particularly we are pleased to give our non Norwegian... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-webcast-of-Q1-2011-results/ Wed, 11 May 2011 14:19:40 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-Media-Groups-annual-report-2010-published/ - Our main goal has been to produce a complete, web-based report as an integrated part of Schibsted’s website. More and more businesses chose to do it this way, which we believe is more future-oriented and accommodates for easier availability and use of the report, says Anders Rikter, Director of Communications at Schibsted Media Group. Annual Report 2010 Schibsted ASA’s General Meeting will ta... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-Media-Groups-annual-report-2010-published/ Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:33:56 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Comments-on-Mediestotteutvalget/ Read the comments here (Norwegian only). http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Comments-on-Mediestotteutvalget/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:55:22 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Aftenposten-launches-iPad-editions/ - We want to provide the readers with an overview of the most important news, delivered with a user experience that takes advantage of the possibilities that the iPad offers, such as navigation, multimedia storytelling, video and series of images. However, we will make sure we meet the readers’ expectations that the product reflects Aftenposten’s quality. Not anything else, nothing unknown, say... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Aftenposten-launches-iPad-editions/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:48:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-sells-Sandrew-Metronome-Norway/   The takeover date is June 1, 2011. - It has been important for Schibsted Media Group to find a good overall solution for such an important player in the Norwegian film industry as Sandrew Metronome Norge. We believe the transaction will contribute to maintain diversity within Norwegian film. We are pleased to pass the company on to such a serious and competent owner as Oslo Kino, says CEO Rol... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-sells-Sandrew-Metronome-Norway/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:29:07 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-acquires-popular-weather-site/ - It feels particularly nice that it is precisely Schibsted Media Group that now will take klart.se further. Schibsted possesses sound understanding of online activities and klart.se will be a good match with the company’s portfolio, says Pierre Siri. - We are impressed with the accuracy of klart.se’s weather forecasts and how useful the site is, says Dan Ouchterlony, who’s Schibsted... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-acquires-popular-weather-site/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:48:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-acquired-internet-news-site-TVNETlv-in-Latvia/ The investment in Tvnet.lv is Schibsted Media Group’s first presence in Latvia and an important step in order to strengthen the presence in Baltic internet market, says Mart Kadastik, CEO of Eesti Meedia . Through Eesti Meedia, Schibsted Media Group is Estonia’s leading media company, with activities in all fields of media. In Lithuania the activities comprise online news and classifieds, free... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-acquired-internet-news-site-TVNETlv-in-Latvia/ Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:36:48 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibstedcom-awarded-best-website-2011/ Schibsted Media Group’s website was revamped and updated in the fall of 2010, when the company changed its logo and got a new visual profile. - I am very proud that Schibsted Media Group has won this award. It has been important for us to create a website that our users find both useful and user-friendly. Also, we wanted the site to reflect Schibsted Media Group’s strong position as an... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibstedcom-awarded-best-website-2011/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:22:28 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Merger-of-Media-Norge-and-Schibsted-approved/ Shareholders representing only 2.6 per cent of the total shares in Media Norge voted against the merger. Schibsted controls 85.9 per cent of the shares in Media Norge. In December and January Schibsted acquired 5.3 per cent of the company from among other Vital Forsikring ASA at the same terms as in the merger. - I am satisfied that the General Meeting of Media Norge today, by a large majority,... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Merger-of-Media-Norge-and-Schibsted-approved/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:04:57 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/FINN-Norways-best-place-to-work/ Previously, Finn has been ranked as the second, third and fourth best workplace in Norway, but has never topped the list before. Last year the company was ranked as number four. - We are very happy and proud to have won such a prestigious award. For a long time now it’s been Finn’s goal to become number one, and we have worked put in a lot of dedicated effort to achieve this position, says VP... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/FINN-Norways-best-place-to-work/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:12:02 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Media-merger-for-the-future/ Article by Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO, Schibsted Media Group, printed in Dagens Næringsliv 10. March 2011 Today’s extraordinary general meeting in Media Norge will discuss the merger offer made by Schibsted Media Group. At Schibsted Media Group we have strong faith in the future of Media Norge’s solid media houses and Finn.no – these represent our core businesses. I believe that this is a merger th... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Media-merger-for-the-future/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:09:22 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-a-bright-Nova-star/ On Monday February 21 Schibsted Media Group was awarded the prize “Partner Enterprise of the Year” (Årets Partnerföretag 2011) by the Swedish branch of the Scandinavian talent network Nova Networks. Nova Networks is a talent network for top students (Nova 100), recent graduates and young professionals (Nova Pro). According to the jury, the reasons for awarding Schibsted the prize were as follow... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Schibsted-a-bright-Nova-star/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:34:45 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Strong-result-in-Q4/ Today Schibsted ASA (SCH) released its Q4 2010 report, which shows operating revenues of NOK 3.71 billion, underlying a growth of 5 per cent compared to the same period in 2009. Advertising revenues contributed with a growth of 13 per cent. The operating profit (EBITA) in Q4 was NOK 424 million, a growth of 22 per cent compared to the same period in 2009. - I am very pleased that Schibsted Medi... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Strong-result-in-Q4/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:06:19 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-transmission-of-Schibsted-Media-Groups-quarterly-results/ - The quarterly results presentation is our most important communication channel with our stakeholders, both in Norway and internationally. It is a well-visited event at Schibsted Media Group’s headquarters in Oslo, where some of our employees also participate. By transmitting this event live via webcast we will be able to reach out to other relevant players in the finance sector, such as priva... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Live-transmission-of-Schibsted-Media-Groups-quarterly-results/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:45:57 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards-2010/   Winners of Schibsted Sales Awards 2011: Salesperson of the Year: Hanne Ulleberg, Aftenposten The Sales Person of the Year 2011 has a record of very good results combined with a high activity level. She works closely with her customers and is very concerned with their success. She is creative, and she’s not only regarded as a salesperson, but also as an advisor. The Salesperson of the Year is ... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Winners-of-Schibsted-Sales-Awards-2010/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:28:52 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Finally-at-home-in-Schibstedhuset/ The opening was manifested by a special welcome gesture earlier in January, when all the CEOs and information directors welcomed their staff to their new offices. The red carpet was rolled out, Schibsted’s online recipe site Tasteline.se handed out breakfast bags and the newspaper editors provided everybody with fresh newspapers. - The move-in process has worked out pretty well. There are some... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Finally-at-home-in-Schibstedhuset/ Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:23:11 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/New-Director-of-Communications/ Rikter is in charge of Schibsted’s external communication, in addition to executive responsibility for internal communication. As part of his tasks, he will work closely with CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and the corporate management team. Anders Rikter has been in a temporary position as Schibsted’s Head of Communications since April 2010. Before that he was the Football Association of Norway’s Head o... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/New-Director-of-Communications/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:38 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/ http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:27 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Negotiations-to-merge-Schibsted-and-Media-Norge-ASA/ Such a transaction would be financially attractive for all the parties involved. At the same time, the desire to attend to the minority shareholders of Media Norge is combined with the ambition to create a future-oriented and robust corporate structure for Schibsted Media Group. - For Schibsted Media Group it is strategically important to secure efficient and future oriented media houses. At th... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2011/Negotiations-to-merge-Schibsted-and-Media-Norge-ASA/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:27:01 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Schibsted-launching-several-editions-for-iPad/ Even before the iPad was officially launched in Norway and Sweden on November 30, a lot of people had found other ways to purchase the tablet, which has become quite popular in Scandinavia. Since the iPad was launched internationally for the first time over seven months ago Schibsted Media Group’s media houses have put down a lot of work to adapt their editorial products quality content to new... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Schibsted-launching-several-editions-for-iPad/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:15:13 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Leboncoin-deal-signed-in-Paris/ The official signing of the agreement took place in Paris. - I am very happy that this deal is now completed. To increase our ownership in Leboncoin.fr is of vital strategic value for Schibsted. By taking full control of the company, we strengthen the opportunity not only to develop the site, but also to use the tremendous market position to develop new online business in the exciting French... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Leboncoin-deal-signed-in-Paris/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:34:12 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Prestigious-award-to-Trine-Eilertsen/ - It is a pleasure to give this award to Trine Eilertsen, especially with regard to the fact that she is only weeks away from taking her maternity leave as the first female Editor-in-Chief of a major Norwegian newspaper, says Synnøve Skeie fosse, chairman of the jury. It is the 12.th time the prize is being awarded. Previous winners include Kristin Skogen Lund, Ellen Arnstad, Kjersti Løken... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Prestigious-award-to-Trine-Eilertsen/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:25:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Increased-ownership-in-Lendo/ Lendo is the leading market place for consumer loans in Sweden. The acquisition price (EV) for 46 per cent of the shares is SEK 92 million. Schibsted Tillväxtmedier first took a stake in Lendo in 2009, and the development since has been very positive. The company had in the first nine months of 2010 revenues of close to SEK 40 million, a growth of 250 per cent compared to the same period in 200... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Increased-ownership-in-Lendo/ Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:30:11 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Strong-result-in-3rd-quarter/ - It is a pleasure for us in Schibsted Media Group to report third quarter figures that show a strong improvement in the results compared to the equivalent period in 2009, Mr. Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO of Schibsted Media Group says. - The improvement is a result of both hard work on profitability improvement measures throughout the Group and growth in our media houses and online classifieds... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Strong-result-in-3rd-quarter/ Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:13:55 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/New-logo-for-Schibsted/ Schibsted has a long and proud history that unites tradition and innovation. Surveys showed that the current Schibsted logo was no longer in line with the modern media group Schibsted. We therefore began working on designing a new logo, which received very good test results and is associated with words such as ʽinternationalʼ, ʽmodernʼ and ʽprogressiveʼ. - Schibsted Media Group’s new logo and... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/New-logo-for-Schibsted/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:07:32 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Record-result-in-Q2-2010/ - We are happy to be able to show such good results after 18 months in which all of us have made a collective effort to turn every stone in order to strengthen the company for the future. The results produced in the second quarter of 2010 shows that Schibsted is a solid company that is able to secure both good development for our media houses and at the same time continued growth and high... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Record-result-in-Q2-2010/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:22:04 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Schibsted-buys-LeBoncoinfr/ The agreement values Leboncoin.fr at EUR 400 million on a 100% basis. This implies an EBITDA multiple based on expected earnings in 2010 of approximately 18. In first half 2010 the operating revenues were EUR 16 million, which implies a growth of 122%. The EBITDA margin in first half 2010 was 59% compared to 42% in first half 2009. In 2009 Leboncoin.fr had revenues of EUR 18 million and EBITDA... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Schibsted-buys-LeBoncoinfr/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:17:48 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/ http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:41:16 GMT http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Svenska-Dagbladet-Newspaper-of-the-Year/ Lock, stock and barrel of Sweden’s media industry were present at honorable Berns Salonger in Stockholm when TU (Swedish Media Publishers’ Association) organized its sixth yearly “Newspaper of the Year” awards – regarded the most important media competition in Sweden. SvD: Never-ending innovation Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) was awarded Newspaper of the Year 2010, which is a joint prize that include... http://www.schibsted.com/Press-Room/News-archive/2010/Svenska-Dagbladet-Newspaper-of-the-Year/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:01:55 GMT