After a thorough process with highly qualified external and internal candidates, Sara Andrén-Johansen has been appointed as the new CEO of Nettbil. Nettbil is a digital marketplace in Norway for used cars sold from private users to car dealers, through a closed online auction. Schibsted bought the majority of shares
We’ve invested in stock from Scrimba, an interactive code-learning platform with over a million users from all over the world. The story of Scrimba started with a self-developed programming language, and the search for an educational tool to help teach others to use the new language. What existed at the
In only one year, Aftonbladet’s food site Godare.se has increased its traffic from 250,000 to 1 million visits a month. This week, they were awarded the Swedish SEO Award 2023 in the category of food and recipes. “It’s really nice to get confirmation that we’ve done a good job. I’m
Today, the European Parliament (EP) agreed on its proposed changes to the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), published by the EU Commission in September 2022. The EMFA treats media freedom in three different dimensions: freedom from public influence, freedom from editorial interference by media owners and freedom from social media
Schibsted is pleased to announce that Daniel Frykholm will be the new VP, Head of Group Communication in Schibsted ASA. Daniel is a seasoned communication executive with broad industry experience and will be leading the central group communication team focusing on promoting Schibsted’s corporate agenda towards both external and internal
Schibsted is strengthening its strategic focus on AI. Two internal teams – Schibsted Futures Lab and the AI Enablement program – will merge and grow – to support all of Schibsted’s use of AI technology. The new team will also be strengthened by two senior data scientists from the data
Schibsted News Media, Stampen Media and Tinius Trust are sponsors and share a booth at the ongoing Global Investigative Journalism Conference, GIJC, in Gothenburg with nearly 2,000 delegates from 144 countries. With the collaboration, the media groups and the Tinius trust want to demonstrate that free and investigative journalism is
Schibsted is now a minority owner of Viaplay Group, a leading Nordic entertainment platform which is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. In a disclosure to Oslo Stock Exchange on September 13, 2023, Schibsted informs that it now owns a minority stake of 10.1 % in Viaplay. Viaplay Group is a Nordic
Every year, women (or, more precisely, biologically females) are forced to take sick leave because of visible or invisible health problems. This is a problem, both on an individual and on a corporate level, directly connected to gender equality at work. Therefore, Schibsted is now partnering up with the digital
Schibsted Coast Director and former Editor-in-Chief of Bergens Tidende, Øyulf Hjertenes (44), is taking on new responsibilities within Schibsted’s news division. “I am incredibly pleased that Øyulf accepted this newly created position. Few have been with Schibsted as long as he has, so he knows the organization better than
Hundreds of software engineers in Schibsted now use Artificial Intelligence to help them write code. “My productivity has grown at least 15 %,” estimates Pedro Goncalves. Good software engineering requires lots of creativity as well as superb skills in solving problems. But the daily work is also full of tedious
An investment into the rapidly changing car industry. At the same time Norwegian Møller and Danish Semler, increase their share in Gire, who is experiencing an increased demand in the transportation of cars. Gire is a B2B marketplace for flexible on-demand car transportation, solving the needs of a fast-changing car