Comments on: Icelandic free 24 Stundir merges with paid paper http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/10/14/icelandic-free-24-stundir-merges-with-paid-paper/ Daily blogging on free daily newspapers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:25:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Newspaper Innovation » Blog Archive » Frettabladid back to 365media http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/10/14/icelandic-free-24-stundir-merges-with-paid-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-51042 Newspaper Innovation » Blog Archive » Frettabladid back to 365media Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:47:12 +0000 http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/?p=1671#comment-51042 [...] After the credit crisis hit Iceland both publishers agreed to merge, with Frettabladid remaining as the only free daily. 24 Stundir was closed on 10 October 2008. (see previous post) [...] [...] After the credit crisis hit Iceland both publishers agreed to merge, with Frettabladid remaining as the only free daily. 24 Stundir was closed on 10 October 2008. (see previous post) [...]

]]> By: Piet Bakker http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/10/14/icelandic-free-24-stundir-merges-with-paid-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-34200 Piet Bakker Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:14:22 +0000 http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/?p=1671#comment-34200 Yes indeed. Dagsbrun and and their media company 365 are now only a minority shareholder (36.5%) in Árvakri that publishes both paid Morgunbladid and free daily Frettabladid. Their operations in US (BostonNow) and Denmark (Nyhedsavisen) closed down. Not because the quality of the papers - which actually was quite good - but because of Icelandic financial problems. It's not the proof of the failure of the business model - although indeed many like to see it like that. Yes indeed. Dagsbrun and and their media company 365 are now only a minority shareholder (36.5%) in Árvakri that publishes both paid Morgunbladid and free daily Frettabladid.

Their operations in US (BostonNow) and Denmark (Nyhedsavisen) closed down. Not because the quality of the papers – which actually was quite good – but because of Icelandic financial problems.

It’s not the proof of the failure of the business model – although indeed many like to see it like that.

]]> By: Andreas http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/10/14/icelandic-free-24-stundir-merges-with-paid-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-34145 Andreas Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:22:56 +0000 http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/?p=1671#comment-34145 If I get it right, the merger took place between 365 hf. (media section of Dagsbrun and former publisher of Frettabladid) and Posthusid Arvaki what seems to be the section of Arvakur responsible for Morgunbladid. Seems to be time for an update of the biggest free daily publishers, right? Dagsbrun, the third nordic force with international ambitions seems to be out of the game. Funny, how this is interpreted as a failure of the business model of free dailies, which it is definetely not! If I get it right, the merger took place between 365 hf. (media section of Dagsbrun and former publisher of Frettabladid) and Posthusid Arvaki what seems to be the section of Arvakur responsible for Morgunbladid.

Seems to be time for an update of the biggest free daily publishers, right? Dagsbrun, the third nordic force with international ambitions seems to be out of the game. Funny, how this is interpreted as a failure of the business model of free dailies, which it is definetely not!

]]> By: Tuesday squibs : Notes from a Teacher http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2008/10/14/icelandic-free-24-stundir-merges-with-paid-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-33148 Tuesday squibs : Notes from a Teacher Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:56:30 +0000 http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/?p=1671#comment-33148 [...] Icelandic free 24 Stundir merges with paid paper. The global meltdown, which hit Iceland particularly hard, has claimed a victim or two. [...] [...] Icelandic free 24 Stundir merges with paid paper. The global meltdown, which hit Iceland particularly hard, has claimed a victim or two. [...]

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