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John Einar Sandvand
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14 years ago @ BetaTales - Kindle racking up pric... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ BetaTales - Where everybody visits... · 0 replies · +1 points
You find his blog post here
14 years ago @ BetaTales - How news sites can cov... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ BetaTales - How news sites can cov... · 0 replies · +1 points
Do you have the link to the coverit-live blogging at NRK? I would be happy to include it in the article. It was not posted prominently on NRK.no on the election night as far as I could see.
14 years ago @ BetaTales - Where everybody visits... · 0 replies · +1 points
I think these are very good observations.
14 years ago @ BetaTales - Where everybody visits... · 0 replies · +1 points
Thank you for your comment! I agree that Internet penetration has to be taken into account. But even so, I am quite sure that the number of daily web users in India - due to the enormous size of the population - will be much higher than in little Norway.
Do you have the number of how many people use the web in India?
14 years ago @ BetaTales - Where everybody visits... · 0 replies · +1 points
But the added services could also be part of the explanation of why newspaper sites have become so popular in Norway: Some of the sites have developed into broad portals offering a number of different services rather than just presenting the latest news.
In VG.no's case the social community Nettby.no has particular importance delivering huge traffic every day.
14 years ago @ NRKbeta: NRKs sandkass... - Internett med i eller I · 0 replies · +1 points
Men spørsmålet minner meg om et tilsvarende diskusjonstema i 1994 eller 1995. Heter det Internet eller Internett? En eller to T-er? På den tiden var jeg vaktsjef for søndagsavisen til Aftenposten, som oftere enn noen andre skrev om dette merkelige nye fenomenet Internett. Og en dag kom spørsmålet: Burde det ikke hetet Internett, og ikke Internet?
Vår språkekspert Per Egil Hegge ble konsultert - og etter diskusjon ble vi enige om at Aftenposten nå burde skifte fra en T til to.
Først forsøk ble mislykket - for alle steder vi skrev "Internett" ble det endret tilbake til "Internet"av en iherdig korrekturavdeling (disse som ikke lenger finnes i norske aviser).
Men på andre forsøk ble den nye policyen gjennomført - og den nye skrivemåten spredte seg raskt til andre aviser og ble i praksis den nye stavemåten.
Bare en liten historisk anektote i anledning diskusjonen ...
14 years ago @ BetaTales - 4 ways of consuming ne... · 0 replies · +1 points
Actually I think Delicious, Reddit and Digg could be included in point 4 - peer-edited news streams. I will update my post to include that.
And yes: I agree that Norwegians sites should allow embedding. Probably we could be much more open in other ways of distributing our content as well. Before you would always pull users to your site. In the new world you also need to distribute your content to where your users prefere to consume it.
14 years ago @ BetaTales - Why I would worry if I... · 0 replies · +1 points
I think you are right about the need for editorial quality control, and that will be the main value added by publishing houses in addition to the "brand" and promotion. But to some extent it depends on how the publishing houses act in this changing landscape. For instance: If their main strategy is to protect the existing product, by keeping digital prices high and distribution difficult, they are going to loose. I am confident that customers and authors will find alternatives then.
On the other hand they have a good chance of success if they take proaktive action and embrace the new platforms as they emerge.
Regarding hardware: I am sure prices will drop significantly. The e-reader I have tested costs about 5000 NOK (USD 750) in the Norwegian market. I don't think many people will buy it at that prices. But if we are talking USD 300, for instance, it is a different situation.
John
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