Life At Bonnier - February 2010

Vampires on the Loose

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-25
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The current book craze for the undead shows no sign of dying.

Consumers are sucking it up in record numbers. Vampire romance that is, a global phenomenon that doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. From Stephenie Meyer's global hit series Twilight - both in its book and movie incarnations - to TV series such as First Blood, a love for all things vampire has been a big hit for publishers and producers.

Meet Linus Holm

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-24
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Production management in Stockholm not so differnet from production management in Orlando, says Linus Holm.

Photo by Karolina Westerdahl

Linus Holm, 29, who is a production manager in Stockholm, has worked with marketing, purchasing and production management since he began at Bonnier in 2006. He started out at Semic and in 2008 moved to Bonnier Tidskrifter.

Since the beginning of February, however, he has been a GROW participant, working as a production manager for Bonnier Corporation in Orlando. He provides printers with print instructions and deals with ads for Islands, among other magazines.

Paul Hansen Wins Photographer of the Year

By Linnea Pontvik on 2010-02-23
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Dagens Nyheter photographer wins the newspaper photographer of the year award from Pictures of the Year International.

Competing with 2,000 photographers and 45,000 photos, photographer Paul Hansen of Sweden's No. 1 morning paper Dagens Nyheter won the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award from Pictures of the Year International.

"It feels great, it gives me a little respite – I'm so happy when people contact me and praise my photos. So this is a huge acknowledgement that Dagens Nyheter is in the same class as the New York Times and Getty Images," Hansen said in an interview in Dagens Nyheter.

Meet Brandon Stakenborg

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-18
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Brandon Stakenborg takes on Expressen.

Photo by Johanna Syrén

Brandon Stakenborg, 25, grew up in sunny Ocala, Florida, not far from Winter Park, where he took a job as a java developer at Bonnier Corporation in 2008. Just a few months after starting, he transferred to New York, where he took a position as java developer for Parenting.com. Jump forward two years, and he's made yet another switch to an even colder climate. This time, he's come to Stockholm to work as a java developer at daily newspaper Expressen for three months as part of the GROW program. "It's not as much of a culture shock as I thought," he says.

Bonnier R&D Organizes Hack Day

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-18
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Bonnier R&D's upcoming Hack Day is not your usual conference.

Hack Day speaker Ted Valentin

Call it an unconference. That's how Paulina Modlitba Söderlund of Bonnier R&D describes the upcoming March 11-12 Hack Day, an event that aims to develop new business ideas. "Instead of the usual set of speeches and presentations, the Hack Day is more about getting interesting people together and inspiring them to create something new and make the event exciting and worthwhile," she says. In this case, the Hack Day will be for 30-40 participants working in 10-15 teams.

A Different Olympic Perspective

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-17
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Want to see the Olympics from a different cultural perspective? Check out how different Bonnier media channels are covering the games.

Photo by Jonas Lindkvist
  • DN.se , Sweden's No. 1 daily newspaper, you can follow at the newspaper's blog including photographer Jonas Lindkvist's amazing photos
  • Expressen – Sweden's No.

The future for e-readers

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-16
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Editors see a host of opportunities for e-readers.

E-reader technology is less interesting than the content it allows for. So said Adlibris CEO Pär Svärdson, speaking at a breakfast seminar for some 300 Bonnier employees held in conjunction with the release of Adlibris' new Swedish e-reader.

A panel including an author, as well as top editors at a book publisher, a newspaper and a magazine from within Bonnier-owned companies discussed the future possibilities - and the positive limits - that an e-reader provides.

TransWorld SNOWboarding still No. 1

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-16
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TransWorld SNOWboarding photos and videos wow readers.

After some 24 years in circulation, TransWorld SNOWboarding still holds the No. 1 title worldwide when it comes to snowboarding magazines. "We distance ourselves out front year after year by remaining true to our snowboarding roots and by delivering the very best snowboarding photos of the best snowboarders in the world," says Annie Fast, Editor-in-Chief.

Top-notch photos are an important distinguishing feature of the magazine, says Fast. "Unlike a lot of magazines, we don't rely on stock photography at all," she says.

Meet Amy Geppert

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-10
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Amy Geppert exchanges New York for Stockholm.

Amy Geppert, 25, lives in Brooklyn and works at Popular Science as an editorial assistant. Until the beginning of February 2010 that is, when she pulled up stakes and moved to Stockholm to work for three months as project assistant for Bonnier Media University in Stockholm.

Geppert made the job change thanks to the GROW program.

"I'd never been to Europe and I'd heard so much about how big Bonnier is in Sweden, I wanted to learn for myself," Geppert says.

Books for Valentine's from Bonnier

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-10
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Valentine's Day is catching on all over the world. But not everyone opts to give roses and chocolate to that special someone on February 14. Here's a list of books about love for the holiday from a few of the book publishers within Bonnier.