Lena K Samuelsson spent her entire career with the digital front-runner Schibsted. After a decade in the newsroom of Aftonbladet, she became Editor-in-Chief of Svenska Dagbladet in 2001. In 2013 she joined the International Management Team of Schibsted, as EVP Communications, Brand and CSR. In 2018 she was appointed publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Aftonbladet, the…
The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did just pass one notable milestone of global peace and stability: As of this month, the world has gone the longest time without a nuclear explosion since the atomic era began more…
And just like, the Greenland crisis seems to have been defused. It was a crisis of President Donald Trump’s own making. After broaching the idea of the United States taking Greenland a year ago, Trump ramped up his rhetoric in recent weeks, culminating with the threat of tariffs against Europe and the specter of military…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump has shattered one of the US’s strongest alliances — maybe for good. What happened? On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
By Hannah Chia “We all share the understanding that we do now live in a time when most of our audience no longer trusts institutions,” added Wahyu Dhyatmika. He thinks unbiased journalism is “indeed impossible,” and attributes it to the systems we work with, referring to the offline and online platforms, algorithm and ownership structures…
‘The past year has seen the media assistance sector’s most urgent crisis in decades following the significant reduction in funding and capacity support to media in many of the most challenged markets globally. Combined with a rise in authoritarian attitudes, an increase in legal assaults, and the ongoing dangers and attacks witnessed across both physical…
Those who describe the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as a series of personal skirmishes with “difficult” or “hostile” journalists miss the bigger picture. As Tom Jones of the Poynter Institute has written, this is not about isolated incidents but about a structural attack on the press as a democratic institution. Consider the Associated Press, one…
India has about 900 million internet users today (roughly 65 percent of the population) driven largely by cheap mobile data. By 2030, that number is expected to rise sharply. At the same time, India’s e-commerce market, currently estimated at $125 billion, is projected to double. Puneet Jain, CEO at HT Digital, explained during a webinar,…
“SCMP Plus was built for readers who need more than headlines – they need clarity, depth and confidence in how they understand China,” said Ben Abbotts, Project Manager at the South China Morning Post. Its mission was both editorial and commercial: reaffirm SCMP’s authority on China, and acquire, retain and upsell high-value subscribers by offering…
The great Greenland war of 2026 appears to be on hold for the moment. This week’s World Economic Forum in Davos has been largely overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s demand that the US take control of the Danish territory of Greenland, which set off a rapidly escalating crisis. Heading into the conference, Trump threatened to…