Break them up

Have we now come full circle from Sherman and Rockefeller? Former Secretary of State Robert Reich certainly thinks so and blogged about how the combined wealth…

Tech has always been the future

Most of us trace lines back to when we were children in order to better understand the people we have become. I have always been a tech optimist with an eye to…

Crooks benefit from privacy protection

Last year Alex Stamos was one of Facebook's top executives. Now he sits in a rather unimposing office at Stanford University outside San Francisco. Although…

Time for responsibility

When our democracies are succumbing to the threat of digital manipulation, social networks should be held co-responsible for the spreading of lie campaigns,…

Public data is a hidden treasure

Amy Webb is one of the world’s foremost technology experts. She thinks that the Nordic countries are sitting on treasure chests of public data. The question is…

Tech empowers patients

Healthcare is undergoing a revolution where we are moving towards a consumerization of healthcare, empowering patients to take control of their own health.…

When tech changes our view of the world

What happens when augmented reality collides with the internet of everything? Some cyber prophets envision an enhanced mode of existence called the…

Your stupid brain is the biggest risk

Sabotage, intelligence attack or influencing – there are several kinds of cyber threats that can clog your business. Turns out we ourselves often are the ones…

We believe in the power of technology

In Schibsted we believe in technology and innovation. But we also believe in the importance of discussing both opportunities and the risks and pitfalls they…

A new look to bring our story out

Today Schibsted is an international family of leading media brands, sustainable marketplaces and smart digital services with more than 40 brands and 780…

Make it happen inhouse

How do you foster innovation? Schibsted Next Media is looking into new media products and is dependent on new ideas. Frida Kvarnström explains how her team…

Meet our people

Lendo is the most rapidly growing brand in the Schibsted portfolio, launched in three markets in 2019. It all started in Sweden 12 years ago. Now the service…

Mobile ads drive grocery sales

A new Schibsted study shows that mobile advertising drives people to stores and increase sales. Until now many retailers have been doubtful about the effect,…

We love local

Schibsted’s newspaper Aftonbladet is expanding its local journalism, beginning in Malmö in southern Sweden, in spite of previous failures in the field. But the…

Journalism in the age of rage

The disruption of media business has fundamentally changed and challenged journalism. Karin Pettersson, Director of Public Policy at Schibsted, lists five…

Rethinking organizations

Just like business models, organizations need to disrupt themselves to be sustainable in a world of hypercompetition and constant change. Future proof…

Meet our people

What if you could get news from VG on screens in the subway or in the bus stand? Camilla Brække is head of a project for sound and visuals that’s looking into…

An idea that started a movement

A digitized bullet board changed our shopping habits for ever – and started a movement for a more sustainable society. Today Blocket has five million visits…

Generation Z is leading the change

The clothing industry is on the move! From focusing on environmental impact by cars, plastic in oceans and flying everyone now seem to be talking about the…

Would you rent a skirt?

Will fashion shame be the needed tipping point for the fashion industry to become sustainable? There are already several alternatives to shopping new clothes.

How do we tell the climate story?

Hope or despair – what stories about climate change will drive change? Swedish papers Aftonbladet och Svenska Dagbladet tried different ways – when interest…

Our future with AI calls for human visionaries

AI is not an abstract future shift, but a set of practical tools here today. It is up to our human creativity to use them in ways that question established…

A picture is worth a thousand words

What if we in the future will only use photos when searching for things online? Image recognition is already improving a lot of services dramatically, some at…

5G – A miracle yet to come

The world’s data traffic has been rapidly increasing for the past decades and the number of connected devices is growing by the day. This creates the need for…

Logistics will bring you breakfast

In Norway you can get your breakfast and online purchases delivered by your newspaper carrier. The secret behind this is logistics IT and Distribution…

Meet our people

What if there was an index on the secondhand value for products? And what if that would make people buy more high-quality goods and resell them when they don’t…

Business trends in short

Lots of things are going on in the marketplace area. Here are some trends summarized by Schibsted Daily Editor Ellen Montén.

People trends in short

Media businesses keep looking into new solutions, models and experiences to create better offerings. These are three interesting trends, summarized by…

Tech trends in short

These are the key takeaways from Amy Webb’s Future Today Institute Tech Trends Report 2019. The report contains detailed analyses of 315 trends, based on…