Life At Bonnier - Estonia

Meet Liivi Kedelauk

By Tora Bonnier on 2011-08-02
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GROW participant moves from one of the smallest to the biggest market in the world.

China's immense size is a cause for dreaming for GROW participant Liivi Kedelauk, who recently finished an exchange there from her native Estonia. "Estonia is a small country with only 1.34 million people," says Kedelauk, "While China is the most populace country in the world, with 1.34 billion.

Meet Craig Kotilinek

By Bert Menninga on 2010-09-24
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GROW participant at Äripäev in Estonia turns his focus back to the basics: storytelling.

Craig Kotilinek has traded the sun and palm trees of Winter Park, Florida for the historic Estonian capitol of Tallinn. In Florida he worked as new media editor for the Travel Group at Bonnier Corporation but his recent move as a GROW participant means he'll be spending three months focusing on new areas: "My GROW job is a photographer and video producer for Äripäev, a business daily in Tallinn," he says.

Christoffer Cederschiöld: Time flies in Tallinn

By Christoffer Cederschiöld on 2009-10-08
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Our GROW ambassador Christoffer plays chess against his CEO and likes the mood in Tallinn.

2009 marks the 20th anniversary of Äripäev and events will occur almost back to back. 

Christoffer Cederschiöld: Likes Tallinn

By Christoffer Cederschiöld on 2009-09-17
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First week in Tallinn — and our GROW ambassador has already talked business with the Estonian prime minister.

It's been a really great start here in Tallinn at Äripäev, one of Bonnier Business Press' (BBP) flagships. Äripäev, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this September, is one of Dagens Industri's sister newspapers in Eastern Europe.

Big Changes on the Eastern Front

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-09-14
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Last spring, he became CEO of Bonnier Business Press in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), countries where the advertising market has crashed to historic lows. Anders Eriksson has had a tough first six months on the job, with heavy cutbacks and savings measures. Despite this, he dares to invest in the future.  

For Bonnier Business Press in Central and Eastern Europe, 2009 has been marked by the drastic tightening of budget strings. In total, expenditures have been cut by around 30 percent, and in some countries even more.

Meet Igor Rõtov, Äripäev CEO

By Ganda Suthivarakom on 2009-06-29
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The 17-year veteran of Äripäev, Bonnier Business Press’s Estonian business daily newspaper, speaks candidly about hard choices, leadership lessons, and what chess couldn’t teach him about managing people.

Igor Rõtov laughs easily.  The shoulders of his checked tweed jacket are wide and loose, and when he jokes with his colleagues, you can see the chuckle in those big shoulders.  An outsider might wonder what Rõtov has to laugh about, given the burden those shoulders bear—the economic situation for most business-to-business papers is no joke.  But Rõtov has a good reason to smile—he has kept Äripäev profitable through the roughest downturn in the paper's 20-year history.

Lisa Julius: Taking Care of Business

By Lisa Julius on 2009-06-25
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GROW's Lisa says goodbye to her hosts and thanks Bonnier for the three-month experience.

This will be my last Bonnier blog as I am going home in a few days.  It is harder to leave now that I have made some friends both in and outside of work.

Breaking Through

By Lisa Julius on 2009-06-02
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GROW blogger Lisa Julius will miss Estonia more than she thought at first.

I am now in my final month here in BBP CEE; the time has really flown by. In this time, I have gathered basic requirements for several projects including Classified Marketplace, Webshop and Deep Linking.  I have also been working on getting together one comprehensive priority list for Central Web Development; this has been the most challenging task as it involves coordinating with seven different countries that have different needs and expectations.   I think work has been going well, though there is much to finish before I leave. 

Lisa in Stockholm

By Lisa Julius on 2009-05-18
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GROW ambassador Lisa Julius tours Stockholm for the weekend.

I just returned from a wonderful (but much too brief) weekend in Stockholm.  I tried to fit as much as I could into the short time.  I took the Under the Bridges tour, which took us under 14 bridges…the weather was perfect so it was a great day to do such a trip.  After the tour, I did a walk around Old Town, then stopped in a café for a little break, and walked over to Vasa museum.  The Vasa is so interesting…it is amazing that the ship was underwater for so many years and they were able to raise it intact!  The island Vasa is on is particularly pretty…there is a b

Tallinn Tourist

By Lisa Julius on 2009-05-11
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GROW's Lisa Julius explores tourist attractions in Tallinn while her husband is in town.

My husband Tom had to leave Tallinn on Saturday.  I hated to see him go, but it was time for him to get back home to his job and our dogs.   We had such a great time during his visit!   We went to the Kadriorg area of Tallinn and saw the palace of Peter the Great, the Kumu art museum, Kadriog park and the Russalka Monument.