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Science Fair at Parenting

By Bert Menninga on 2012-02-02
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How do you help parents get their kids excited about science? With an online science fair, courtesy Parenting magazine.

When Parenting magazine wanted to come up with a way to help moms and dads get their kids excited about science, technology and the environment, they took a very hands-on approach: the Virtual Science Fair. The contest encourages kids to share their love of science by submitting a photo or video of a science experiment they completed, along with step-by-step instructions for the experiment.

Leena Lehtolainen on Making it in America

By Bert Menninga on 2012-02-01
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Finnish crime writer Leena Lehtolainen scores it big with Amazon Publishing. Tammi’s Hannu Harju interviews the author.

Leena Lehtolainen, the bestselling Finnish crime writer published by Tammi Publishers, has made a deal with U.S. publishing conglomerate Amazon Publishing for the world English rights of all her crime novels.

Expressen Gives Out Culture Awards

By Bert Menninga on 2012-02-01
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On Monday, Swedish tabloid Expressen gave out its annual culture prizes. The Björn Nilsson Prize for the year's best culture journalist went to to reporter Johan Hakelius. The prize was first awarded to Björn Nilsson himself in 1994. The award includes SEk 30,000 and a statuette. A Bit of George's Hat, a theater prize, went to director Alexander Mörk-Eidem, the Heffaklumpen prize for culture for kids went to the children's theater Barnens Underjordiska Scen and the Spelmannen music prize went to Åke Holmquist.

Car News in Your Phone

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-30
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Teknikens Värld app soon available at the Windows Phone Marketplace - and on Nokia's new Windows Phone.

Swedish car magazine Teknikens Värld is making news with its app that will be available for downloading with the launch of Nokia's Windows Phone in Sweden. The app is part of a bigger cooperation among Bonnier, Microsoft and Nokia.

The new app will feature the latest car news, taking advantage of touch technology with intuitive navigation.

"Users will be able to surf through news from the car world while also getting a good overview," says Daniel Frodin, editor-in-chief for Teknikens Värld.

How to Hit 5 Million

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-25
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Children's digital game developer has gotten 5 million downloads of its popular games. But what's the story behind the success?

Digital toy producer Toca Boca has hit yet another milestone: 5 million downloads of its apps made for young children.

Magazine Readers Travel to China

By Josefin Falk on 2012-01-24
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Special trips arranged by magazines for their readers is increasingly popular. At Sweden's Bonnier Tidskrifter, China is the destination of choice, says Oscar Sandberg from BT Experience.

Readers who travel with magazines - the trend for magazine readers to take group trips arranged by the magazine continues to be a hot trend. At Sweden's Bonnier Tidskrifter, the various magazines will have some 25-30 trips set up for their readers. And one of the biggest destinations is China.

Håkan Rudels on Books

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-24
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Bonnierförlagens new publishing director talks about the future of the book industry.

Today, Bonnierförlagen announced that Håkan Rudels has been named publishing director for the Swedish publisher, which includes Albert Bonniers Förlag, Wahlström & Widstrand and a number of other publishing houses. We talked with Rudels about his position and the future.

What is your background and what have you been doing up until now?

I'm an economist from the beginning and before I started at Bonnierförlagen I was sales manager for a bookstore chain.

New Food App from Bonnier Fakta

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-19
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LCHF-recept hits No. 1 in all categories at Sweden's App Store.

Swedish book publisher Bonnier Fakta has launched a new iPhone food app based on Anna Hallén's popular LCHF - low carb high fat - cookbooks, which have sold more than 60,000 copies.

"The app has been a storybook success," says Magnus Nytell, who's worked with the app at Bonnierförlagen, of which Bonnier Fakta is a part.

Parenting Partners with AOL

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-19
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Bonnier Corp.'s Parenting Group and AOL Inc. have announced a strategic sales alliance that will bring Parenting.com content to AOL. The partnership is intended to significantly grow Parenting.com's audience and AOL's reach in the valuable parenting category, with links to Parenting.com articles featured on the AOL home page and across multiple Lifestyle channel properties.

SFVT to NBC Sports Network

By Dean Turcol on 2012-01-18
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Sport Fishing Television (SFTV), a Bonnier Corporation production in which editors from Bonnier's sport fishing magazines travel the globe fishing some of the world's greatest angling hot spots, has a new TV home this year: the NBC Sports Network.

The new network from NBC Sports launched the first of the year, replacing the Versus Network. The 24-hour sports mega-network backed by NBC should provide a great platform as the new home for SFTV. The show, now in its 11th season, airs every Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

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