The editor-in-chief of the Swedish newspaper Fokus, has resigned from his position on the Press Subsidies Council after an extreme-rightwing newspaper was awarded state funds. Read the full story

Changes in subsidies distributed by the Greenland government combined with the lingering effects of the economic downturn are forecasted to spell the end of the printed newspaper. Read the full story

Iceland’s biggest newspaper, Frettabladid is distributed free-of-charge seven days a week to people’s homes. It is entirely reliant on advertising revenue and has been suffering along with all other media in the current downturn in the advertising market. Read the full story

MBL.is reports that Arvakur hf. and 365 hf. have signed an agreement on the merger of Frettabladid and Posthusid Arvakri, the company responsible for Morgunbladid.

Under the deal, Frettabladid will become the freely distributed sister paper of Morgunbladid, and Read the full story

The Alma Media newspaper group made its own news last week when it fired one of its recently-hired chief editors after learning she was a lesbian. Johanna Korhonen’s dismissal as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Lapin Kansa sparked demonstrations outside the Tampere headquarters of the Read the full story