Tveitnes began as chief of Aftonbladet in January last year. When she came from Bergens Tidende, where she recently had been acting CEO. She will continue to stay here in the region.
– The family has moved here and thrive here. We have established ourselves in the sun and have children who started school there, says Siv Tveitnes to Aftonbladet.
Should commute
She will allocate working time equally between the two media houses. Thus, there is a great deal on flights between Stavanger and Bergen in the future.
– It is good way to commute. I live near the airport, said Tveitnes, pointing out that it is important that she is equally present in both the media and keeps close contact with people in the two organizations.
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– Like media
Chairman Bernt Olufsen in Stavanger Aftonbladet AS justifies the decision on a joint managing director with reduced need for shared management.
– Aftonbladet and Bergens Tidende is very similar businesses. A joint chief gives shape to coordinate more, says Olufsen.
He points out that the measure provides a saving of costs in the two papers. As known, income in Norwegian newspapers down and the decline appears to be continuing.
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Will save 5 million
The management teams in Stavanger and Bergen in May went together to examine how the two media houses better able to cooperate administratively. The purpose of the project was to get more out of leading forces in the two media houses and move resources from administration to product development.
The project also includes a saving of about 5 million in management and leading the charge for the two media houses .
– Can be good
Leader Julie Teresa Olsen journalist club in Aftonbladet, the biggest club in the media company, believes that it is positive that the board will save money in top management.
– I hope this can help strengthen Aftonbladet and BT, but basically we would gladly still had our own CEO. But in the situation we are in, this can be a good solution. We assume that this weakens Even the magazine’s local roots or compromising journalistic clout, says Julie Teresa Olsen.
Collaborating already
Bergens Tidende and Stavanger Aftenblad already working in several growth projects, Sysla.no and Offshore.no, the company is now called “BT Beta.”
– We will now do more of. We’re in cities with many similarities, the two papers are quite similar readership and the two media houses face the same challenges in their markets. This similarity is a good foundation for collaboration, and a common senior management will strengthen such cooperation, says Tveitnes a press release from the two media houses.
Bergens Tidende and Stavanger Aftenblad to cooperate more closely on growth, digital development and reader products .
Green light from Bergen
Board of Bergens Tidende has also considered the matter and supported the appointment of Tveitnes.
Tveitnes new position on September 1.
One of her first tasks will be to hire a new, joint director of finance for the two regional newspapers in Western Norway.
scheme with joint CEO will be evaluated by the boards of the two papers in a year time.
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