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Polls Show Hard Road Ahead For Davíð Oddsson
Two new polls show that the former conservative politician still has a ways to go if he intends to be President of Iceland. As Davíð announced his presidential bid only yesterday, and the incumbent announced he was dropping out only hours ago,…
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Björn Ingi Hrafnsson Expands Media Empire
Former Progressive Party city councilperson Björn Ingi Hrafnsson has acquired more Icelandic media outlets, two of them shutting down shortly thereafter. Vísir reports that Vefpressan ehf. – the media company owned by Björn Ingi – has just acquired the publishing rights of…
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MPs Propose Investigating PM’s Possible Ties To Media
Several MPs have called for looking into Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson’s possible connections to local media – ties he says do not exist. Shortly after his would-be blackmailers were arrested, it was reported that the information being used to extort the…
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Prime Minister Blackmail Information Revealed
The information that two sisters intended to reveal if the Prime Minister did not meet their monetary demands has been revealed anyway. All parties implicated deny any wrongdoing. Vísir reports that the blackmailers threatened to make public information that would connect Prime…
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PM And DV Publisher Dismiss Blackmailers’ Claims
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and the publisher of DV, Björn Ingi Hrafnsson, have rejected claims from their would-be blackmailers that the former helped finance the latter’s takeover of the magazine. As reported, sisters Malín Brand and Hlín Einarsdóttir were arrested on suspicion…
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Iceland’s Prime Minister Blackmailed, Linked To Newspaper Purchase
A pair of sisters have confessed to blackmailing Iceland’s Prime Minister for millions of ISK, threatening to go public with information tying him to the recent purchase of the newspaper DV, according to Kjarninn. The sisters, Malín Brand and Hlín Einarsdóttir, were…
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Bankers Behind Bars: Is Iceland Living Up To That Meme
One frequently encounters foreigners who believe that Iceland offers a unique model of how to deal with a financial crash. A popular internet meme that purports to explain how Icelanders dealt with the crash features a photo of President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson…
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Media Blackout Seems Largely Successful
No proactive, investigative reporting seems to currently take place in any Icelandic media. There’s a lot of handball, some success stories, cancer stories and remembrance of natural catastrophes. Most media also duly cover news releases sent their way, as well as police…
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One More Top Journalist Leaves DV
Investigative journalist Ingi Freyr Vilhjálmsson has resigned from DV, according to Kjarninn. The report came late Sunday. As of yet, Ingi Freyr has not publicly explained the reasons for his resignation, which was first reported late Sunday. Numerous journalists have resigned from…
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Upcoming Stundin Gathers Pace —DV Shakes Off Top Journalists
On Tuesday, a group of journalists, some of whom are former member of DV’s editorial team, and other professionals, announced the establishment of a news medium, to be called Stundin. According to current plans, Stundin will be a web medium, with a…
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Nothing Around Here Bears Any Relation To Fascism—Capisce?
This Sunday, DV.is published an article by journalists Atli Þór Fanndal and Jón Bjarki Magnússon, wherein they review the meaning and connotations of the word fascism. The article was occasioned by the standpoint which one of the Prime Minister’s assistants, Jóhannes Þór…
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DV’s Editor-In-Chief Replaced —Again
Hallgrímur Thorsteinsson has been discharged as DV’s editor-in-chief. Journalist and literary critic Kolbrún Bergþórsdóttir and TV-anchor-cum-PR-manager Eggert Skúlason have been hired in Hallgrímur’s place. Hörður Ægisson will be its business editor. All three will co-edit DV’s web medium, dv.is. Publication will be…
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Björn Ingi Hrafnsson Becomes Chair Of DV’s Board
DV stockholders’ meeting, held this Wednesday, voted for Björn Ingi Hrafnsson as the Chair of DV’s board. This was reported by Kjarninn. Media under Björn Ingi’s control have, so far, been based on very different editorial policies than DV’s critical and investigative…
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News In Brief: December
Last month Norway may have jumped the gun with its gift giving—or rather, by asking the Coast Guard to actually pay for those submachine guns. Despite general public opposition to the militarization of the Icelandic police force, those guys still haven’t given…
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Journalists: DV Insisted On Settling
The defamation case between the former Interior Minister’s assistant, Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir and two DV journalists, Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and Jón Bjarki Magnússon, has been settled against the journalists wishes, reports RÚV. As reported, Þórey sought the maximum sentence of two years, as…
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Interior Minister Assistant Wants Prison For Journalists
An assistant to the Minister of the Interior is seeking to press for prison time for two journalists who briefly but erroneously reported on her involvement in the Tony Omos memo leak case. DV reports that Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir, an assistant to Minister…
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Resignations At DV Stack Up After Editor Is Ousted
DV’s managing director, assistant editor, and at least 4 other employees have resigned in light of recent events which saw chief editor Reynir Traustason ousted from his position, reports RÚV. As reported, ‘World Class’ gym chain owner, Björn Leifsson, filed a libel suit against…
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This Is Not A Media Blackout!
You wouldn’t call it a media blackout, I guess. Because that would be hard to prove, and if you can’t prove it, someone might sue you. Newspapers have been changing hands, however, and a lot of private interest seems to be involved.…
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Rape Victim Calls Out Best Western Reykjavík On TripAdvisor
An American woman has described how the Best Western Hotel in Reykjavík failed her and her husband when they stayed there last December, by letting a strange man, who then raped her, into their hotel room. The couple, who shared their story with DV earlier…