CIO Talks

How to support innovation while trimming cost - The challenging role of being a CIO in JP/Politikens Hus

The media industry is being hit by digitalization like no other industry. Printed newspapers are losing subscribers at an alarming rate. And losing subscribers also means a drop in advertising revenue.

Media companies around the world are ‘looking down the barrel of the empty Internet’ trying to come up with profitable business models for selling news/content on-line and inventing new types of advertising and new offerings. Innovation and change has become absolutely essential to survival, and the IT function is constantly called upon to support new initiatives.

At the same time, to balance the books, cost reduction is the menu of the day, and not just today but also tomorrow. In an effort to cut costs, two of the largest Danish newspapers have decided to merge a substantial part of their production functions including IT. The CIO is Per Palmkvist Knudsen, who will provide an account of these challenges and strategies for coping.

Registration

To attend the event, please register on registration.itm@cbs.dk