| dc.description.abstract | The newspaper industry is a dynamic industry and the extent of this has increased in recent
years. A likely consequence of this is a need to adjust and innovate the business models
applied in the industry. Through a qualitative study of two media groups, this thesis explores
the design of digital business models used in the newspapers of these groups, by assessing
them through a framework. It further considers the rationale for why the current design has
been selected, and in what manner relevant driving forces seem to influence innovation of the
business models. Key findings are that group affiliation, experimentation, and the two
external forces technological innovation and changing customer behavior, influence the
choice of digital business models applied in the two media groups today. These aspects are
found to be influencing the examined newspapers’ selection of business models both directly,
and both external factors and experiments are found to influence indirectly through one or
both of the other aspects as well. | nb_NO |
