About

My Photo

« How to ruin MySpace | Main | Oslo Harbour »

June 30, 2006

Media company graded prostitutes

It's ever so popular in journalism today to grade this or that, be it candidates for Pop Idol, restaurants or diets - all in the spirit of good consumer journalism. However, one might argue that a subsidiary of Danish media company JP/Politiken, the publisher of Extra Bladet, Jyllands-Posten and Politiken, took this trend a step or two too far. Apparently they provided a somewhat unusual service for their readers: employees at JP/Politiken company Seksuel Kulturformidling bought sex from prostitutes and published their impressions of the women on the company's website. "The idea was that the test should be enlightening, entertaining and naughty. However, many people found it unnecessarily offensive," Hans Engell, Extra Bladet's editor-in-chief, said in a press a release announcing that they would stop practicing this particular brand of 'consumer journalism' on the website in question. Link (in Swedish) via Svenska Dagbladet.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451cbbc69e200e55094c25e8833

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Media company graded prostitutes:

Comments

Verify your Comment

Previewing your Comment

This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

Working...
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment

The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

Working...

Post a comment

Dateline

  • Holidaying in rainy Drammen

Comment Policy

  • Comments are welcome and not pre-moderated, but I reserve the right to delete comments or plugs way off the topics this blog explores. For the sake of people's ability to listen in to the conversation I prefer comments in English, but also accept Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and German. Due to the curse of trackback spam I've had to turn on trackback moderation, but all trackbacks on topic will be accepted, apologies for any delays.
Blog powered by TypePad