The Newsroom: Off the Record ( Ekstra Bladet: Uden for citat )

The Newsroom: Off the Record (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ekstra Bladet: Uden for citat
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Mikala Krogh

Written By:
Mikala Krogh

Actors:
Poul Madsen ..... Himself

Synopsis:

In this new documentary you get to follow the life of Ekstra Bladet's editorial staff through one of the papers most turbulent years with catastrophic readership numbers and a long row of controversial agenda-setting cases. From the common journalistic staff being pushed to deliver the daily front-page stories, to Poul Madsen in management who has to make the drastic decisions regarding the papers continued existence. We get to see up close how the paper's staff handles the many ethical dilemmas they face everyday. We see what it takes for news to make the front page and in the paper's machine room we get to see the drastic death battle for the 110 years old paper play out - The question is: Will there be a place for Ekstra Bladet in the media image of tomorrow?

The world of printed media is threatened by the financial crisis as circulation figures are falling and the media corporations' economies are faltering. The Danish media is marked by the crisis as well - and also Ekstra Bladet is going through the worst crisis in the newspaper's hundred years of publishing. The readers have gone online and are failing the printed newspaper. And no one has yet cracked the code on how to capitalize on news on the web. Every day Denmark's old watchdog, Ekstra Bladet, compete with other newspapers for the readers and the good stories, the battle is fierce and in the end only the strongest will survive. The film is a portrait of a tabloid newspaper entering a new era.

A year in the newsroom of Denmark's leading tabloid newspaper, struggling to survive in a changing media climate.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.