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    Content Conference (8th Interactive Publishing)

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Birger Steen, Sweden

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Speaker at The ISP Door

Abstract:
European Internet users are not averse to paying for content. In fact, they love it so much they did it to the tune of SEK 2.3 billion, only in Sweden, last year, indicating a Europe-wide content market in excess of EUR 5 billion. The problem? They are paying the wrong guy, a phenomenon referred to by economists as an "externality". This particular externality will, if left unchecked, lead to the implosion or privatization of cyberspace, leaving consumers, publishers, service producers - but also ISPs and network operators - far worse off than at the present.

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011109_Swedish_pie_bs.ppt (721 kB)

Bio:
Birger Steen was named Chief Executive Officer of Scadinavia Online Group upon the Group’s formation on March 31, 2000. He has previously served as a Board Member of Scandinavia Online’s subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and has worked at Schibsted ASA (1996 – 2000), at McKinsey & Company (1993 - 1996) and at Norwegian Oil Trading (1992 - 1993). He holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in Computer Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and a degree in Russian language from the Norwegian Defense School of Intelligence.