In the radio program “Morgenklubben med Loven & Co” on Radio Norge, Øyvind Loven is the presenter, together with Kim Johanne Dahl and Geir Schau. Here they occasionally throw the dice for various performances and other cultural events. The program has around 400,000 weekly listeners, according to the channel. Some of the shows that Øyvind Loven helps to review are played on the comedy scene Latter, where Elina Krantz is a partner and producer. Until 2020, Krantz was also the owner of the entire Stand Up Norway, which operates Latter. She then sold the company to the Danish All Things Live. But Krantz is still co-owner and manager of the company that produces and finances most of the shows there. Elina Krantz is also Øyvind Loven’s manager, because Loven himself is associated with the company Stand Up Norway through his work as a stage comedian. Krantz is also Loven’s best friend, according to his Instagram profile. From Øyvind Loven’s Instagram profile. The picture was published on 5 February this year. Photo: Instagram @oyvindloven Loven thus helps to review and give the dice for performances that his best friend and manager helps to produce. Terningkastene uses Laughter and Stand Up Norway in its marketing. Øyvind Loven does not see himself as a proper reviewer and believes that the listeners are aware of the relationship with Krantz. (see the full response to Loven, Radio Norge and Latter further down in the case) Problematic – When a well-known radio host from Radio Norge, Øyvind Loven, reviews performances produced by a company associated with his own manager and best friend, several issues arise related to credibility and conflicts of interest, says former professor of marketing, now professor of innovation, Tor Wallin Andreassen and adds: – If the public suspects that the reviews are the result of nepotism rather than real quality, it can lead to a backlash against both the shows and the reviewers. Trygve Aas Olsen is a specialist at the Department of Journalism. He holds courses – and often speaks – about press ethics. Photo: Sturlason / Kagge publishing house – I think that Øyvind Lawen is incompetent. You don’t review books or records published by your manager and best friend either, says Trygve Aas Olsen at the Department of Journalism. news has found seven cases where “Morgenklubben med Loven & Co”‘s dice rolls have been used in connection with the marketing of performances on Latter where Stand Up Norge has been a producer. The solo shows of some of the country’s biggest comedy profiles such as Dagfinn Lyngbø, Pernille Sørensen and Johan Golden are among them. All seven reviews conclude with dice rolls of five or six. Dice roll six from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed August 2016. Dice roll five from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed August/September 2023. Dice roll six from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed August 2018. Dice roll six from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed November 2014. Roll of the dice six from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed in October 2023. Roll of the dice five from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed in autumn 2023. Roll of the dice five from the Morning Club on Radio Norge, reviewed in January 2016. Four out of seven cases took place during the period Krantz also owned Latter and Stand Up Norway. Lawen: – Isn’t lead reviewer Øyvind Loven believes that the listeners of Morgenklubben are aware of the link between him and Latter/Stand Up Norge/Krantz, because he talks a lot about this on air. – I am a comedian, an artist and I work with radio. I am not a journalist or a heavy-handed reviewer. My relationship with Latter, Stand Up Norway and Elina Krantz is completely open and well known. Every day I tell about things and events from my life in the program and occasionally we roll a dice for fun. Current Morgenklubben gang: Geir Schau, Øyvind Loven and Kim Johanne Dahl. The female third voice has been replaced a few times since the show started. Photo: Radio Norge news has asked the editor-in-chief of Radio Norge, Andreas Velle, whether information will be given about the law’s relationship to Latter and Stand Up Norway in connection with the reviews. – It is mentioned and talked about often on Morgenklubben, but without having heard it through, I dare not state 100 percent that it could not have gone quickly in the turns during live broadcast. We have not mentioned Krantz in this context, he writes to news. Aas Olsen at the Department of Journalism believes that it is not particularly mitigating that the Act’s relationship to Stand Up Norway and Laughter on Air is spoken of in general terms. – If you are to inform that a reviewer is incompetent, you must do so in connection with publishing the reviews. Photo: Stand Up Norge Radio Norge: – Can certainly be clarified further Editor-in-Chief Velle says they must be extra careful in informing about the dual role going forward: – The method can certainly be further clarified on air, and we will have a discussion on that. In the future, we will continue to ensure that listeners are aware that Law has a relationship with Laughter and Stand Up Norway. – We know that the listeners would like to have a roll of the dice to deal with. We also know that these tend to end up on posters. Therefore, as a rule, there must be several people who have made an assessment and agree on the roll of the dice before we roll the dice. What ends up on the various posters is not something we have control over, says Velle to news. Vemund Vik is the general manager of Stand Up Norway. Photo: Stand Up Norge Latter: – We note that news has been in contact with Elina Krantz, who refers to the general manager of Stand Up Norge Vemund Vik. He says that the use of Morgenklubben’s dice roll in their marketing is a new issue for them. – In a media world where, unfortunately, fewer and fewer people review cultural experiences, we have chosen to use the coverage we get after all. Both radio listeners and the show industry in general know that Loven and Schau are well-known profiles in humor Norway, and even though we have a professional collaboration with one of them, the duo and the editors of “Morgenklubben” are of course free to say what they want about the shows they watching Laughter. We take it for granted that Radio Norge has made good editorial judgments prior to the reviews they come up with. – Would you like to consider changes in the use of dice rolls from the Morgenklubben going forward? – We constantly make ongoing assessments in the work around our performances and how they are promoted and are always open to good and relevant input. This is a recent issue for us, so I can say like the politicians that we take it into account. Vik refers to the recent discussion around the reviews of Nicolay Ramm’s performance, where Aftenposten and news gave the dice two. Latter also received criticism for using roll six and roll five reviews from two local radio stations. – Comedians don’t make shows to get good dice rolls, the aim is to bring out their own humour, in the best possible way, and hope that they hit an audience. It’s not reviews that sell tickets to the greatest extent, it’s an enthusiastic audience that recommends the show to people they know, concludes Vik.
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