''Drammens Tidende'' is a

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language newspaper published in

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History and profile

The former ''Drammens Tidende'' dates back to 2 January 1832, when it was known as ''Tiden'', taking the new name in thirteen years later. ''Buskerud Blad'' dates back to 3 July 1883 when it was founded as a

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alternative to ''Drammens Tidende'' and '' Drammens Blad'', which were both pro-liberal. ''BB'' and ''DT'' merged into one company in 1897 after ''DT'' was bought by the owner of ''BB'', Axel Lyche. In 1901 Axel Raknerud, the editor of ''BB'' since 1884, also became the editor of ''Drammens Tidende''. However, the newspapers remained separate publications, although with the same staff. Not until 1 February 1961 were they united in a common publication and company. The newspaper was known as ''Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad'' from 1961 to 2000, after a merger between the old ''Drammens Tidende'' and ''Buskerud Blad''. The newspaper covers central parts of

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with seven weekly issues. The first acquisition of another newspaper occurred 1 December 1972, and in 1975 the offices in Oslo and Hønefoss were closed, followed the year after with a separate newspaper '' Smånytt fra Røyken og Hurum''. In 1978 an

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press was bought, and in 1980 the

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''. In 1993-94 the newspaper, until then owned by the Lyche and Raknerud families, was sold to

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, who were purchasing most of the independent newspapers in the country. The

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was launched in 1998, followed by a name change in 2000. The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2004 when it switched to tabloid format. ''Drammens Tidene'' was taken over with the rest of Orkla Media by

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in 2006. The circulation of ''Drammens Tidende'' was 45,000 copies in 2003. Its circulation was 40,954 copies in 2007. The paper had a circulation of 37,500 copies in 2009. It was the tenth best-selling newspaper in the country in 2013 with a circulation of 29,124 copies.

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