''Klar Tale'' (Clear Speech) is

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's only easy-to-read newspaper.''Klar Tale'': Om Klar Tale.
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/ref> The newspaper tries to make the news understandable to all. The language is simple and the print is larger than in other newspapers. ''Klar Tale'' is published every week, with 12 pages of news and other current material from Norway and the world. The newspaper also has a

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edition, is recorded on CD, and is available as a

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. The company Mediehuset has editorial responsibility for the newspaper. ''Klar Tale'' is religiously and politically independent. Its editor is Kristin Steien Bratlie.

History

The first issue of ''Klar Tale'' was released on 11 October 1990 in partnership between the

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(NTB) and the newspaper '' Indre Smaalenenes Avis'' as an experiment that would last two years. Two journalists from NTB, Kari Lindebrække and Anne Kari Berg, would act as editors, with Hans Erik Matre of NTB acting as chief editor. ''Indre'' would print and distribute ''Klar Tale''. It was to be released ad-free weekly, with additional editions released in

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writing and through

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. It was advertised as the "first

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newspaper in Norway" for the "many Norwegians with

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journalist Sverre Monssen described the issue as using short sentences with few difficult words, and described it as easy to understand where one article ended and where another began. The newspaper was based on similar initiatives in Sweden and Finland. Issues published in 1990 were to be released free-of-charge for those who paid for 1991 subscriptions.

Circulation

According to the

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, ''Klar Tale'' has had the following annual circulation: * 2006: 13,294 * 2007: 13,090 * 2008: 11,637 * 2009: 12,472 * 2010: 12,823 * 2011: 12,228 * 2012: 12,244 * 2013: 12,021 * 2014: 11,920 * 2015: 10,978 * 2016: 10,750''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References

External links

''Klar Tale'' homepage
{{italic title Norwegian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Oslo Newspapers established in 1990 1990 establishments in Norway