NHST Media Group AS (previously Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende AS) is a

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that publishes a number of

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s and online tools. The company dates back to 1889 when it started the predecessor of ''

Dagens Næringsliv ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (Norwegian for "Today's Business"), commonly known as ''DN'', is a Norwegian newspaper specializing in business news. , it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, who was appointed i ...

''. The largest owners of the company are Bonheur ASA (53.99%) and

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(21.75%). The company is listed on the Norwegian OTC. The company publishes a number of newspapers primarily within business news, including ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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Morgenbladet ''Morgenbladet'' is a Norwegian weekly, newspaper, covering politics, culture and science. History ''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavi ...

. In addition the group owns two software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies within PR distribution tech and Social Media Monitoring;

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(headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden) and Mention (headquartered in Paris, France).''

History

NHST started out as the publisher of what is now called ''Dagens Næringsliv'' in 1889, getting the present name in 1987. In 1990 the company established ''TradeWinds'' and in 1993 ''TDN Power'', now ''EuroPower''. In 1996 ''Upstream'' was launched while ''Fiskaren'' and IntraFish.com were bought in 2001. In 2005 ''Business'' was bought and relaunched as ''Dagens it''. NHST Media Group's history is described in journalist Morten Møst's boo
Making Waves: The history of NHST Media Group
(2015).

References

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