Edda Media was a
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
media group
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that owns a number of Norwegian
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
s,
television channel
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s,
radio channel
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s and
website
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s. The company is part of the
Mecom Group
Mecom Group plc was a newspaper publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Initially, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until 22 December 2008, when it became one of three m ...
and is the remaining domestic part of Orkla Media. In 2006 the newspapers in the Edda Group had 1,250,000 daily readers, a circulation of 257,128 and 800,000 unique web users. The corporation has 1,801 employees and head office in
Oslo
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.
Among the newspapers owned are ''
Drammens Tidende
''Drammens Tidende'' is a Norwegian Bokmål language newspaper published in Drammen, Norway.
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 la ...
'', ''
Fjordenes Tidende'', ''
Fjuken
''Fjuken'' is a weekly local newspaper published in Skjåk, Norway. It serves for Skjåk, Lom and Vågå.
History and profile
''Fjuken'' was founded in 1989. The founders were initially community members. The paper is published by the company Sk ...
'', ''
Fredriksstad Blad'', ''
Gjengangeren
''Gjengangeren'' is a local newspaper published in Horten, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmos ...
'', ''
Haugesunds Avis
''Haugesunds Avis'' is a daily newspaper published in Haugesund, Norway, but with branches in Bømlo, Kopervik, Odda, Sauda and Stord.
Founded in 1895, it is today owned by the investment group Mecom Group, and is as such part of the media group ...
'', ''Indre Østfold Avis'', ''
Kanalen ''Kanalen'' (The Canal) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Ulefoss in Telemark county.
History
''Kanalen'' was established by Jan Arve Andersen in 2001, and it has covered events in the municipality of Nome since 2012; prior to this it a ...
'', ''Kragerø Blad'', ''
Lierposten
''Lierposten'' (The Lier Gazette) is a Norwegian newspaper published in Lier in Buskerud county. ''Lierposten'' was established in 1987 and is published weekly. It is politically independent. The newspaper's editor and manager is Pål A. Næss.
C ...
'', ''
Laagendalsposten'', ''
Nordstrands Blad'', ''
Moss Avis
''Moss Avis'' is a local newspaper in Moss, Norway. Having a rivalry with ''Moss Dagblad'', it is published six days a week. The chief editor is Pål Enghaug.
It was established in 1876, and became affiliated with the Liberal Party. It later shif ...
'', ''
Romsdals Budstikke
''Romsdals Budstikke'' is a daily (except Sundays) newspaper published in Molde, Norway.
History and profile
''Romsdals Budstikke'' was established in 1843. Politically the paper is liberal and used to be a newspaper for the Liberal Party, but ha ...
'', ''
Røyken og Hurums Avis
''Røyken og Hurums Avis'' (The Røyken and Hurum Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper covering the municipalities of Røyken and Hurum in Buskerud county.
''Røyken og Hurums Avis'' was launched in 1976, when it was called ''Hurumposten'' (The ...
'', ''
Sande Avis'', ''
Sandefjords Blad
''Sandefjords Blad'' is a newspaper published daily in Sandefjord, Norway, except on Sundays. It is available in Norwegian language only. Sandefjords Blad is a private company, owned by Mecom with a circulation of 14,780 copies (2004) and 50 emp ...
'', ''
Sarpsborgavisa'', ''
Sunnmørsposten
''Sunnmørsposten'' () is a newspaper published by Polaris Media in Ålesund, Norway.
History and profile
In its early days, ''Sunnmørsposten'' competed with several other local newspapers, including ''Aalesunds Avis'' (1917–1957), '' Aalesu ...
'', ''
Svelviksposten
''Svelviksposten'' (The Svelvik Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published once a week in the municipality of Svelvik in Vestfold county.
Circulation
According to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations and National Association of Loca ...
'', ''
Telen
''Telen'' is a Norwegian daily local newspaper covering Hjartdal, Notodden, Sauherad (former), and published in Notodden. It has a circulation of 5,142 (2007) and owned by the Skien-newspaper ''Varden'', a subsidiary of Edda Media
Edda Media was ...
'', ''
Tønsbergs Blad
''Tønsbergs Blad'' is a local newspaper published in Tønsberg, Norway. The newspaper was founded by printer Hans Jørgen Magnus Hansen on 3 August 1870, with an initial circulation of 210 copies. By the turn of the century the circulation had gr ...
'', ''
Ullern Avis Akersposten
Ullern is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.
History
The borough has its name from an old farm, Old Norse language, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The la ...
'', ''
Varden Varden may refer to:
People
*Erik Varden (born 1974), Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate
*Evelyn Varden (1893-1958), American actress
*Helga Varden, American philosopher
*Norma Varden (1898-1989), English actress
* Varden Tsulukidze (1865–1923), Ge ...
'', ''
Vikebladet Vestposten
''Vikebladet Vestposten'' is the major local newspaper of Ulstein and Hareid in the Sunnmøre region of Norway.
History and profile
''Vikebladet Vestposten'' is owned by ''Sunnmørsposten'', which again is owned by Edda Media. The newspaper origin ...
'', ''
Vigga ''Vigga'' is a local Norway, Norwegian newspaper published in Dombås in Oppland Counties of Norway, county.
The Vigga is a regional newspaper, mainly covering events in the municipalities of Lesja and Dovre. Until 2012 it also had an office in Ott ...
'' and ''Åndalsnes Avis''. The company owns
Lokalavisene Oslo As the capital of Norway, Oslo holds the headquarters of most national newspapers in Norway. On the other hand, there have been discussions on the lack of local newspapers covering the communities and day-to-day affairs of the boroughs of Oslo. At v ...
and also has partial ownership of ''
Budstikka
''Budstikka'' (The Bidding Stick), prior to 2004 known as ''Asker og Bærum Budstikke'', is a daily local newspaper published out of Billingstad in Asker, Norway. It covers the municipalities of Asker and Bærum, and is the only newspaper issu ...
'' (31.5%), ''
Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen
''Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities o ...
'', (24%), ''
Hamar Dagblad'' (66.9%), ''Ringsaker Blad'' (66.9%), ''
Østlandets Blad'' (79.9%) and ''
Østlendingen'' (66.9%). Among the television channels are TV Buskerud and TV Vestfold. The websites are organized under Edda Digital and consist of 27
online newspaper
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Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
s as dt.no (Drammens Tidende),
sb.no (Sandefjords Blad), tb.no (Tønsbergs Blad) and ostlendingen.no (Østlendingen), and commercial services as tinde.no, toppfotballkort.no and opoint.no,
History
Edda Media dates back to 1983 when the
Orkla Group
Orkla ASA is a Norwegian conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. At present, Orkla operates in the branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions and financial investment sectors. Orkla ASA is listed on the Os ...
entered the mass media market through the company Orkla Communications, later Orkla Media. The company acquired through the 1980s and 1990s a number of smaller, independent newspapers and local television channels throughout the country, and quickly became one of the big three within the newspaper market in Norway, along with
Schibsted
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In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online marketplac ...
and
A-Pressen
Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...
. In 2005 Orkla announced it would leave the media market, and sold its shares in
Adresseavisen
''Adresseavisen'' (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper has been in circulation since 1767 and is one of the oldest newspapers after Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler ...
and
Bergens Tidende
''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo.
''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...
. The remaining stakes, were sold to Mecom Media, and the company split into three
holding companies
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: Edda Media,
and
Rzeczpospolita
() is the official name of Poland and a traditional name for some of its predecessor states. It is a compound of "thing, matter" and "common", a calque of Latin ''rés pública'' ( "thing" + "public, common"), i.e. ''republic'', in Engli ...
. Edda Media retained the Norwegian portfolio of media. Edda media was sold in 2012 to
Amedia
Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...
.
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