''Romsdals Budstikke'' is a daily (except Sundays)
newspaper
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published in
Molde
Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord.
The administrative centre of the m ...
,
Norway
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History and profile
''Romsdals Budstikke'' was established in 1843. Politically the paper is liberal and used to be a newspaper for the
Liberal Party
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, but has been independent since 1973. The coverage area includes Molde,
Rauma,
Vestnes
Vestnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Vestnes is part of the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestnes. Other villages in the municipality include Vikebu ...
,
Midsund
Midsund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre was the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. Other settlements on the island included Uglvik and Raknes in the ...
,
Aukra
Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area.
The municipality is made up of the island of ...
,
Sandøy
Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
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,
Nesset
Nesset is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal Peninsula. The administrative centre was the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers included Rausand, Boggestranda, Myklebostad, Eresfjord, and Eikesdalen ...
,
Eide
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Gjemnes
Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship ...
, and
Fræna
Fræna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the region of Romsdal. The municipality was located on the Romsdal peninsula surrounding the Frænfjorden, the eastern shore of the Julsundet strait, and inclu ...
.
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owned ''Romsdals Budstikke'' until February 2009, when it was sold to the Polaris Media
Polaris Media ASA is a media group which owns thirty newspapers in Norway. Based in Trondheim, the group was established in 2008. Major newspapers owned by the group include ''Adresseavisen'', ''Harstad Tidende'', ''Troms Folkeblad'', ''Sunnmørs ...
.
In the 1970s, the paper won a circulation war with its local competitor, '' Romsdal Folkeblad''. In 2013 ''Romsdals Budstikke'' was named Newspaper of the Year in Norway.
''Romsdals Budstikke'' had an all-time high circulation of 19,004 in 1999.[Romsdals Budstikke]
Store Norske Leksikon, Retrieved 30 March 2013 Its circulation was 12,632 copies and 14,903 digital subscribers in 2017[ and 11,725 copies and 15,798 digital subscribers in 2019.]
References
External links
www.romsdals-budstikke.no
Norwegian-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Norway
Companies based in Molde
Polaris Media
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