''Ny Tid'' (English: ''Modern Times Review'') is Norway's largest international quarterly review of non-fiction books – up to 50 in each issue. It is currently owned by Ny Tid & Orientering AS.
''Ny Tid'' is headed by the newspaper founder
Truls Lie who was formerly the editor-in-chief of
Morgenbladet and editor-in-chief/publisher of
Le Monde diplomatique
''Le Monde diplomatique'' (meaning "The Diplomatic World" in French) is a French monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs.
The publication is owned by Le Monde diplomatique SA, a subsidiary com ...
in Norway
History
Political Past
''Ny Tids predecessor was the weekly ''
Orientering'', which was founded as an independent weekly in January 1953.
The magazine gained notability thanks to the quality, reputation, and success of its writers including
Sigurd Evensmo (the first editor-in-chief),
Jens Bjørneboe, and
Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was ...
. Evensmo was a member of the Student's Communist Organisation and had been active in the resistance against the Nazis in Norway; Bjørneboe was a self-described
anarcho-nihilist who was at the center of literary life in Norway; and Borgen was an author sent to prison by the Nazis for his writings.
In 1975 Orientering was included in the new Ny Tid. From 1975 until 1998 ''Ny Tid'' was owned by the
Socialist Left Party (SV).
On 24 January 2006 the publishing house
Damm, a part of
Egmont Egmont may refer to:
* Egmont Group, a media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark
* Egmond family (often spelled "Egmont"), an influential Dutch family, lords of the town of Egmond
** Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), the bes ...
, bought 100 percent of ''Ny Tid''. On 27 January 2006 ''Ny Tid'' was relaunched as Norway's first news magazine. In January 2008 the magazine was transferred to a new media group, Monitor Medier, which at the same time also purchased the monthly ''
Le Monde Diplomatique
''Le Monde diplomatique'' (meaning "The Diplomatic World" in French) is a French monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs.
The publication is owned by Le Monde diplomatique SA, a subsidiary com ...
''.
Voices Without Borders
Every week an exclusive column is printed, in which writers from free speech-challenged countries are invited to comment and outline. These columnists are:
Parvin Ardalan
Parvin Ardalan ( fa, پروین اردلان; born 1967 in Tehran) with a Kurdish background, although not a Kurdish speaker, is a leading Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist. She was awarded the Olof Palme Prize in 2007 for he ...
,
Nawal El Saadawi,
Irshad Manji,
Elena Milashina
Elena Milashina (Russian: Милашина, Елена; born 1978) is a Russian investigative journalist for '' Novaya Gazeta.'' In October 2009, she was awarded Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.
Biography
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,
Katiuska Natera Katusha or Katyusha is a diminutive of the Russian name Ekaterina or Yekaterina, the Russian form of Katherine or Catherine.
Katusha or Katyusha may refer to:
Military use
*Katyusha rocket launcher, Soviet rocket launcher of World War II, named af ...
,
Martha Roque,
Blessing Musariri,
Tsering Woeser,
Orzala Ashraf Nemat and
Natalia Novozhilova. The columns are mostly written in English. The project is called "Voices Without Borders" and is a project in memory of
Anna Politkovskaja, who was a ''Ny Tid'' columnist from 10 February to 7 October 2006.
Ny Tid International : Ny Tid
, Voices Without Borders
Content and Style
Since the relaunch in January 2006, the independent magazine, regularly prints exclusive columns by writers like Noreena Hertz (Great Britain), Irshad Manji (Canada), Anna Funder (Australia), Shah Muhammad Rais Shah Muhammad Rais (born April 4, 1954) from Afghanistan is the real life '' Bookseller of Kabul'' as written of in Åsne Seierstad’s book from 2002.
During a trip to Scandinavia in November 2005, he declared his wife and children were seeking as ...
(Afghanistan), Saskia Sassen (USA), Natalia Novozhilova, and Anna Politkovskaya (Russia), the independent journalist assassinated after a series of articles she published about corruption and the KGB under the Putin presidency.
The magazine has a global outlook with most of its articles focusing on current events across the globe. It is published in Norwegian for its print edition and in both English and Norwegian for its online edition. It covers politics, culture, environmental issues, and international affairs. The current editor is Dag Herbjørnsrud. The editorial staff is based in Oslo, while the correspondents are situated in five continents.
In 2015 Ny Tid was changed to a monthly broadsheet newspaper summer 2015, and also included in the distribution of the daily newspaper Klassekampen making it available to more readers. The main focus is peace&war, migration, climate, new media, and international documentary films and non-fiction books.
Editors
* Truls Lie 2015–present
*Dag Herbjørnsrud 2008–2015
*Martine Aurdal 2006–2008
*Dag Herbjørnsrud 2005–2006
*Anders Horn 2001–2005
*Anne Hege Simonsen 1998–2001
*Runar I. Malkenes 1995–1998
*Turid Grønlund 1994–1995
*Gunnar Ringheim 1991–1994
*Bernt Eggen 1989–1991
*Finn Gustavsen 1986–1989
*Ingolf Håkon Teigene 1982–1986
*Steinar Hansson 1979–1982
*Audgunn Oltedal 1975–1979
Circulation
''As a newspaper:''
* 1979: 16267
* 1980: 15117
* 1981: 15662
* 1982: 15474
* 1983: 14722
* 1984: 14945
* 1985: 13482
* 1986: 12659
* 1987: 10877
* 1988: 9803
* 1989: 9071
* 1990: 8021
* 1991: 8212
* 1992: 8155
* 1993: -
* 1994: 6950
* 1995: 5704
* 1996: 5593
* 1997: 4722
* 1998: 4772
* 1999: 4095
* 2000: 3939
* 2001: 4599
* 2002: 4834
* 2003: 4519
* 2004: 4199
* 2005: 4320
''As a magazine:''
* 2006: 9258
* 2007: 7671
* 2008: 4811
* 2009: 4774
* 2015: 35 000 (included in Klassekampen
Notes
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