Schibsted Media Group is an international media group. The company has its
headquarters in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
, and is listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange. The
CEO is
Kristin Skogen Lund
Kristin Skogen Lund (born 11 August 1966) is a Norwegian business leader. She became CEO of Schibsted ASA in December 2018. She was the Director General of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) from 2012 to 2018.
Background and educa ...
.
In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online marketplaces business area into a new company called
Adevinta. Brands such as
Leboncoin.fr and
Shpock were included, and stakes in similar websites across Europe were also transferred. As of December 2022 Schibsted continues to hold a 22.8% stake in the company.
History
In 1839
Christian Michael Schibsted founded the publishing company ''Chr. Schibsteds Forlag'' and in 1860 he started publishing the newspaper ''Christiania Adresseblad'', from 1885 known as ''
Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 milli ...
''. In 1966 Schibsted also acquired ''
Verdens Gang
''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is n ...
'' (''VG''). These were Norway's two largest newspapers, with ''VG'' surpassing ''Aftenposten'' in 1981. In 1989, under the leadership of
Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, Schibsted went from being a family-owned company to a corporation, and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 1992. From 1992 to 2006 Schibsted owned part of
TV 2, and in 2004 Schibsted bought part of
TV 4 Sweden. While retaining the newspapers, the company later shifted its focus from television to Internet market places, running
Finn.no, and Tori.fi.
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References
External links
Official websiteLinkedin
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Mass media companies of Norway
Holding companies of Norway
Companies based in Oslo
Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Multinational companies headquartered in Norway
1839 establishments in Norway
Norwegian brands