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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 its own news agency, Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå. Until 2022 the corporation owned and operated a group of printing plants under the brand name Prime Print in Russia. History Amedia AS was established on 27 May 1948 as Norsk Arbeiderpresse (lit: ''Norwegian Labour Press''). It was an association of social democratic newspapers. It was renamed A-pressen in 1994, a name which it retained until 2012. The company was originally created to finance Norwegian labour newspapers owned by the labour unions and Labour Party. In 1990 the company was refinanced and transferred to a corporation, with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party as the largest owners. When A-pressen bought part of TV2, the Labour Party chose to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Ownership
Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental Capacity (law), legal entities. Private property is distinguishable from public property, which is owned by a state entity, and from Collective ownership, collective or cooperative property, which is owned by one or more non-governmental entities. Private property is foundational to capitalism, an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. As a legal concept, private property is defined and enforced by a country's political system. History The first evidence of private property may date back to the Babylonians in 1800 BC, as evidenced by the archeological discovery of Plimpton 322, a clay tablet used for calculating property boundaries; however, written discussions of private property were not seen until the Persian Empire, and emerged in the Western tradition at least as far back as Plato. Before the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party (; , A or Ap; ), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party (, DNA), is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior party in a Minority government, minority governing coalition with the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party from 2021 until the Centre Party's exit from government in 2025, with Støre serving as the current Prime Minister of Norway. The Labour Party is officially committed to social-democratic ideals. Its slogan since the 1930s has been "everyone shall be included" () and the party traditionally seeks a strong welfare state, funded through taxes and Duty (economics), duties. Since the 1980s, the party has included more of the principles of a social market economy in its policy, allowing for privatisation of state-owned assets and services and reducing income tax Progressive tax, progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 media companies to fall out of the index. History The company was founded in 2005 by David Montgomery, a former CEO of the Mirror Group and former editor of ''The Sun'', ''Daily Mirror'', ''News of the World'' and ''Today''. Mecom was first listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2005. In 2008, Mecom was admitted to the main list of the London Stock Exchange. In conjunction with the American media private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson, the company acquired in 2005 ''Berliner Verlag'', publisher of the ''Berliner Zeitung'' and the ''Berliner Kurier''. In 2006, Mecom bought Germany's oldest newspaper, the ''Hamburger Morgenpost'', and the Dutch ''Media Groep Limburg''. The same year, Mecom acquired ''Orkla Media'', a Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edda Media
Edda Media was a Norwegian media group that owned a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites. The company was part of the Mecom Group and was 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 had 1,801 employees and head office in Oslo. Among the newspapers owned are , , ''Indre Østfold Avis'', '' Kanalen'', ''Kragerø Blad'', '' Lierposten'', '' Laagendalsposten'', '' Nordstrands Blad'', '' Moss Avis'', '' Romsdals Budstikke'', '' Røyken og Hurums Avis'', '' Sande Avis'', '' Sandefjords Blad'', '' Sarpsborgavisa'', '' Sunnmørsposten'', ''Svelviksposten'', '' Telen'', '' Tønsbergs Blad'', '' Ullern Avis Akersposten'', '' Varden'', '' Vikebladet Vestposten'', '' Vigga'' and ''Åndalsnes Avis''. The company owns Lokalavisene Oslo and also has partial ownership of '' Budstikka'' (31.5%), '' Gudbrandsdøle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV 2 Group
TV 2 Group ( Norwegian: ''TV 2 Gruppen'') is Norway's largest commercial and public media company. TV 2 Group provides services for TV, Teletext, radio, Internet, web TV, IPTV, mobile telephones and other information formats. Services TV channels *TV 2 DirektePreviously known as simply TV 2. * TV 2 ZebraWas known as TV 2 Xtra at launch. * TV 2 LivsstilConverted from TV 2 Bliss. * TV 2 NyheterPreviously known as TV 2 Nyhetskanalen. * TV 2 Sport 1Previously known as TV 2 Sportskanalen. *TV 2 Sport 2 *TV 2 Sport Premium 1Converted from TV 2 Premier League after they lost the Norwegian rights to Viaplay Group. *TV 2 Sport Premium 2 Programming blocks only *OiiiPreviously known as TV 2 Junior. Discontinued *TV 2 Filmkanalen *TV 2 Science Fiction *TV 2 HumorIts targeted content was merged into TV 2 and TV 2 Zebra. * TV 2 3DOnly lasted a few days in early October 2011 before being shut down, with only one scheduled program being aired, which was Norway v Cyprus in the Euro 2012 quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medietilsynet
The Norwegian Media Authority () is a Norway, Norwegian government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Equality charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films. It enforces rules on content, advertising and sponsorship for broadcast media, administers press support, newspaper production grants and enforces rules on media ownership. Prior to 2023 the authority also Motion picture content rating system, classified movies. Activities The authority's tasks include * enforcing rules on content, advertising and sponsorship for broadcast media; handling license applications for local broadcast media * handling applications for press support, newspaper production grants for non-leading newspapers, minority language newspapers and Sami people, Sami newspapers * overseeing and intervening against the acquisition of media ownership (either prohibiting the acquisition or merger, or allowing an acquisition on such conditions as the Authority sets, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritt Ord (organization)
Fritt Ord is a Norwegian private foundation, whose aim is to support freedom of expression and a free press. It was established on 7 June 1974 by Narvesen Kioskkompani's leaders Jens Henrik Nordlie and Finn Skedsmo as well as the lawyer Jens Christian Hauge. Fritt Ord has significant funds and is playing a part in supporting various projects in Norway, such as investing in the newspaper '' Morgenbladet'', supporting an encyclopedia (''Store Norske Leksikon'') and holding a 10.1% ownership in the media group A-Pressen. In addition it awards scholarships to students within media and journalism, awards the Fritt Ord Prize, and supports writing competitions. It has also provided funding for controversial projects, e.g. an upcoming book written by the blogger Fjordman, who calls for the deportation of all Muslims from Europe. The organization awards three annual prizes to support freedom of speech; the Fritt Ord Award (Norwegian: ''Fritt Ords pris''), the Fritt Ord Honorary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Stock Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange () (OSE: OSLO) is a stock exchange within the Nordic countries and offers Norway's only regulated markets for securities trading today. The stock exchange offers a full product range including equities, derivatives and fixed income instruments. The Euronext consortium of European stock exchanges controls Oslo Stock Exchange as of June 2019. History Oslo Børs was established by a law of September 18, 1818. Trading on Oslo Børs commenced on April 15, 1819. In 1881, Oslo Børs became a stock exchange, which means securities were listed. The first listing of securities contained 16 bond series and 23 stocks, including the Norwegian central bank (Norges Bank). Oslo Børs cooperates with London Stock Exchange on trading systems. The exchange has also a partnership with the stock exchanges in Singapore and Toronto (Canada) for a secondary listing of companies. The stock exchange was privatized in 2001, and is, after the merger in 2007, 100% owned by Oslo Børs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, but focused in Scandinavia and Asia. It has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four Nordic countries, and a 10-year-old research and business line for machine-to-machine technology. Telenor owns networks in 8 countries.Global presence - Telenor website. Retrieved October 23, 2017. Telenor is listed on the and had a market capitalization in November 2015 of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanoma
Sanoma Corporation (, , formerly SanomaWSOY) is Finland's largest media group and a European education publisher. The company has media business in Finland and an education business in twelve European countries, including Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Italy and Spain. Sanoma Corporation is headquartered in Helsinki. At the end of 2023, Sanoma net sales totalled €1.393 billion and the company had approximately 5,000 employees. Description The story of Sanoma began in 1889 with the establishment of the newspaper ''Päivälehti'' in Finland. SanomaWSOY was formed in 1999 with the merger of Sanoma Corporation, Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, WSOY (''Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö; Werner Söderström Corporation'') and Helsinki Media Company. The group reverted to the name Sanoma Corporation in October 2008. Sanoma operates in twelve European countries. Sanoma shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. The company consists of two divisions: * Sanoma Learning: educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
