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Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson
Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (born 1962) is an Icelandic journalist, radio host, writer and musician. He was a member of the band ''Kátir piltar'' in the 1980s to the early 1990s. He is known for co-hosting the radio shows ''Górilla'', ''Sleggjan'' and ''King Kong'' along with Davíð Þór Jónsson and Steinn Ármann Magnússon in the 1990s. He is currently a journalist at Vísir.is ''Vísir.is'' is an Icelandic online newspaper. It was founded in 1998 by Frjáls fjölmiðlun ehf and officially opened on 1 April the same year. It originally published news from the newspapers ''Dagblaðið Vísir'', ''Viðskiptablaðið'' an .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gretarsson, Jakob Bjarnar Living people Jakob Bjarnar Gretarsson Jakob Bjarnar Gretarsson Jakob Bjarnar Gretarsson Jakob Bjarnar Gretarsson 1962 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sýn (media Corporation)
Sýn is a mass media company in Iceland, which operates Vodafone Iceland, Vísir.is and several TV and radio stations, including Stöð 2, Stöð 2 Sport, Bylgjan and FM 957. It also rebroadcasts foreign television channels over its digital TV system. In 2017, it bought most of 365 Miðlar assets. Telecommunications *Vodafone Iceland Television *Stöð 2 *Stöð 2 Bíó * Stöð 2 eSport * Stöð 2 Fjölskylda * Stöð 2 Golf * Stöð 2 Sport * Stöð 2 Sport 2 * Stöð 2 Sport 3 * Stöð 2 Sport 5 * Stöð 2 Sport 6 * Stöð 2 Vísir *Tónlist Radio * Bylgjan ** Létt Bylgjan - 96.7 (previously: Létt 96.7) **Gull Bylgjan - 90.9 **80s Bylgjan 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the ... (internet radio) * X-ið 977 - 97.7 * FM 957 - 95.7 * FM Extra - 101.5 * Apparat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's Sveinn Björnsson, first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party (Iceland), Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson (cartoonist), Helgi Sigurðsson was hired as the papers cartoonist. He b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stundin
''Stundin'' is an Icelandic bi-weekly newspaper known for investigative journalism. It takes the form of both an online newspaper and a news magazine. It was founded in 2015 by former staff of DV after a hostile takeover of the paper. It was funded through the Karolina Fund platform and reached its goal of five million Icelandic krónas in two days. The chief editors of the paper are and . They each own a 12 percent share in the company, and no single shareholder is allowed to own more than a 15 percent share. History ''Stundin'' was founded in 2015 by journalists and others that were previously employed by ''DV'' (''Dagblaðið Vísir''), another Icelandic newspaper. They claimed the new management of ''DV'' had interrupted the work of its journalists. As of November 2016, the unique online readership of ''Stundin'' per week was about 94,100. During the Panama Papers scandal, ''Stundin'' collaborated with ''Reykjavík Media'' to publish information from the Panama document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagblaðið Vísir
''DV'' (''Dagblaðið Vísir'') is an online newspaper in Iceland published by Torg ehf. It came into existence as a daily newspaper in 1981 when two formerly independent newspapers, Vísir and Dagblaðið, merged. Early on it was one of the largest newspapers in Iceland and at one point had a 64% readership in Iceland. In the 1990s its readership started to dwindle and in 2003 its publisher was declared bankrupt. It was resurrected a week later by the publisher of Fréttablaðið. In 2006 it was changed from a daily newspaper into a weekly one. Since then it has changed publishers regularly and in 2018 its publisher, DV ehf., went bankrupt. Its assets were bought by a new publisher, . In December 2019, Torg ehf., the owner of Fréttablaðið, agreed to buy Dagblaðið Vísir from Frjáls Fjölmiðlun ehf. The media has changed dramatically since its inception. Today it online only and focuses mainly on sensational crime stories, astrology, and domestic and foreign celebrity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davíð Þór Jónsson Davíð is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to: * Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975), Icelandic politician and chairman of the Progressive Party * Davíð Oddsson (born 1948), Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland from 1991 to 2004 * Davíð Kristján Ólafsson (born 1995), Icelandic footballer * Davíð Stefánsson (1895–1964), famous Icelandic poet and novelist, best known as a poet of humanity * Davíð Viðarsson Davíð Þór Viðarsson (born 24 April 1984) is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a midfielder for FH and the Iceland national team. He was the club captain of Úrvalsdeild club FH Hafnarfjörður. He had previously played in th ... (born 1984), Icelandic football midfielder {{DEFAULTSORT:David Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names is:Davíð ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] |
