Avisa Nordland
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![]() Headquarters of Avisa Nordland in Bodø | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Amedia (62.0%) and Harstad Tidende Gruppen AS (38.0%) |
Editor | Jan-Eirik Hanssen |
Founded | February 2002 |
Political alignment | Neutral |
Language | Norwegian |
Headquarters | Bodø, Norway |
Circulation | 19,894 (2013) |
Website | www.an.no |
Avisa Nordland is a local newspaper published in Bodø, Norway.
History and profile
[edit]Avisa Nordland was established in February 2002 through a controversial merger of the two competing newspapers Nordlandsposten and Nordlands Framtid.[1] Avisa Nordland has its headquarters in central Bodø, and until 2013 occupied most of the bank Nordlandsbankens former premises. In addition it has regional offices in Fauske, Oppeid, and Ørnes.
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In 2013, the newspaper moved its headquarters to a new office building in Bodø called Central Atrium.[2]
Avisa Nordland is part of Amedia.[3] In 2011, the paper won the World Young Reader Prize of WAN/IFRA in the editorial category for political papers.[3]
In 2006 Avisa Nordland had a circulation of about 24,700 copies.[4] It was 19,894 copies in 2013.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sigurd Allern (2002). "Journalistic and Commercial News Values. News Organizations as Patrons of an Institution and Market Actors". Nordicom Review. 2 (2). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Per Torbjørn Jystad (14 October 2011). "Atrium skal huse avis og Itet". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b "How we won the top WAN-IFRA Young Reader Prize, and what we really won". Sandkassa. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Norwegian Media Registry
- ^ "Newspaper circulation 2013". Media Norway. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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