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. 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, 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''.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, Nawal El Saadawi, Irshad Manji, Elena Milashina, Katiuska Natera, 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.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 (Afghanistan),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 1975–1979Circulation
''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 KlassekampenNotes
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