''Drammens Tidende'' is a
Norwegian Bokmål
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language newspaper published in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...
,
Norway
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.
History and profile
The former ''Drammens Tidende'' dates back to 2 January 1832, when it was known as ''Tiden'', taking the new name in thirteen years later. ''Buskerud Blad'' dates back to 3 July 1883 when it was founded as a
conservative
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alternative to ''Drammens Tidende'' and ''
Drammens Blad'', which were both
pro-liberal. ''BB'' and ''DT'' merged into one company in 1897 after ''DT'' was bought by the owner of ''BB'', Axel Lyche. In 1901 Axel Raknerud, the editor of ''BB'' since 1884, also became the editor of ''Drammens Tidende''. However, the newspapers remained separate publications, although with the same staff. Not until 1 February 1961 were they united in a common publication and company. The newspaper was known as ''Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad'' from 1961 to 2000, after a merger between the old ''Drammens Tidende'' and ''Buskerud Blad''.
The newspaper covers central parts of
Buskerud
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as well as
Drammen
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with seven weekly issues.
The first acquisition of another newspaper occurred 1 December 1972, and in 1975 the offices in Oslo and Hønefoss were closed, followed the year after with a separate newspaper ''
Smånytt fra Røyken og Hurum''. In 1978 an
offset
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press was bought, and in 1980 the
Notodden
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Notodden was separated from the munic ...
-based newspaper ''
Telen''. In 1993-94 the newspaper, until then owned by the Lyche and Raknerud families, was sold to
Orkla Media, who were purchasing most of the independent newspapers in the country. The
online newspaper
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was launched in 1998, followed by a name change in 2000. The paper was published in broadsheet format
[ until 2004 when it switched to ]tabloid
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format.
See also
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References
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External links
Official site
1832 establishments in Norway
Mass media in Drammen
Daily newspapers published in Norway
Norwegian-language newspapers
Publications established in 1832