''Øyavis'' (the Island Gazette) was a local Norwegian newspaper published in

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county.''Store norske leksikon'': Øyavis.
/ref>Sande, Øystein. 2014. Øyavis. ''Allkunne''.
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History

The first issue of the paper appeared in March 1983,Bjerkeland, Øystein. 2016. Øyavis legges trolig ned. ''Romsdals Budstikke'' (March 9).
/ref> after which the paper was published once a month with local material from Midsund, covering the local population as well as people that had moved away from the municipality, until it ceased publication in March 2016. The paper's circulation fully covered the municipality of Midsund (about 650 households/subscriptions) plus about 1,100 subscribers outside the municipality and around 35 subscribers abroad. The newspaper was published in

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and its editorial office was in the upper floor of the municipal building in Midsund. The idea for the newspaper was conceived in the teachers' staff room at Midsund Primary School. Five teachers laid the foundation for the paper later called ''Øyavis'': Ola Agnar Grønskag, Ole Arild Bøe, Kåre Bjørn Huse, Arve Misund, and Odd Fremstedal. Fremstedal ended up serving as the paper's editor, and the paper stopped appearing after his sudden death in March 2016. The first copies of the newspaper were typeset using a

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, and the first issue was called ''Lokalavis'' 'local newspaper'. Its readers were encouraged to suggest a name for the newspaper, and thus it came to be called ''Øyavis''. The newspaper received a cultural award in 1993.Gjendem, Agnar. 2013. Slutt for «Øyavis»? ''Romsdals Budstikke'' (September 24).
/ref> In December 1999, parts of the newspaper started appearing online for the first time.

Circulation

According to the

Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations The Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations () is a company that monitors the print runs of Norwegian newspapers, magazines, and weekly publications, and offers advice on calculating circulation numbers. It was established in 2001National Association of Local Newspapers The National Association of Local Newspapers (, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and interests. Among the first issu ...

, ''Øyavis'' had the following annual circulation: *2004: 1,968 *2005: 1,961 *2006: 1,939 *2007: 1,943 *2008: 1,958 *2009: 1,975 *2010: 1,941 *2011: 1,875 *2012: 1,941

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oyavis Newspapers published in Norway Norwegian-language newspapers Midsund Mass media in Møre og Romsdal Newspapers established in 1983 1983 establishments in Norway Nynorsk 2016 disestablishments in Norway Defunct newspapers published in Norway