''Digi.no'' is a
Norwegian online newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the electronic publishing, online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical literature, periodical.
Goin ...
covering news within
information technology
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and
telecommunications
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. It is published in
Oslo
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by
Teknisk Ukeblad Media. The publication has eight journalists. The
editor in chief
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is
Ida Oftebro.
When Digi was founded in August 1996 it was the first completely online newspaper in Europe.
In 2000 the site changed its name to digitoday.no, and was planning to establish a news service in other Nordic and European countries. The first subsidiary, digitoday.fi, was established in Finland. In 2001,
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwi ...
purchased the company
and cancelled the internationalisation effort. The subsidiary in Finland was sold to its employees, and digitoday.no got back its old name digi.no.
References
Newspapers published in Oslo
Publications established in 1996
1996 establishments in Norway
Norwegian news websitesbr>
DigiTheWeb - A Digital Platform for Web Publication
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