Edda Media was a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian

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s, radio channels and

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s. The company is part of the Mecom Group and is the remaining domestic part of Orkla Media. In 2006 the newspapers in the Edda Group had 1,250,000 daily readers, a circulation of 257,128 and 800,000 unique web users. The corporation has 1,801 employees and head office in

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. Among the newspapers owned are '' Drammens Tidende'', ''

Fjordenes Tidende is a Norwegian newspaper published two times a week in Måløy in Vestland county. History and profile started on 5 April 1910 as the Liberal Left Party organ in the region Nordfjord. Måløy, where it was based, had become a mercantile hub. I ...

'', '' Fjuken'', '' Fredriksstad Blad'', '' Gjengangeren'', ''

Haugesunds Avis ''Haugesunds Avis'' is a daily newspaper published in Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economi ...

'', ''Indre Østfold Avis'', '' Kanalen'', ''Kragerø Blad'', '' Lierposten'', ''

Laagendalsposten ''Laagendalsposten'' (lit. The ''Lågendal Post'') is a regional newspaper for Kongsberg and the Numedal, in Buskerud, Norway. Its main office is in Kongsberg. The newspaper is printed in 10.500 copies and has about 50,000 readers. ''Laagendalspos ...

'', '' Nordstrands Blad'', ''

Moss Avis ''Moss Avis'' is a local newspaper in Moss, Norway. Having a rivalry with '' Moss Dagblad'', it is published six days a week. The chief editor is Pål Enghaug. It was established in 1876, and became affiliated with the Liberal Party. It later sh ...

'', '' Romsdals Budstikke'', '' Røyken og Hurums Avis'', ''

Sande Avis ''Sande Avis'' (The Sande Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in the municipality of Sande in Vestfold county. The newspaper's history goes back to 1981, although it was not until 1993 that it became a weekly subscription publicatio ...

'', '' Sandefjords Blad'', ''

Sarpsborgavisa ''Sarpsborgavisa'' (also ''SarpsborgAvisa'') was a free newspaper published in Sarpsborg, Norway. It was owned by Mediehuset Østfold, which is owned 99.3% by Edda Media Edda Media was a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian ne ...

'', '' Sunnmørsposten'', '' Svelviksposten'', '' Telen'', '' Tønsbergs Blad'', ''

Ullern Avis Akersposten Ullern is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History The borough has its name from an old farm, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The last element is ''vin'', meaning pasture or ...

'', '' Varden'', '' Vikebladet Vestposten'', '' Vigga'' and ''Åndalsnes Avis''. The company owns

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and also has partial ownership of '' Budstikka'' (31.5%), '' Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen'', (24%), ''

Hamar Dagblad ''Hamar Dagblad'' (1971-2022) was a weekly, free, local newspaper published in Hamar, Norway. It is part of Edda Media. The newspaper was first published on 1 December 1971, with three weekly issues. In 2005 it was reorganized from a subscription ...

'' (66.9%), ''Ringsaker Blad'' (66.9%), ''

Østlandets Blad ''Østlandets Blad'' is a regional newspaper published in Ski, Norway. It was established in 1908 under the name ''Øieren'', named after a local lake. It was based in Kråkstad at that time. The name ''Østlandets Blad'' was taken in 1919. The ...

'' (79.9%) and ''

Østlendingen ''Østlendingen'' is a daily, regional newspaper published in Elverum, Norway. With a circulation of 19,000, it covers the regions of Østerdalen, Solør, Glåmdalen, Trysil and Engerdal. The newspaper is controlled by Edda Media Edda Media was a ...

'' (66.9%). Among the television channels are TV Buskerud and TV Vestfold. The websites are organized under Edda Digital and consist of 27 online newspapers as dt.no (Drammens Tidende), sb.no (Sandefjords Blad), tb.no (Tønsbergs Blad) and ostlendingen.no (Østlendingen), and commercial services as tinde.no, toppfotballkort.no and opoint.no,

History

Edda Media dates back to 1983 when the

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entered the mass media market through the company Orkla Communications, later Orkla Media. The company acquired through the 1980s and 1990s a number of smaller, independent newspapers and local television channels throughout the country, and quickly became one of the big three within the newspaper market in Norway, along with

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and

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. In 2005 Orkla announced it would leave the media market, and sold its shares in Adresseavisen and

Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...

. The remaining stakes, were sold to Mecom Media, and the company split into three holding companies: Edda Media,

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is a Dan ...

and

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. Edda Media retained the Norwegian portfolio of media. Edda media was sold in 2012 to

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References

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