''Kjarninn'' () was an Icelandic

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founded in August 2013. Previously ''Kjarninn'' was a weekly digital

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served via

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aimed at

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users but

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s were also available at the website. Since September 2014 ''Kjarninn was an online-only newspaper. The founders of ''Kjarninn'' originally worked at 365's free newspaper ''

Fréttablaðið ''Fréttablaðið'' () was a free Icelandic newspaper. It was distributed five days per week. At its peak, it was the most read newspaper in Iceland. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primari ...

'', which maintained a virtual monopoly on the market (69% in 2004). In February 2013, Magnús Halldórsson, later a journalist at ''Kjarninn'', criticised businessman and former owner

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, whose wife Ingibjörg Pálmadóttir was the owner of 365, for trying to influence the

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of ''Fréttablaðið'' in his favour. Shortly after this, Magnús and Þórður left 365 and founded ''Kjarninn''. From its first publication in August 2013, Kjarninn made headlines in Iceland for publishing leaked material connected to the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis. After the publication of the first issue the Financial Supervisory Authority demanded a report on Keflavik Savings Bank (by then defunct) that ''Kjarninn'' published be withdrawn. In October 2013 the

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winding up committee insisted ''Kjarninn'' withdraw the publication of a

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report about how Kaupthing employees profited hugely by hedging against a strong

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. In December 2022, the owners of the paper reached an agreement with

Stundin ''Stundin'' was an Icelandic bi-weekly newspaper known for investigative journalism. It took the form of both an online newspaper and a news magazine. It was founded in 2015 by former staff of DV after a hostile takeover of the paper. It was fun ...

to merge the two papers. The new paper was named

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and was first published on 13 January 2023.

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