''Lofot-Tidende'' (The Lofoten Times) is a
Norwegian newspaper published in
Leknes
Leknes () is a town in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Vestvågøy Municipality (with 11,619 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality in Lofoten and Vesterålen). Lek ...
in
Vestvågøy Municipality.
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/ref> It is published once a week, on Wednesdays. ''Lofot-Tidende'' covers events in the municipalities of Vestvågøy, Flakstad Flakstad may refer to:
Places
*Flakstad Municipality, a municipality in the Lofoten district of Nordland county, Norway
*Flakstad (village), a small village within Flakstad Municipality in the Lofoten district of Nordland county, Norway
*Flakstad C ...
, and Moskenes Moskenes may refer to:
Places
*Moskenes Municipality, a municipality in Nordland county, Norway
*Moskenes (village), a village within Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway
*Moskenes Church, a church in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland c ...
in Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county and has three employees. The paper's chief editor and general manager is Karin P. Skarby.[Ingebrigtsen, Øystein. 2012. Stolte avisfedre. ''Lofot-Tidene'' (November 12): 4–5.] It was owned by the Nordahl family in Leknes, but it was sold to the Conservative Party some years later, and it was discontinued in 1958.[Lofot-Tidene fra 1987 til 2012. 2012. ''Lofot-Tidene'' (November 12): 3.] The paper was owned by Even Carlsen, Kenneth Grav, and Sverre Christoffersen. It was started because it was felt that the newspaper '' Lofotposten'' was neglecting Vestvågøy, the largest municipality in Lofoten
Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. T ...
. The newspaper was sold to A-pressen in 1998Norwegian Media Authority
The Norwegian Media Authority () is a Norwegian government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Equality charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films. It enforces rules on content, advertising and spons ...
that were upheld by the Supreme Court of Norway
The Supreme Court of Norway ( Norwegian Bokmål: ; Norwegian Nynorsk: ; lit. 'Highest Court') is the highest court in the Norwegian judiciary. It was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, ...
, it was finally established in 2000 that the newspaper was and is a paper owned by A-pressen, later renamed Amedia.
In November 2014 the company merged ''Lofot-Tidende'' and ''Lofotposten''. At the same time, the publication of ''Lofot-Tidende'' was cut back from twice to once a week, and the website lofot-tidende.no was shut down. This caused a strong reaction in central and western Lofoten, and local people launched a new paper called ''Avisa Lofoten''. Amedia decided to reverse its decision in 2015, and in September 2015 ''Lofot-Tidende'' continued as a separate paper with one issue per week. On October 1, 2015 the website lofot-tidende.no was also reactivated.
''Lofot-Tidende'' was printed at the ''Lofotposten'' press in Svolvær
(Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...
until October 1, 2009, when the Svolvær press was shut down. After this, both of the newspapers were printed by K. Nordahls Trykkeri in Sortland Sortland may refer to:
Places
*Sortland Municipality, a municipality in Nordland county, Norway
*Sortland (town), a town within Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway
*Sortland Church, a church in the town of Sortland in Sortland Municipa ...
, where the newspaper '' Bladet Vesterålen'' is also printed. Today the newspaper is printed in Harstad Harstad may refer to:
Places
*Harstad (town)
Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...
.
Circulation
According to the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, ''Lofot-Tidende'' has had the following annual circulation:
* 2006: 5,045
* 2007: 5,182
* 2008: 4,923
* 2009: 4,649
* 2010: 4,457
* 2011: 4,267
* 2012: 4,207
* 2013: 3,950
* 2014: 3,604
* 2015: 3,067
* 2016: 2,518''Medienorge'': Opplagstall norske aviser.
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References
External links
''Lofot-Tidende'' homepage
1987 establishments in Norway
Mass media in Nordland
Newspapers established in 1987
Newspapers published in Norway
Norwegian-language newspapers
Vestvågøy
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