''Romsdals Budstikke'' is a daily (except Sundays)

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published in

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History and profile

''Romsdals Budstikke'' was established in 1843. Politically the paper is liberal and used to be a newspaper for the

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, but has been independent since 1973. The coverage area includes

Molde Municipality Molde Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal ...

Rauma Municipality Rauma is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other s ...

Vestnes Municipality Vestnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Vestnes is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the ...

Aukra Municipality Aukra is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukrasanden, Falkhytta, which ...

Hustadvika Municipality Hustadvika is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional districts of Nordmøre and Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality ...

, and

Gjemnes Municipality Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship ...

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owned ''Romsdals Budstikke'' until February 2009, when it was sold to the

Polaris Media Polaris Media ASA is a media group which owns thirty newspapers in Norway. Based in Trondheim, the group was established in 2008. Major newspapers owned by the group include , ''Harstad Tidende'', '' Troms Folkeblad'', ''Sunnmørsposten'' and '' ...

. In the 1970s, the paper won a circulation war with its local competitor, '' Romsdal Folkeblad''. In 2013 ''Romsdals Budstikke'' was named Newspaper of the Year in Norway. ''Romsdals Budstikke'' had an all-time high circulation of 19,004 in 1999. In 2008 the circulation was 18,648.Romsdals Budstikke
Store Norske Leksikon, Retrieved 30 March 2013 Its circulation was 12,632 copies and 14,903 digital subscribers in 2017 and 11,725 copies and 15,798 digital subscribers in 2019.

References

External links

www.romsdals-budstikke.no
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