''Stundin'' is an

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ic bi-weekly

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known for

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. It takes the form of both an online newspaper and a

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. It was founded in 2015 by former staff of DV after a hostile takeover of the paper. It was funded through the Karolina Fund platform and reached its goal of five million Icelandic krónas in two days. The chief editors of the paper are and . They each own a 12 percent share in the company, and no single shareholder is allowed to own more than a 15 percent share.

History

''Stundin'' was founded in 2015 by journalists and others that were previously employed by ''DV'' (''Dagblaðið Vísir''), another Icelandic newspaper. They claimed the new management of ''DV'' had interrupted the work of its journalists. As of November 2016, the unique online readership of ''Stundin'' per week was about 94,100. During the

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scandal, ''Stundin'' collaborated with ''Reykjavík Media'' to publish information from the Panama documents showing

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, an Icelandic bank, acted as a customer for

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and

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to report the involvement of Samherji, an Icelandic fishing company, in the Fishrot Files scandal. In 2020, journalists from the outlet received awards from the Union of Icelandic Journalists for their coverage of the Samherji Scandal in 2019. In 2021, ''Stundin'' received 25.3 million Icelandic krónas (about

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199,055) as part of a series of subsidies issued by the Icelandic government to various media outlets.

Glitnir coverage

On 16 October 2017, the

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District Commissioner placed an injunction on ''Stundin'' and ''Reykjavík Media'', forbidding them from reporting about leaked documents pertaining to Glitnir, an Icelandic bank. The finances of the Prime Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson and those who were connected to him were the focus of ''Stundin'''s coverage of the Glitnir documents. The injunction was placed after ''Stundin'' and ''Reykjavík Media'' cooperated with ''

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'' to publish information about

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's financial activities. The injunction was not similarly applied to ''The Guardian''. The Icelandic government received criticism from advocates of

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due to the injunction. This included the Journalists' Union of Iceland and the

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. In February 2018, the injunction was removed by the Reykjavík District Court, and this was upheld by an appeals court. On 5 October 2018, the

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appeals court decided to lift the injunction. In March 2019, the Supreme Court of Iceland rejected every legal claim made by Glitnir, siding with ''Stundin'' and upheld the decision to lift the injunction.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stundin 2015 establishments in Iceland Publications established in 2015 Newspapers published in Iceland Icelandic-language newspapers Icelandic news websites