Torry Pedersen (born 28 September 1957) is a Norwegian newspaper editor and media executive. Educated in economics from the

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff of ...

, he started his journalist career in '' Fredriksstad Blad''. He later worked in ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspa ...

'' before being hired in ''

Verdens Gang ''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is n ...

'' (VG). He was the chief executive of their website, VG Nett, from 2000 to 2008. From 2008 he was the chief executive of ''VG'', and from March 2011 he is also editor-in-chief of ''VG''. In 2017 he became director of publishing at the

Schibsted Schibsted Media Group is an international media group. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The CEO is Kristin Skogen Lund. In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online market ...

media group, where he has later been a special advisor. He resides in Vollen.

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1957 births Living people BI Norwegian Business School alumni Dagbladet people Verdens Gang people Norwegian newspaper editors {{Norway-journalist-stub