Edda Media

Last updated
Edda Media AS
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Mass media
Founded1983 as Orkla Media
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Karl Gunnar Opdal (CEO)
RevenueIncrease2.svg NOK 2,558 million (2006)
NOK 316 million (2006)
Number of employees
1,801 (2006)
Parent Mecom Group
Website eddamedia.no

Edda Media was a Norwegian media group that owned a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites. The company was part of the Mecom Group and wass the remaining domestic part of Orkla Media. In 2006 the newspapers in the Edda Group had 1,250,000 daily readers, a circulation of 257,128 and 800,000 unique web users. The corporation had 1,801 employees and head office in Oslo. [1]

Among the newspapers owned are Drammens Tidende , Fjordenes Tidende, Fjuken, Fredriksstad Blad, Gjengangeren, Haugesunds Avis , Indre Østfold Avis, Kanalen , Kragerø Blad, Lierposten , Laagendalsposten , Nordstrands Blad , Moss Avis , Romsdals Budstikke , Røyken og Hurums Avis , Sande Avis , Sandefjords Blad , Sarpsborgavisa , Sunnmørsposten , Svelviksposten , Telen , Tønsbergs Blad , Ullern Avis Akersposten , Varden , Vikebladet Vestposten , Vigga and Åndalsnes Avis. The company owns Lokalavisene Oslo and also has partial ownership of Budstikka (31.5%), Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen , (24%), Hamar Dagblad (66.9%), Ringsaker Blad (66.9%), Østlandets Blad (79.9%) and Østlendingen (66.9%). Among the television channels are TV Buskerud and TV Vestfold. [2] The websites are organized under Edda Digital and consist of 27 online newspapers as dt.no (Drammens Tidende), sb.no (Sandefjords Blad), tb.no (Tønsbergs Blad) and ostlendingen.no (Østlendingen), [3] and commercial services as tinde.no, toppfotballkort.no and opoint.no, [4]

History

Edda Media dates back to 1983 when the Orkla Group entered the mass media market through the company Orkla Communications, later Orkla Media. The company acquired through the 1980s and 1990s a number of smaller, independent newspapers and local television channels throughout the country, and quickly became one of the big three within the newspaper market in Norway, along with Schibsted and A-Pressen. In 2005 Orkla announced it would leave the media market, and sold its shares in Adresseavisen and Bergens Tidende. The remaining stakes, were sold to Mecom Media, and the company split into three holding companies: Edda Media, Berlingske Officin and Rzeczpospolita. Edda Media retained the Norwegian portfolio of media. Edda media was sold in 2012 to Amedia.

Related Research Articles

<i>Sunnmørsposten</i> Norwegian newspaper

Sunnmørsposten is a newspaper published by Polaris Media in Ålesund, Norway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vestfold Line</span> Railway line in Norway

The Vestfold Line is a 137.79-kilometer (85.62 mi) railway line which runs between Drammen and Eidanger in Norway. The line connects to the Drammen Line at the northern terminus at Drammen Station and continues as the Bratsberg Line past Skien Station. The line is exclusively used for passenger trains, which are provided by Vy, which connect northwards to Oslo and south-westwards to Grenland. The 13-kilometer (8.1 mi) section from Eidanger to Skien is often colloquially included in the Vestfold Line.The standard gauge line is electrified at 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC and has twelve remaining stations. The Vestfold Line runs through the coastal region of Vestfold and serves major towns including Holmestrand, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik, as well as Sandefjord Airport, Torp.

<i>Sandefjords Blad</i>

Sandefjords Blad is a newspaper published daily in Sandefjord, Norway, except on Sundays. It is available in Norwegian language only. Sandefjords Blad is a private company, owned by Mecom with a circulation of 14,780 copies (2004) and 50 employees (2004). Sandefjords Blad is printed at the joint printing center Edda Trykk Ltd at Borgeskogen in Stokke.

Mecom Group plc was a newspaper publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlingske Media</span> Danish media company

Berlingske Media is a Danish Copenhagen-based media company that owns many newspapers, websites and radio stations. The main newspaper in the company, Berlingske Tidende, now Berlingske, is one of the world's oldest newspapers, having published its first issue on 3 January 1749. The company is run by Anders Krab-Johansen, former CEO and editor in chief at Børsen.

Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway. The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and its own news agency, Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå.

Haugesunds Avis is a daily newspaper published in Haugesund, Norway, but with branches in Bømlo, Kopervik, Odda, Sauda and Stord.

Halvor Stenstadvold is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. A political scientist by education, he spent most of his career in the Federation of Norwegian Industries and Orkla Group. He has also been the chair of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, the Research Council of Norway and the Oslo Stock Exchange. As a politician he has been acting mayor of Bærum municipality as well as State Secretary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torp station</span> Railway station in Sandefjord, Norway

Torp Station, also known as Sandefjord Airport Station, is on the Vestfold Line in Sandefjord Municipality, in Vestfold county, Norway. It is served with regional trains operated by Vy. Located close to Sandefjord Airport, Torp, the station is served by a free four-minute shuttle bus service from the station to the airport. The trains operate northwards via towns in Vestfold to Drammen and Oslo and onwards via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to towns in Innlandet county. Southwards, the trains serve Sandefjord, Larvik and Grenland.

Drammens Tidende is a Norwegian Bokmål language newspaper published in Drammen, Norway.

<i>Tønsbergs Blad</i>

Tønsbergs Blad is a local newspaper published in Tønsberg, Norway. The newspaper was founded by printer Hans Jørgen Magnus Hansen on 3 August 1870, with an initial circulation of 210 copies. By the turn of the century the circulation had grown to 2,600. In 1881 the newspaper was purchased by Tønsbergs Aktietrykkeri, to operate as a conservative publication. In 1986 Orkla Media AS – part of the Orkla Group – took over ownership. When this company was taken over by the Mecom Group in 2006, it changed name to Edda Media.

<i>Varden</i> (newspaper) Norwegian newspaper

Varden is a local newspaper published in Skien, Norway.

<i>The Colour Album</i> 1989 studio album by Fra Lippo Lippi

The Colour Album is the fifth studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi and the first release after the band severed their ties with Virgin Records.

The 2015 season was Strømsgodset's 9th season in Tippeligaen following their promotion back to the top flight in 2006.

Pål Henning Albertsen is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper and later goalkeeping coach.

As the capital of Norway, Oslo holds the headquarters of most national newspapers in Norway. On the other hand, there have been discussions on the lack of local newspapers covering the communities and day-to-day affairs of the boroughs of Oslo. At various times, there have been efforts to prop up local newspapers. The 1920s saw a wave of establishments which restricted themselves to covering specific outer boroughs of the former Aker municipality. The early 21st century saw several new borough-specific newspapers emerge, alongside some publications seeking to cover the politics of the city as a whole.

<i>Byavisa Sandefjord</i> Free newspaper in Sandefjord, Norway

Byavisa Sandefjord, known as Vestfold Blad until 2014, was a local free newspaper in Sandefjord, Norway. Owned by the media conglomerate Content Media, the paper was published weekly and later biweekly, and competed with Sandefjords Blad. Founded in 2010, Byavisa Sandefjord ran on deficits for most of its existence, before 2018, when the paper was shut down.

Einar Sigmundstad is a Norwegian football manager and educator.

Anders Uchermann-Sandvig was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

References

  1. Edda Media. "Nøkkeltall for Edda Media" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  2. Norwegian Media Authority. "Edda Media AS" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  3. Edda Media. "Nettaviser" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  4. Edda Media. "Kommersielle tjenester" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2008-06-10.