Carsten Bleness

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Carsten Bleness (born 22 July 1958) is a Norwegian newspaper editor.

He was born in Oslo as a son of Magne Bleness. He took the examen artium in 1977 and worked as a sailor, then manual laborer at Jøtul from 1980 to 1982. He took education as a Chief Mate and served as such for two years, and then returned to manual labor at Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik until 1985.^[1]

From 1985 to 1987 he led the radio station Radio Klassekampen.^[1] He worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1988 to 1992, and in Aftenposten from 1992 to 2005.^[2] He was the newspaper's correspondent in London for a period. In 2005 he was hired as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dagsavisen .^[1] He resigned in 2009 amid poor economic results, and was succeeded by Arne Strand as acting editor.^[3] In September 2010 he became editor-in-chief of Hamar Arbeiderblad .

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References

1 2 3 Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Carsten Bleness". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
↑ Knut Olav Åmås, ed. (2008). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 70. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
↑ "Dagsavisen mister sjefredaktøren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.

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[snl-1] 1 2 3 Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Carsten Bleness". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

[hvem-2] Knut Olav Åmås, ed. (2008). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 70. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.

[3] "Dagsavisen mister sjefredaktøren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.

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