Digi.no

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Digi.no
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Type of site
Online newspaper
Available in Norwegian
Owner Teknisk Ukeblad Media
URL digi.no
CommercialYes
Launched1996

Digi.no is a Norwegian online newspaper covering news within information technology and telecommunications. It is published in Oslo by Teknisk Ukeblad Media. [1] The publication has eight journalists. The editor in chief is Ida Oftebro. When Digi was founded in August 1996 it was the first completely online newspaper in Europe. [2]

In 2000 the site changed its name to digitoday.no, and was planning to establish a news service in other Nordic and European countries. [3] The first subsidiary, digitoday.fi, was established in Finland. In 2001, Telenor purchased the company [4] and cancelled the internationalisation effort. The subsidiary in Finland was sold to its employees, and digitoday.no got back its old name digi.no.

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References

  1. Teknisk Ukeblad Media AS. "digi.no" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  2. Norsk Aller. "DIGI" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
  3. digi.no (2001-08-17). "Europas første rendyrkede nettavis fyller fem år" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  4. Aftenbladet (2001-02-07). "Nextra kjøper halve digitoday" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-06-23.

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