Gjesdalbuen Explained

Foundation:1990
Owners:Amedia (100%)
Headquarters:Ålgård, Norway

Gjesdalbuen is a local newspaper published in Norway. The paper has its headquarters in Ålgård[1] and has been in circulation since 1990.

History and profile

Gjesdalbuen was established by Morten Gjesdal as a free newspaper in 1990.[2] It was part of Nordsjø Media[3] until 2018 when it was sold to Amedia.[4] [5] The paper is published twice per week.[6] As of 2021 Eugen Hammel was the editor-in-chief.[7]

The circulation of Gjesdalbuen was 3,422 copies in 2008.[6] The paper had a circulation of 3,175 copies in 2012.[8] In March 2014 the paper had a readership of 9,000.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company Description. SJN. 21 January 2015.
  2. News: Fakta om GBNett. Gjesdalbuen. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228123744/http://gbnett.no/avisen. dead. 27 December 2016. no. 28 December 2016.
  3. News: Trude B-J Margel. Nordsjø Media's paywalls are met with increased advertising revenue, reader loyalty. 21 January 2015. Inma. 20 March 2014.
  4. News: Mediehusene. Amedia AS. 16 September 2022. no.
  5. Web site: Gjesdalbuen AS. Proff™. 1 January 2022. 29 May 2024. no.
  6. Encyclopedia: Gjesdalbuen. Store norske leksikon. 10 February 2015. no.
  7. Helle Sjøvaag. Thomas Owren. Turid Borgen . Strategic and Organisational fit in Corporate News Markets: A Principal-agent Approach to Studying Newspaper Mergers. Journalism Practice. 2021. 15. 8. 1181–1198. 219763893. 10.1080/17512786.2020.1772097. free. 11250/3049177. free.
  8. Web site: Production grants for news and current affairs media. Ministry of Culture. 21 January 2015. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150122015146/http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf. 22 January 2015.