SortlandsAvisa explained

SortlandsAvisa (The Sortland Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county.^[1]

SortlandsAvisa is a politically independent newspaper. It is published every Thursday,^[2] and is edited by Geir Bjørn Nilsen.^{[1] [3]} The newspaper was launched on January 10, 2008.^[2] The founder of SortlandsAvisa and its first editor was Gard Lehne Borch Michalsen, who now heads the media site Medier24. The newspaper is printed by HTG Trykk AS in Harstad.^[2]

Editors

• January 2008 – September 2013: Gard Borch Michalsen
• September 2013 – December 2013: Erik Jenssen (acting editor)
• January 2013 – July 2016: Thor Anders Angelsen
• July 2016 – December 2016: Sanna Drogset Børstad (acting editor)
• January 2017 – : Geir Bjørn Nilsen

Circulation

According to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations and National Association of Local Newspapers, SortlandsAvisa has had the following annual circulation:

• 2008: 1,189
• 2009: 1,569
• 2010: 1,598
• 2011: 1,581
• 2012: 1,555^[4]
• 2013: 1,534
• 2014: 1,436
• 2015: 1,275^[1]
• 2016: 1,178^[5]

External links

• SortlandsAvisa homepage

Notes and References

1. https://snl.no/Sortlandsavisa Store norske leksikon: SortlandsAvisa.
2. http://www.mediebedriftene.no/Om-medie/Medlemmer/AVIS/sortlands-avisa/ Mediebedriftene: SortlandsAvisa.
3. http://www.vol.no/sortlandsavisa/ SortlandsAvisa homepage.
4. http://lla.no/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LLAopplag2012.pdf Landslaget for Lokalaviser: LLAs opplagsstatistikk 2012.
5. http://medienorge.uib.no/?cat=statistikk&page=avis&queryID=190 Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser.