Digi.no explained

Digi.no
Screenshot Size:	202px
Url:	digi.no
Commercial:	Yes
Type:	Online newspaper
Language:	Norwegian
Owner:	Teknisk Ukeblad Media
Launch Date:	1996

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.

References

DigiTheWeb - A Digital Platform for Web Publication

Notes and References

1. Web site: digi.no . Teknisk Ukeblad Media AS . Norwegian . 2015-06-23.
2. Web site: DIGI . https://web.archive.org/web/20070505004536/http://www.allerinternett.no/php/art.php?id=296893 . 2007-05-05 . . Norwegian . 2007-10-25 . dead .
3. Web site: Europas første rendyrkede nettavis fyller fem år . digi.no . Norwegian . 2001-08-17 . 2015-06-23.
4. Web site: Nextra kjøper halve digitoday . Aftenbladet . Norwegian . 2001-02-07 . 2015-06-23.