Gjesdalbuen is a Norwegian language local newspaper published in Norway. The paper has its headquarters in Ålgård.[1]

History and profile edit

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] The paper is published twice per week.[5] As of 2021 Eugen Hammel was the editor-in-chief.[6]

The circulation of Gjesdalbuen was 3,422 copies in 2008.[5] The paper had a circulation of 3,175 copies in 2012.[7] In March 2014 the paper had a readership of 9,000.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Company Description". SJN. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Fakta om GBNett". Gjesdalbuen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Trude B-J Margel (20 March 2014). "Nordsjø Media's paywalls are met with increased advertising revenue, reader loyalty". Inma. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Mediehusene". Amedia AS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Gjesdalbuen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ^ Helle Sjøvaag; Thomas Owren; Turid Borgen (2021). "Strategic and Organisational fit in Corporate News Markets: A Principal-agent Approach to Studying Newspaper Mergers". Journalism Practice. 15 (8): 1181–1198. doi:10.1080/17512786.2020.1772097. hdl:11250/3049177. S2CID 219763893.
  7. ^ "Production grants for news and current affairs media" (PDF). Ministry of Culture. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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