SortlandsAvisa
SortlandsAvisa (The Sortland Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in the municipality of Sortland 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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]