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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only.
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline.
1884 Vort Arbeid workers' newspaper founded
1905 14 labour movement newspapers
1928 45 newspapers
1948 Norsk Arbeiderpresse founded as umbrella group
1948 Arbeiderpressens Samvirke cooperative founded
1989
Federation of Norwegian Trade Unions refinances Norsk
Arbeiderpresse
1989 Norsk Arbeiderpresse merges with Arbeiderpressens
Samvirke
1991
A-pressen takes over Arbeiderbladet from the Labour
Party
1993
sale of shares to employees and union branches
1993 Nye Hojem Trykkeri and BA-trykk established
1993 Norsk Lokal TV founded
1994
name changed from Norsk Arbeiderpresse AS to A-pressen
AS
1995 buys Lofotposten, Østlandsposten and
Firda
1995 buys 22% of TV 2
1995 buys 20% of RiksNett
1995 Norwegian Labour Party sells stake in A-Pressen
1996
buys 4% of TV Norge with option on further 16%
1996 takes stakes in nine companies awarded local TV licences
1996 buys Indre Smaalenenes Avis og Trykkeri
1996 buys Rakkestad Avis and Indre Akershus Blad newspapers
1996 closes Avisa Trondheim
1996 takes stake in state-owned printing plant in Murmansk
1997
becomes majority shareholder of Nordlys
1997 buys Ringerikes Blad
1997 sells Dagningen
1997 increases shareholding in TV 2 to 33%
1997 sells 20% stake in TVNorge to TV2
1997 TV 2 buys 49% of TV Norge (inc stakes sold by Schibsted
and A-pressen)
1997 A-pressen buys 51% of Digital Hverdag
1997 founds A-pressen Nett and launches 12 newspapers
on the net
1998
listed on Oslo Stock Exchange
1998 buys Kvinnheringen
1998 sells Sentrum Trykk in Trondheim and Østlands-Postens
Boktrykkeri in Larvik
1998 establishes A-pressen Eastern Europe AS
1999 Sanoma WSOY takes 10% stake
in A-Pressen (later increased to 29.6%)
2000 buys 26% of Norwegian ISP Mobile Feed
2001 buys 25% of Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
in Russia
2001 buys 66% of publisher Decade AS
2006 A-pressen Nasjonale Medier AS, A-pressen TV Invest
AS and Egmont Holding buy Schibsted's
33.37% stake in Norwegian TV 2 Gruppen for NOK1.15bn
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