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Edda Media

Edda Media AS
Subsidiary
Industry Mass media
Founded 1983 as Orkla Media
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Karl Gunnar Opdal (CEO)
Revenue IncreaseNOK 2,558 million (2006)
NOK 316 million (2006)
Number of employees
1,801 (2006)
Parent Mecom Group
Website www.eddamedia.no

Edda Media was a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites. The company is part of the Mecom Group and is the remaining domestic part of Orkla Media. In 2006 the newspapers in the Edda Group had 1,250,000 daily readers, a circulation of 257,128 and 800,000 unique web users. The corporation has 1,801 employees and head office in Oslo.

Among the newspapers owned are Drammens Tidende, Fjordenes Tidende, Fjuken, Fredriksstad Blad, Gjengangeren, Haugesunds Avis, Indre Østfold Avis, Kanalen, Kragerø Blad, Lierposten, Laagendalsposten, Nordstrands Blad, Moss Avis, Romsdals Budstikke, Røyken og Hurums Avis, Sande Avis, Sandefjords Blad, Sarpsborgavisa, Sunnmørsposten, Svelviksposten, Telen, Tønsbergs Blad, Ullern Avis Akersposten, Varden, Vikebladet Vestposten, Vigga and Åndalsnes Avis. The company also has partial ownership of Budstikka (31.5%), Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen, (24%), Hamar Dagblad (66.9%), Ringsaker Blad (66.9%), Østlandets Blad (79.9%) and Østlendingen (66.9%). Among the television channels are TV Buskerud and TV Vestfold. The websites are organized under Edda Digital and consist of 27 online newspapers as dt.no (Drammens Tidende), sb.no (Sandefjords Blad), tb.no (Tønsbergs Blad) and ostlendingen.no (Østlendingen), and commercial services as tinde.no, toppfotballkort.no and opoint.no,


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