Norwegian News Agency
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | News agency |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Oslo,Norway |
Area served | Norway |
Key people | Mads Yngve Storvik(CEOandEditor-in-chief) Jon Espen Lohne(Chairman) |
| Revenue | NOK222.3 million (2014) |
Number of employees | 136 (2014) |
| Website | ntb.no |
TheNorwegian News Agency(Norwegian:Norsk Telegrambyrå;abbreviatedNTB) is aNorwegianpress agencyandwire servicethat serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway. NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015. The photo agencyScanpixis a wholly owned subsidiary of NTB.
History and profile[edit]
NTB was established in 1867. In the early years it was privately owned. After World War I, the agency was acquired by AS Norsk Telegrambyrå, a limited company owned by a group of newspapers. Images have been part of their news services since 1932.[1][2]It is closely held by large media corporations, includingEdda Media(26.1%),Schibsted(20.6%),A-Pressen(20.5%), theNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation(10.5%),Adresseavisen(7.8%), a few smaller newspapers,TV 2andP4.0.5% is owned by the agency's employees.
The agency has three main news services, covering domestic news, international news, and sports. It also provides special services within news graphics, video, culture, entertainment, feature, etc. Approximately 136 staff are employed by the agency.Pål Bjerketvedtwas the editor-in-chief and managing director from 2004 to 2016;Ole Kristian Bjellaanesis the executive editor.
In December 2021Tina Mari Flemwas appointed as chief editor and managing director for the Norwegian News Agency, succeedingMads Yngve Storvik.[3]
References[edit]
- ^"Media in Norway"(Guideline).Regjeringen.no. 31 August 1996.Retrieved22 November2014.
- ^"About NTB".NTB(in Norwegian Bokmål).Retrieved2023-04-27.
- ^"Tina Mari Flem blir ny NTB-sjef".journalisten.no(in Norwegian).Retrieved19 February2024.
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