Editing Dagbladet (section)

==History==
{{Lang|no|Dagbladet}} was founded in 1869 by [[Anthon Bang]]. [[Hagbard Emanuel Berner]] served as its first editor in chief and the first issue was published on 2 January 1869. From 1884 to 1977, the newspaper was affiliated to the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal party]] (''Venstre'').<ref>{{cite journal|author=Rolf Werenskjold|title=The Dailies in Revolt|journal=Scandinavian Journal of History|date=2008|volume=33|issue=4|pages=417–440|doi=10.1080/03468750802423094|s2cid=142265516 }}</ref> Since 1977, it has officially been politically neutral, though it has kept its position as a liberal newspaper, also incorporating some [[Cultural radicalism|culturally radical]] stands in issues like the language struggle, church policies, [[feminism]], [[intimate relationship]], criminal care, etc. The newspaper was in 1972 against Norway joining the [[EU]], but had changed to pro in 1994.<ref>Store norske leksikon, [http://www.snl.no/Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'']</ref> During the [[German occupation of Norway]] the editor of {{Lang|no|Dagbladet}}, [[Einar Skavlan]], was arrested in April 1942 due to the paper's liberal stance and loyalty to the King.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Joachim Joesten|title=The Lights Went Out|journal=The Virginia Quarterly Review|date=Autumn 1942|volume=18|issue=4|page=551|jstor=26448498|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26448498}}</ref>

{{Lang|no|Dagbladet}} has played an important role in development of new editorial products in Norway. In 1990, the newspaper was the first in Norway to publish a Sunday edition in more than 70 years, and in 1995, it became the first of the major Norwegian newspapers with an online edition. In 2007 it had a circulation of 204,850 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Media in Norway|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/archive/Brundtlands-3rd-Government/kd/Veiledninger-og-brosjyrer/1996/media-in-norway.html?id=419207|work=Regjeringen|access-date=22 November 2014|format=Guideline|date=31 August 1996}}</ref> The actual first newspaper was a regional paper called ''Brønnøysunds Avis''. Over the past few years, {{Lang|no|Dagbladet}} has had success with the Saturday supplement ''Magasinet'', which reaches 25.3% of the adult population of Norway.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080410151622/http://www.tns-gallup.no/arch/img.asp?file_id=212417&ext=.pdf TNS-Gallup.no]</ref>

Due to the declining of daily circulation, the newspaper has reduced the number of workers the last couple of years by a few hundred. Because of this, the newspaper focused more on "simpler news", but recent years, the newspaper has chosen an editorial direction on hard news.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

{{Lang|no|Dagbladet}} was previously owned by the privately held company Berner Gruppen. [[Jens P. Heyerdahl]] was the largest owner and had effective control through several different companies. DB Medialab AS also owned 50% of the Norwegian [[web portal]] and [[Internet Service Provider|ISP]] start.no and ran the online community [[Blink (community)|Blink]] from 2002 to 2011.<ref>[http://blink.dagbladet.no/index.htm Blink.dagbladet.no] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030526/http://blink.dagbladet.no/index.htm |date=22 June 2013 }}, Retrieved 21 June 2013</ref>

In June 2013, {{Lang|no|Dagbladet}} with online products was sold from Berner Gruppen to [[Aller Media]] for reportedly about 300 million [[Norwegian kroner]].<ref>Eric B. Utheim and Line Midtsjø (21 June 2013):  [http://e24.no/media/haaper-aa-faa-fortsette-paa-dagbladet-fronten/20384659 Håper å få fortsette på  Dagbladet-fronten] {{in lang|no}} [[E24 Næringsliv|E24]], Retrieved 21 June 2013</ref> As of 2016, 99% of the shares of Dagbladet AS are formally owned by Berner Media Holding AS, which in turn is 100% owned by Aller Media. The remaining 1% of Dagbladet AS is owned by the foundation Dagbladets Stiftelse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.proff.no/roller/dagbladet-as/oslo/aviser-fagblader-og-tidsskrifter/Z0I3KVC2/ |title=Dagbladet AS - Oslo - Roller og kunngjøringer |access-date=30 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408112948/http://www.proff.no/roller/dagbladet-as/oslo/aviser-fagblader-og-tidsskrifter/Z0I3KVC2/ |archive-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Dagbladet operates a number of technological websites. The online community Blink was large for a period in the 2000s, before it was closed down. Dagbladet also operates Start.no and 123spill.no, but both have been inactive since 2016. Previously, Dagbladet also had the largest gaming website in the Nordic region, PressFire.no, but the website was discontinued by the media house in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fossbakken |first=Erlend |date=2023-05-30 |title=Tar med seg nettsted og forlater Dagbladet |url=http://kampanje.com/medier/2016/01/tar-med-seg-nettsted-og-forlater-dagbladet/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=kampanje.com |language=nb}}</ref> In 2018, Dagbladet started a gaming channel on YouTube, Dagbladet Spill, but this was closed down after a year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braseth |first=Sofie |date=2018-04-20 |title=Over 100 søkte på «Norges kuleste jobb». Disse fire skal spille for Dagbladet |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/over-100-sokte-pa-norges-kuleste-jobb-disse-fire-skal-spille-for-dagbladet/69723937 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=dagbladet.no |language=no}}</ref>

[[Alexandra Beverfjord]] was the editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=2023-06-22 |title=Alexandra Beverfjord blir ny konserndirektør for Media i Aller Media |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/alexandra-beverfjord-blir-ny-konserndirektor-for-media-i-aller-media--1.16456677 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>