Editing Verdens Gang

{{Short description|Norwegian daily newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = {{Lang|no|Verdens Gang}}
| logo = VG logo.svg
| image = Verdens Gang (newspaper) - 8 October 2006.jpg
| caption = Front page from 8 October 2006. Featured in the cover story is Austrian kidnap victim [[Natascha Kampusch]].
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]<br>+ [[Online newspaper|online edition]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1945}}
| owners = [[Schibsted]]
| editor = [[Gard Steiro]]
| political = None
| headquarters = Akersgata 55, [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| ISSN = 0806-0894
| website = {{URL|http://www.vg.no}}
}}

'''{{Lang|no|Verdens Gang}}''' ({{lit|The course of the world}}), generally known under the abbreviation '''''VG''''', is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, declining from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. Nevertheless, ''VG'' is the most-read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers.<ref name="uib.no">{{cite web|url=http://medienorge.uib.no/statistikk/medium/avis/253|title=Lesertall for norske nettaviser|website=medienorge|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>

Verdens Gang AS is a [[private company]] wholly owned by the public company [[Schibsted|Schibsted ASA]].<ref name=stiga>{{cite journal|author=Stig A. Nohrstedt |display-authors=etal |title=From the Persian Gulf to Kosovo — War Journalism and Propaganda|journal=European Journal of Communication|date=2000|volume=15|issue=3|url=http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/mamer/files/War-Journalism-and-Propaganda1.pdf|access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref>

==History and profile==
''VG'' was established by members of the [[Norwegian resistance movement]] shortly after the country was liberated from [[German occupation of Norway in World War II|German occupation]] in 1945.<ref name=elsh8>{{cite journal|author1=Epp Lauk|author2=Svennik Hoyer|author-link2=Svennik Høyer|journal=Central European Journal of Communication|title=Recreating journalism after censorship. Generational shifts and professional ambiguities among journalists after changes in the political systems|url=http://ptks.pl/cejc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Vol_1_No1_Fall_2008_Lauk_Hoyer.pdf|date=Fall 2008|volume=1|issue=1|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/v/v1.html#verdens-gang|title=Verdens Gang|access-date=30 August 2008|work=NorgesLexi|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621045057/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/v/v1.html#verdens-gang|archive-date=21 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Christian A. R. Christensen]] was the first [[editor-in-chief]] of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967, when he died.<ref name=bora>{{cite web|author=Olav Anders Øvrebø|title=Journalism After the Monopoly on Publishing has been Broken|url=https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/4896/%C3%B6vreb%C3%B6%202008_journalism.pdf?sequence=1|work=Bergen Open Research Archive|access-date=29 December 2014|format=Book chapter|date=2008}}</ref>

''VG'' is based in Oslo.<ref name=rno/> The paper is published in tabloid format.<ref name=adsm>{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|access-date=7 February 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}}</ref> The owner, [[media conglomerate]] [[Schibsted]],<ref name=bora/> also owns Norway's largest newspaper, {{lang|no|[[Aftenposten]]}},<ref name=craig>{{cite book|author=Craig Carroll|title=Corporate Reputation and the News Media: Agenda-setting Within Business News Coverage in Developed, Emerging, and Frontier Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2iNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|access-date=8 December 2014|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-25244-1|page=155}}</ref> as well as newspapers in Sweden, Estonia, and shares in some of Norway's larger regional newspapers. Schibsted took over the paper following the death of Christensen in 1967.<ref name=bora/> Just before the change in ownership, ''VG'' was mostly sold in the Oslo area and had a circulation of 34,000 copies.<ref name=hosts>{{cite journal|author=Sigurd Høst|title=Newspaper Growth in the Television Era. The Norwegian Experience|journal=Nordicom Review|date=1999|volume=1|issue=1|url=http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/kapitel-pdf/31_host.pdf|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>

The editor-in-chief is [[Gard Steiro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/torry-pedersen-gaar-av-som-ansvarlig-redaktoer-i-vg/a/23888871/|language=no|title=Torry Pedersen går av som ansvarlig redaktør i VG|work=VG|date=4 January 2017|access-date=4 February 2011}}</ref> ''VG'' is not affiliated with any political party. It stands for [[liberal values]].

For many years, ''VG'' was the largest newspaper in Norway by circulation, which reached a peak of 390,000 in 2002. As its readers moved from traditional newspapers to internet newspapers, the circulation had collapsed to 94,000 in 2016. ''VG'' is now the second-largest print newspaper in Norway. It was overtaken by {{lang|no|[[Aftenposten]]}} in 2010. The online newspaper ''vg.no'' is, however, by far the most visited in Norway, with 2 million daily readers.<ref>[http://www.medienorge.uib.no/statistikk/medium/avis MedieNorge statistics]</ref>

== ''VG'' Nett ==
''VG Nett'' is ''VG''{{'}}s news site online. It was started in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title=Online Journalism Atlas: Norway|url=http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/01/25/online-journalism-atlas-norway/|access-date=13 January 2015|work=Online Journalism|date=25 January 2008}}</ref> ''VG'' Nett made a net operating profit of 40 percent in 2006, making it an unusually successful online media operation.<ref>Pfanner, Eric. (18 February 2007) [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/18/business/papers.php "Norwegian newspaper publisher finds the secret to profiting online"]. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220030640/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/18/business/papers.php |date=20 February 2007 }}. Retrieved 1 February 2009.</ref> According to figures from TNG Gallup, it had approximately 2 million daily readers in 2016.<ref>[http://www.medienorge.uib.no/statistikk/medium/avis/253 MedieNorge statistics]</ref>

VG's web pages also include a discussion forum, ''VG Debatt''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vgd.no/|title=Forsiden - ''VG'' Nett Debatt|website=vgd.no|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>

==Circulation==
Numbers from the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, [[Mediebedriftenes Landsforening]].
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| caption = Circulation of the printed newspaper ''VG'' 1980–2017
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| caption = The daily number of readers of the internet newspaper ''vg.no'' 1996–2016<ref name="uib.no"/>
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* 1980: 200,536
* 1981: 227,191
* 1982: 240,302
* 1983: 256,747
* 1984: 269,140
* 1985: 290,705
* 1986: 317,049
* 1987: 333,698
* 1988: 345,636
* 1989: 360,331
* 1990: 367,036
* 1991: 365,318
* 1992: 374,092
* 1993: 377,575
* 1994: 386,137
* 1995: 371,238
* 1996: 356,861
* 1997: 370,115<ref name=rno>{{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|publisher=Regjeringen.no|access-date=22 November 2014|format=Guideline|date=31 August 1996}}</ref>
* 1998: 364,619
* 1999: 373,552
* 2000: 375,983
* 2001: 387,508
* 2002: 390,510
* 2003: 380,190
* 2004: 365,266
* 2005: 343,703
* 2006: 315,549
* 2007: 309,610
* 2008: 284,414
* 2009: 262,374
* 2010: 233,295
* 2011: 211,588
* 2012: 188,345
* 2013: 164,430
* 2014: 138,188
* 2015: 112,716
* 2016: 93,883
* 2017: 82,015
* 2018: 96,405
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==VGTV==
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'''VGTV''', sometimes unofficially called ''VG TV'', is the name of two different video services run by VG: One service on their websites along with apps for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], and [[tvOS]], and one service on basic [[cable TV]] and [[IPTV]]. The two of them have some differences, but contain similarities to one another.

The web service contains free of charge news reports and clips; documentaries and comedy shows through the VG+ subscription; and sports matches through the additional VG+ Sport tier.

The TV channel focuses mostly on documentaries at no extra cost, interspersed with short news and weather reports. The channel is available from Norwegian cable TV and satellite providers, but not from [[RiksTV]].
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==See also==
* [[List of Norwegian newspapers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==External links==
*{{Commonscatinline}}
*{{Official website}}

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