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Template:Lang is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo.
Template:Lang is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA.<ref name=stiga>Template:Cite journal</ref> Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History and profile
Founded in 1868, Template:Lang is based in Bergen.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine BTMagasinet is published on Saturdays.
Template:Lang is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns Template:Lang, and Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The paper began to be published in tabloid format in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress in 2011.<ref>Award 2011 Template:Webarchive European Newspapers Congress. Retrieved 4 August 2014.</ref>
In 2005, Template:Lang reached about 260,000 readers every day, mainly in the county of Vestland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Circulation numbers peaked at 100,000 copies in 1988. Its circulation was about 87,000 copies in 2007.<ref>Circulation and reading of Norwegian newspapers Template:Webarchive, published 14 February 2008</ref> In 2008, the paper had a circulation of 85,825 copies, and later dropped to 70,220 copies by 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Website
The website of Template:Lang is bt.no. Until 2009, the newspaper broadcast on BTV (formerly TV Hordaland), but service was taken off air and incorporated into bt.no.
List of editors-in-chief
- Edvard Larssen, Jan - Apr 1868
- Johan Hekleberg, 1868–1869
- David Chrystie Habe, 1869–1871
- Olav Lofthus, 1872–1894
- Template:Ill, 1894–1902<ref name=FBH>Template:Cite news</ref>
- K. F. Dahl, 1902–1903
- Template:Ill, 1903–1942<ref name=FBH/>
- Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, 1942–1945<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Håkon Torsvik, 1945–1956
- Ingemund Fænn, 1956–1977
- Kjartan Rødland, 1977–1986
- Einar Eriksen, 1986–1991
- Magne Gaasemyr, 1991–1994
- Hans Erik Matre, 1994–1997
- Einar Hålien, 1997–2008
- Trine Eilertsen, 2008–2012
- Gard Steiro, 2012–2015
- Øyulf Hjertenes, 2015–2019
- Frøy Gudbrandsen, 2019–2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Trond Olav Skrunes, 2024–present<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>