Norwegian A-pressen group - chronology

Chronology

This chronology is indicative only.

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1884 Vort Arbeid workers' newspaper founded

1905 14 labour movement newspapers

1928 45 newspapers

1948 Norsk Arbeiderpresse founded as umbrella group

1948 Arbeiderpressens Samvirke cooperative founded

1989 Federation of Norwegian Trade Unions refinances Norsk Arbeiderpresse

1989 Norsk Arbeiderpresse merges with Arbeiderpressens Samvirke

1991 A-pressen takes over Arbeiderbladet from the Labour Party

1993 sale of shares to employees and union branches

1993 Nye Hojem Trykkeri and BA-trykk established

1993 Norsk Lokal TV founded

1994 name changed from Norsk Arbeiderpresse AS to A-pressen AS

1995 buys Lofotposten, Østlandsposten and Firda

1995 buys 22% of TV 2

1995 buys 20% of RiksNett

1995 Norwegian Labour Party sells stake in A-Pressen

1996 buys 4% of TV Norge with option on further 16%

1996 takes stakes in nine companies awarded local TV licences

1996 buys Indre Smaalenenes Avis og Trykkeri

1996 buys Rakkestad Avis and Indre Akershus Blad newspapers

1996 closes Avisa Trondheim

1996 takes stake in state-owned printing plant in Murmansk

1997 becomes majority shareholder of Nordlys

1997 buys Ringerikes Blad

1997 sells Dagningen

1997 increases shareholding in TV 2 to 33%

1997 sells 20% stake in TVNorge to TV2

1997 TV 2 buys 49% of TV Norge (inc stakes sold by Schibsted and A-pressen)

1997 A-pressen buys 51% of Digital Hverdag

1997 founds A-pressen Nett and launches 12 newspapers on the net

1998 listed on Oslo Stock Exchange

1998 buys Kvinnheringen

1998 sells Sentrum Trykk in Trondheim and Østlands-Postens Boktrykkeri in Larvik

1998 establishes A-pressen Eastern Europe AS

1999 Sanoma WSOY takes 10% stake in A-Pressen (later increased to 29.6%)

2000 buys 26% of Norwegian ISP Mobile Feed

2001 buys 25% of Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in Russia

2001 buys 66% of publisher Decade AS