Altaposten
History and profile
Altaposten was founded in 1969, and its first editor was Øystein Dalland. From 1988 Ulf Jørgensen edited the newspaper, and since 2001 the editor-in-chief has been Rolf Edmund Lund.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Altaposten |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Altaposten |language=Norwegian |accessdate=8 October 2011}}{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2010 |title=Altaposten |encyclopedia=Norske aviser fra A til Å |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |editor-last=Idar Flo |series=Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 |volume=4 |page=35 |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-15-01604-7 |author=Knut Roger Eikeseth}} Altaposten was the owner of the Sami newspaper Áššu until its merge with Min Áigi to form Ávvir, which is owned by Altaposten together with Finnmark Dagblad.
Altaposten had a circulation of 4,793 copies in 2012.{{Cite web |date=20 June 2013 |title=Production grants for news and current affairs media |url=http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122015146/http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf |archive-date=2015-01-22 |access-date=21 January 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Culture}} The 2013 circulation of the paper was 4,535 copies.{{Cite web |title=Circulation of Norwegian newspapers. 2013 |url=http://medienorge.uib.no/english/?cat=statistikk&medium=avis&queryID=190 |access-date=26 December 2014 |publisher=Media Norway}}
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External links
- [http://www.altaposten.no/ Official website]
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Category:Newspapers established in 1969
Category:1969 establishments in Norway
Category:Daily newspapers published in Norway
Category:Norwegian-language newspapers
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