Rogalands Avis
{{Short description|Norwegian local newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Rogalands Avis
| image =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format =
| price =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1899}}
| owners = A-pressen
| political = Labour
| ceased publication = 3. February 2024
| headquarters =
| editor = Harald Minge
| website = [http://www.rogavis.no/ www.rogavis.no]
| circulation = 8,471 (2012)
}}
Rogalands Avis was a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway.{{cite web|title=Production grants for news and current affairs media|url=http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122015146/http://www.mediebedriftene.no/globalassets/mediepolitikk/productiongrant_notification_final_20062013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2015|publisher=Ministry of Culture|accessdate=21 January 2015|date=20 June 2013}}
History and profile
Rogalands Avis was established in 1899.{{cite book|title=Norsk mediehistorie|author1=Henrik G. Bastiansen|author2=Hans Fredrik Dahl|year=2003 |publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|isbn=82-15-00325-7|pages=216 }} The paper was based in Stavanger and covers the southern Rogaland.
A Labour Party-affiliated newspaper, it was titled 1ste Mai until 1955, when it absorbed the bankrupt Haugaland Arbeiderblad. Notable former editors-in-chief include Johan Gjøstein, Cornelius Holmboe (1908–1909), Otto Luihn, Hans Andreas Hanssen (1919–1920), Børge Olsen-Hagen (1920–1936), Trond Hegna (1940–1958), Engwall Pahr-Iversen (1978-1990), Norulv Øvrebotten (1990-1996) and Lars Helle (1996-2000). Rogalands Avis was owned 95.8% by A-pressen Lokale Medier AS, which in turn is owned 100% by A-pressen.
Rogalands Avis had a circulation of 13,276 copies in 2006 and there were 10,521 subscribers the same year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediebedriftene.no/novus/upload/file/avis/marked/opplagstall/2006/opplagspresentasjonen%202006-rettet.pdf|format=PDF|title=Avsisenes nettooopplag 2006|accessdate=31 January 2008|publisher=Mediebedriftenes Landsforening|year=2007|language=Norwegian}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2009 its circulation was 10,500 copies.{{cite journal|author1=Eli Skogerbø|author2=Marte Winsvold|title=Audiences on the move? Use and assessment of local print and online newspapers|journal=European Journal of Communication|date=2011|volume=26|issue=3|page=218|url=http://www.usc.es/posgrao/posteoria/profesorado/lopez/2012/European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.p_European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.pdf|accessdate=24 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414074440/http://www.usc.es/posgrao/posteoria/profesorado/lopez/2012/European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.p_European_Journal_of_Communication-2011-Skogerb_-214-29.pdf|archivedate=14 April 2012|df=dmy-all}} The circulation of the paper was 8,471 copies in 2012.
On January 25, 2024, it was decided that Rogalands Avis would be shut down after previous attempts to sell the newspaper were unsuccessful.
The final issue of the newspaper was published on February 3, 2024.
References
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- [http://www.medieregisteret.no/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20130 Norwegian Media Registry]