Aftenposten
Aftenposten (Newspaper) | |
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Formation | 14. May 1860 |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Type | newspaper |
Owners | Schibsted |
Subpage | •Aftenposten/Editor in chief |
Norwegian newspaper with high Bilderberg attendance. |
Aftenposten is one of Norway's largest print and online newspapers. It has a heavily Bilderberg habit.
The media corporation Schibsted is the main owner.
History
Historically, Aftenposten labelled itself as "independent, conservative",[1] most closely aligning their editorial platform with the Norwegian Conservative Party. This manifested itself in blunt anti-communism during the interwar era.
After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, Aftenposten was one of very few Norwegian newspapers that was allowed to continue to be published. At the reorganization of 12 September 1941, the newspaper's editorial positions were forcibly filled by people from the pro-Nazi party Nasjonal Samling. Many of the employees in the new NS-loyal management could be picked from the editorial staff's already existing people.
During the newspaper legal settlement after the war, Aftenposten, which had had a total turnover of NOK 60.9 million during the war, and an estimated profit of NOK 3.5 million, in the autumn of 1949 entered into a confidential agreement to pay NOK. 100,000 to the Treasury[2]. In comparison, Bergens Tidende and Adresseavisen, both of which had significantly less income than Aftenposten, paid NOK 194,000 and NOK 600,000. This was due to the fact that the agreements were confidential, and that the newspapers therefore did not know how much the others had to pay. The content of these agreements first became known in 1990.
As many other newspapers had to stop operating, Aftenposten established an almost advertising monopoly during the war, which laid the foundation for the newspaper's dominant position even in the post-war period.
During the Cold War, Aftenposten was strongly anti-communist and pro-American. The newspaper was one of the strongest critics in Norway of the Soviet Union and the Norwegian Communist Party, NKP. From the beginning, the newspaper wholeheartedly supported NATO. The newspaper also marked itself early on as a supporter of European integration, and has always supported Norwegian membership of the EU.
As a bourgeois newspaper, Aftenposten has always supported the monarchy, and gives ample coverage of the royal family.
In line with the depoliticisation of the country's newspapers, the Conservative Party stamp on Aftenposten also gradually disappeared throughout the 1980s, the paper becoming more social liberal.
Employees on Wikispooks
Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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Kjetil Alstadheim | Editor | 2019 | ||
Per Egil Hegge | Washington correspondent | 1962 | 1992 | |
Per Egil Hegge | Editor | 1984 | 1988 | |
Per Egil Hegge | Moscow Correspondent | 1962 | 1992 | Evicted in 1971. |
Per Egil Hegge | Washington correspondent | 1977 | 1981 | |
Per Egil Hegge | Editor | 1992 | 1998 | |
Tinius Nagell-Erichsen | CEO | 1970 | 1983 | Attended Bilderberg/1982 |
Nils Udgaard | Editor | 1995 | 2007 |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:CND Integrity Initiative visit to Oslo, 29-31 Aug 2016 | schedule | 26 December 2018 | Integrity Initiative | Donnelly's travel itinerary to Oslo + meeting how to create cell in Norway |
References
- ↑ Bernard A. Cook (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 935
- ↑ http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010113005006