Aftenposten
Aftenposten is a daily newspaper published in Oslo and one of Norway's largest and most respected titles. It is regarded as a quality newspaper, offering in-depth coverage of national and international news, politics, economics, and culture for an informed readership.
Aftenposten at a glance
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1860
- Owner
- Schibsted
- Published from
- Oslo
- Website
- aftenposten.no ↗
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How Crosswire groups Aftenposten
Crosswire groups Aftenposten as Centrist for comparisons within Norway's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Norway, Dagbladet is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open Aftenposten beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Aftenposten sits in Norway's press
Aftenposten was founded in 1860, is published from Oslo and is owned by Schibsted. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Norway and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Norway ranks tenth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Aftenposten outside Norway, starting with Northern Europe, are The Irish Times (Ireland), Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and Politiken (Denmark). Opening one of them beside Aftenposten is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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