Editing Avisa Nordland

{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = {{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}}
| logo                = Avisa nordland.png
| logo_size           = 175px
| image               = [[File:Central Atrium building in Bodø 2013.jpg|175px|border]]
| caption             = Headquarters of {{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} in Bodø
| type                = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format              = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation          = February 2002
| owners              = [[Amedia]] (62.0%) and [[Harstad Tidende Gruppen AS]] (38.0%)
| editor              = [[Jan-Eirik Hanssen]]
| political           = Neutral
| headquarters        = [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]], [[Norway]]
| language            = Norwegian
| circulation         = 19,894 (2013)
| website             = {{URL|http://www.an.no|an.no}}
}}

'''{{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}}''' is a local [[newspaper]] published in [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]], [[Norway]].

==History and profile==
{{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} was established in February 2002 through a controversial merger of the two competing newspapers ''[[Nordlandsposten]]'' and ''[[Nordlands Framtid]]''.<ref name=sig>{{cite journal|author=Sigurd Allern|title=Journalistic and Commercial News Values. News Organizations as Patrons of an Institution and Market Actors|journal=Nordicom Review|date=2002|volume=2|issue=2|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242189101|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> {{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} has its headquarters in central Bodø, and until 2013 occupied most of the bank [[Nordlandsbanken]]s former premises. In addition it has regional offices in [[Fauske (town)|Fauske]], [[Oppeid]], and [[Ørnes]]. 
[[File:Avisa Nordland headquarters 2013.jpg|thumb|left|Former (in use until autumn 2013) headquarters of {{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} in Bodø]]
In 2013, the newspaper moved its headquarters to a new office building in Bodø called Central Atrium.<ref>{{cite news|author=Per Torbjørn Jystad|date=14 October 2011|title=Atrium skal huse avis og Itet|url=http://www.an.no/nyheter/article5771457.ece|newspaper=Avisa Nordland|accessdate=1 March 2014 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

{{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} is part of [[Amedia]].<ref name=sand>{{cite web|title=How we won the top WAN-IFRA Young Reader Prize, and what we really won |url=http://sandkasse.amedia.no/index.php/2014/09/how-we-won-the-top-wan-ifra-young-reader-prize-and-what-we-really-won/ |work=Sandkassa |accessdate=26 December 2014 |date=28 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228191414/http://sandkasse.amedia.no/index.php/2014/09/how-we-won-the-top-wan-ifra-young-reader-prize-and-what-we-really-won/ |archivedate=28 December 2014 }}</ref> In 2011, the paper won the World Young Reader Prize of [[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers|WAN/IFRA]] in the editorial category for political papers.<ref name=sand/>

In 2006 {{Lang|no|Avisa Nordland}} had a circulation of about 24,700 copies.<ref>[http://www.medieregisteret.no/database/dbprogs/?1=1&fid=20326 Norwegian Media Registry]</ref> It was 19,894 copies in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newspaper circulation 2013|url=http://medienorge.uib.no/english/?cat=statistikk&medium=avis&queryID=190|publisher=Media Norway|accessdate=19 December 2014|archive-date=28 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128180054/http://medienorge.uib.no/english/?cat=statistikk&medium=avis&queryID=190|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.an.no/}}

[[Category:2002 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 2002]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Norway]]
[[Category:Norwegian-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Mass media in Nordland]]
[[Category:Amedia]]
[[Category:Bodø]]


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