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were served by two borough-specific newspapers: Akersposten, first published in 1905, and Ullern Avis, first published in 1933. These were boroughs of Aker municipality which was incorporated into Oslo. In 1977 they merged to form
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borough in Aker municipality, but the valley Groruddalen was heavily urbanized in the post-war period. The paper was eventually published twice per week. The 2003 circulation of
111:, who became a city councilman in 2011 after serving for decades as a national politician, noticed a tangible lack of journalism covering Oslo City Council affairs. 49:. The early 21st century saw several new borough-specific newspapers emerge, alongside some publications seeking to cover the politics of the city as a whole. 164:) decided to close the newspaper. In early 2016 three former employees relaunched the newspaper as an online newspaper only under the name Akersposten.no. 730: 810: 815: 531: 554: 144:
owned the newspaper, followed by several other owners over the next decades. In 2002 the newspaper was sold again, and the name changed to
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in 2004. The newspaper was free and weekly. It too was acquired by Edda Media in 2006 and then Amedia from 2011 to 2015. However
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existed for eight months before Schibsted shut it down, and the conglomerate reportedly lost 80 million 
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was published between 1987 and 1988. It was owned by Schibsted, and established in 1987. Its first and only
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was not closed, but taken over by Lokalmedia AS and run as an online-only newspaper.
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newspaper. In December 2014 the then-owner Mediehuset dittOslo AS (owned by
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in Norway. On the other hand, there have been discussions on the lack of
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bought Mecom's newspapers in 2011, and discontinued every one in 2015.
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was founded in 1928. Then, Groruddalen was a rural community of
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at the Norwegian Media Registry. Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
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went defunct, the latter after a series of ownership changes.
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Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the two main competitors were
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was established in 1925 to cover the eastern Aker borough of
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covering the communities and day-to-day affairs of the
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in 1992 to cover the two inner west-end boroughs of
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Index

Akersposten
Oslo
national newspapers
local newspapers
boroughs of Oslo
Aker municipality
Schibsted
Aftenposten Aften
Odd Einar Dørum

Ullern
Vestre Aker
Dagbladet
Edda Media
free
weekly
Amedia
Nordstrand
Groruddalen
Østre Aker
Lokalavisene Oslo
Frogner
St. Hanshaugen
weekly
Orkla Media
Edda Media
Amedia
editor-in-chief
Andreas Norland
Einar Hanseid

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