Amedia

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Amedia AS is the second largest

Until 2022 the corporation owned and operated a group of printing plants under the brand name Prime Print in Russia.

History

Amedia AS was established on 27 May 1948 as Norsk Arbeiderpresse (lit: Norwegian Labour Press). It was an association of social democratic newspapers.^[1] It was renamed A-pressen in 1994, a name which it retained until 2012.

The company was originally created to finance Norwegian

The company sold its 50% stake in TV2 in January 2012.

Amedia bought competitor Edda Media from Mecom Group in 2012.

Amedia was bought by

In April 2022, Amedia announced it was handing over its four printing houses in Russia worth some 4 million Euro to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, as it was ceasing its business activities in Russia.^[3] However, in the fall of 2023, five Prime Print printing houses, by decree of Vladimir Putin, were transferred first to the temporary management of the Federal Property Management Agency, and then to the Moscow authorities.^[4]

CEOs

• Johan Ona (1948–1974)
• Einar Olsen (1974–1987)
• Alf Hildrum (1987–2007)
• Even Nordstrøm (2007–2010)
• Thor Gjermund Eriksen (2010–2013)
• Are Stokstad (2013–2020)
• Anders Møller Opdahl
  (2020–present)

Chairmen of the board

• Konrad Nordahl (1948–1965)^[5]
• Tor Aspengren (1965–1981)^[6]
• Tor Halvorsen (1981?–1987)
• Leif Haraldseth (1987–1990, acting from 1987 to 1988)
• Svein-Erik Oxholm (1990–1997)
• Jan Balstad (1997–2002)
• Roar Flåthen (2002–2005)
• Gerd-Liv Valla (2005–2007)
• Erik Nord (2007–2010)
• Jon Hippe (2010-2011)
• Roar Flåthen (2011–present)

Newspapers

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