Rogalands Avis is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway.[1]
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | A-pressen |
Editor | Harald Minge |
Founded | 1899 |
Political alignment | Labour |
Circulation | 8,471 (2012) |
Website | www.rogavis.no |
Rogalands Avis was established in 1899.[2] The paper is based in Stavanger[3] and covers the southern Rogaland.
A Labour Party-affiliated newspaper, it was titled 1ste Mai until 1955, when it absorbed the bankrupt Haugaland Arbeiderblad. Notable former editors-in-chief include Johan Gjøstein, Cornelius Holmboe (1908–1909), Otto Luihn, Hans Andreas Hanssen (1919–1920), Børge Olsen-Hagen (1920–1936), Trond Hegna (1940–1958), Engwall Pahr-Iversen (1978-1990), Norulv Øvrebotten (1990-1996) and Lars Helle (1996-2000). Rogalands Avis is owned 95.8% by A-pressen Lokale Medier AS, which in turn is owned 100% by A-pressen.
Rogalands Avis had a circulation of 13,276 copies in 2006 and there were 10,521 subscribers the same year.[4] In 2009 its circulation was 10,500 copies.[3] The circulation of the paper was 8,471 copies in 2012.[1]