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Not to be confused with Ny Tid (Finland), a Finland-Swedish weekly magazine or Ny Tid (Trondheim), an earlier newspaper based in Trondheim.
Ny Tid 
Type Weekly News magazine Editor Dag Herbjørnsrud Founded 1975 Political alignment Left-wing politics Headquarters Oslo, Norway Circulation 4,774 (2009) Official website Homepage Ny Tid is Norway's only international news magazine, published in Newsweek-format every Friday. Politically, its history and editorial line is on the left side of the political spectrum and, until its recent sale, it was founded and owned by the Socialist Left Party of Norway. It is currently owned by new media group, Monitor Medier.
Currently, Ny Tid is headed by author and historian Dag Herbjørnsrud who was formerly the political columnist for Al-Jazeera's English website.
Contents
History
Political Past
Ny Tid's predecessor was the weekly Orientering, which was founded as an independent weekly in January 1953.
The newspaper gained notability thanks to the quality, reputation, and success of its writers including Sigurd Evensmo (the first editor-in-chief), Jens Bjørneboe, and Johan Borgen. Evensmo was a member of the Student's Communist Organisation and had been active in the resistance against the Nazis in Norway; Bjørneboe was a self-described anarcho-nihilist who was at the center of literary life in Norway; and Borgen was an author sent to prison by the Nazis for his writings.
In 1975 Orientering was included in the new Ny Tid. From 1975 until 1998 Ny Tid was owned by the Socialist Left Party (SV).
On January 24th 2006 the publishing house Damm, a part of Egmont, bought 100 percent of Ny Tid. On January 27 2006 Ny Tid was relaunched as Norway's first news magazine. In January of 2008 the magazine was transferred to a new media group, Monitor Medier, which at the same time also purchased the monthly Le Monde Diplomatique.
Voices Without Borders
Every week an exclusive column is printed, in which writers from free speech-challenged countries are invited to comment and outline. These columnists are: Parvin Ardalan, Nawal El Saadawi, Irshad Manji, Elena Milashina, Katiuska Natera, Martha Roque, Blessing Musariri, Tsering Woeser, Orzala Ashraf Nemat and Natalia Novozhilova. The columns are mostly written in English. The project is called "Voices Without Borders" and is a project in memory of Anna Politkovskaja, who was a Ny Tid columnist from February 10 to October 7 2006.[1]
Content and Style
Since the relaunch in January 2006, the independent magazine, regularly prints exclusive columns by writers like Noreena Hertz (Great Britain), Irshad Manji (Canada), Anna Funder (Australia), Shah Muhammad Rais (Afghanistan), Saskia Sassen (USA), Natalia Novozhilova, and Anna Politkovskaya (Russia), the independent journalist assassinated after a series of articles she published about corruption and the KGB under the Putin presidency.
The magazine has a global outlook with most of its articles focusing on current events across the globe. It is published in Norwegian for its print edition and in both English and Norwegian for its online edition. It covers politics, culture, environmental issues, and international affairs. The current editor is Dag Herbjørnsrud. The editorial staff is based in Oslo, while the correspondents are situated in five continents.
Ny Tid has links to Al-Jazeera and to Le Monde Diplomatique and frequently shares content with both online publications.
Editors
- Dag Herbjørnsrud 2008–present
- Martine Aurdal 2006–2008
- Dag Herbjørnsrud 2005–2006
- Anders Horn 2001–2005
- Anne Hege Simonsen 1998–2001
- Runar I. Malkenes 1995–1998
- Turid Grønlund 1994–1995
- Gunnar Ringheim 1991–1994
- Bernt Eggen 1989–1991
- Finn Gustavsen 1986–1989
- Ingolf Håkon Teigene 1982–1986
- Steinar Hansson 1979–1982
- Audgunn Oltedal 1975–1979
Circulation
As a newspaper:
- 1979: 16 267
- 1980: 15 117
- 1981: 15 662
- 1982: 15 474
- 1983: 14 722
- 1984: 14 945
- 1985: 13 482
- 1986: 12 659
- 1987: 10 877
- 1988: 9 803
- 1989: 9 071
- 1990: 8 021
- 1991: 8 212
- 1992: 8 155
- 1993: na
- 1994: 6 950
- 1995: 5 704
- 1996: 5 593
- 1997: 4 722
- 1998: 4 772
- 1999: 4 095
- 2000: 3 939
- 2001: 4 599
- 2002: 4 834
- 2003: 4 519
- 2004: 4 199
- 2005: 4 320
As a magazine:
- 2006: 9 258
- 2007: 7 671
- 2008: 4 811
- 2009: 4 774
Ny Tid: Circulation 1979 - 2009. Notes
- ^ Ny Tid International : Ny Tid, Voices Without Borders
External links
Categories:- Publications established in 1975
- 1975 establishments in Norway
- Weekly magazines
- Defunct newspapers of Norway
- Socialist Left Party (Norway) newspapers
- Oslo media
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