Verdens Gang

History and profile

VG was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of VG from its start in 1945 to 1967, when he died.

VG is based in Oslo. The owner, media conglomerate Schibsted, as well as newspapers in Sweden, Estonia, and shares in some of Norway's larger regional newspapers. Schibsted took over the paper following the death of Christensen in 1967.

The editor-in-chief is Gard Steiro. VG is not affiliated with any political party. It stands for liberal values.

For many years, VG was the largest newspaper in Norway by circulation, which reached a peak of 390,000 in 2002. As its readers moved from traditional newspapers to internet newspapers, the circulation had collapsed to 94,000 in 2016. VG is now the second-largest print newspaper in Norway. It was overtaken by Aftenposten in 2010. The online newspaper vg.no is, however, by far the most visited in Norway, with 2 million daily readers.

''VG'' Nett

VG Nett is VGs news site online. It was started in 1995. VG Nett made a net operating profit of 40 percent in 2006, making it an unusually successful online media operation. According to figures from TNG Gallup, it had approximately 2 million daily readers in 2016.

VG's web pages also include a discussion forum, VG Debatt.

Circulation

Numbers from the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, Mediebedriftenes Landsforening. ImageSize = width:auto height:300 barincrement:12 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:15 top:10 right:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:400000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:40000 start:0

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PlotData= color:green width:7 bar:96 from:start till:17000 bar:97 from:start till:44000 bar:98 from:start till:97000 bar:99 from:start till:193000 bar:00 from:start till:307000 bar:01 from:start till:382000 bar:02 from:start till:460000 bar:03 from:start till:586000 bar:04 from:start till:724000 bar:05 from:start till:950000 bar:06 from:start till:1115000 bar:07 from:start till:1316000 bar:08 from:start till:1413000 bar:09 from:start till:1487000 bar:10 from:start till:1584000 bar:11 from:start till:1728000 bar:12 from:start till:1849000 bar:13 from:start till:1992000 bar:14 from:start till:1964000 bar:15 from:start till:1920000 bar:16 from:start till:2012000

• 1980: 200,536
• 1981: 227,191
• 1982: 240,302
• 1983: 256,747
• 1984: 269,140
• 1985: 290,705
• 1986: 317,049
• 1987: 333,698
• 1988: 345,636
• 1989: 360,331
• 1990: 367,036
• 1991: 365,318
• 1992: 374,092
• 1993: 377,575
• 1994: 386,137
• 1995: 371,238
• 1996: 356,861
• 1997: 370,115
• 1998: 364,619
• 1999: 373,552
• 2000: 375,983
• 2001: 387,508
• 2002: 390,510
• 2003: 380,190
• 2004: 365,266
• 2005: 343,703
• 2006: 315,549
• 2007: 309,610
• 2008: 284,414
• 2009: 262,374
• 2010: 233,295
• 2011: 211,588
• 2012: 188,345
• 2013: 164,430
• 2014: 138,188
• 2015: 112,716
• 2016: 93,883
• 2017: 82,015
• 2018: 96,405

VGTV

VGTV, sometimes unofficially called VG TV, is the name of two different video services run by VG: One service on their websites along with apps for Android, iOS, and tvOS, and one service on basic cable TV and IPTV. The two of them have some differences, but contain similarities to one another.

The web service contains free of charge news reports and clips; documentaries and comedy shows through the VG+ subscription; and sports matches through the additional VG+ Sport tier.

The TV channel focuses mostly on documentaries at no extra cost, interspersed with short news and weather reports. The channel is available from Norwegian cable TV and satellite providers, but not from RiksTV.

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