Revenue of Amedia 2023, by business area

As of 2023, circulation income accounted for the largest revenue share of the Norwegian media company Amedia. The revenue of this business segment amounted to nearly 2.29 billion Norwegian kroner that year. Amedia’s second highest revenue source was advertising. 

Amedia is one of the largest Norwegian media companies

Based on the revenue, Amedia belongs to the leading media companies in Norway. The focus is on printed and digital regional newspapers. In 2019, the publisher owned, amongst others, 78 subscription newspapers, the digital medium Nettavisen, as well as 20 percent of the Swedish local newspaper group MittMedia. The subscriber number of Amedia’s newspapers recently increased, reaching 625 thousand as of the fourth quarter of 2019.

Norwegian newspaper market

The revenue from newspaper subscriptions in Norway amounted to more than 5.3 billion Norwegian kroner in 2018. This was an increase of roughly on billion kroner compared to 2014. The most popular newspaper in Norway is Verdens Gang (VG), with a circulation of nearly 312 thousand sold copies in 2021, followed by Aftenposten and Dagbladet.