{"id":17444,"date":"2024-01-22T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17444"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:30:07","slug":"after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-l-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After three decades of&nbsp;documenting media trends in Norway,&nbsp;the information centre&nbsp;in Bergen ceases operations&nbsp;due to financial constraints. &#8220;Very disappointing&#8221;, says the project leader Nina Bj\u00f8rnstad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing--medium\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medianorway&nbsp;has been diligently collecting and disseminating media statistics since 1994.&nbsp;Anchored&nbsp;at the University of Bergen in Norway,&nbsp;the information centre&nbsp;actively collaborated&nbsp;with Nordicom on Nordic statistical initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regrettably, the 2023&nbsp;Norwegian&nbsp;national budget outlined&nbsp;the cessation of funding for Medianorway.&nbsp;Critical of the decision of the Norwegian government were, among others, the Norwegian professors&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khrono.no\/medieforskere-etterlyser-apenhet-om-medietilsynets-rolle-og-oppgaver\/730853\">Marika L\u00fcders<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.m24.no\/debatt-leif-ove-larsen-medienorge\/hvem-skal-ha-ansvaret-for-norsk-mediestatistikk\/551439\">Leif Ove Larsen.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the funding cut, a temporary year-long lifeline for Medianorway emerged through the collective efforts of the Tinius Trust, the Fritt Ord Foundation, and Amedia. This provided Medianorway with an additional year to persuade the&nbsp;Norwegian government&nbsp;of the value of their comprehensive information services \u2013 an endeavour that unfortunately didn\u2019t yield the desired outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 The shutdown implies&nbsp;a&nbsp;loss of a&nbsp;key group&nbsp;of professionals with expertise in Norwegian media and statistics, says Nina Bj\u00f8rnstad, the project leader at Medianorway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 The work at Medianorway has been crucial in upholding the quality of Norwegian media statistics, as errors are more common than one might assume.&nbsp;The&nbsp;discontinuation&nbsp;also weakens collaborative efforts in the Nordic region, as Medianorway has been a&nbsp;partner of Nordicom since the beginning. It&#8217;s disappointing that the Ministry of Culture doesn&#8217;t recognise the value of such a comprehensive information source that has been accessible to all of Norway, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medianorway\u2019s website [https:\/\/medienorge.uib.no\/]\u00a0will remain accessible until the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Irene Heggstad, UiB<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After three decades of documenting media trends in Norway, the information center ceases operations due to financial constraints.","protected":false},"featured_media":17452,"template":"","categories":[258],"class_list":["post-17444","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-highlights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After three decades of documenting media trends in Norway, the information center ceases operations due to financial constraints.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NordMedia Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-01T12:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1260\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"884\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/\",\"name\":\"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-22T12:32:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-01T12:30:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de-DE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de-DE\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":884},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/\",\"name\":\"NordMedia Network\",\"description\":\"Connecting the \\u2028Nordic Media Research Community\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de-DE\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network","og_description":"After three decades of documenting media trends in Norway, the information center ceases operations due to financial constraints.","og_url":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/","og_site_name":"NordMedia Network","article_modified_time":"2026-04-01T12:30:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1260,"height":884,"url":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/","url":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/","name":"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years - NordMedia Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-22T12:32:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-01T12:30:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de-DE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de-DE","@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/lauritzmeltzershusfgtnr61.jpg","width":1260,"height":884},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/after-30-years-medianorway-shuts-its-doors-for-good-medianorway-ceases-operation-after-30-years\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medianorway Ceases Operation After 30 Years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/","name":"NordMedia Network","description":"Connecting the \u2028Nordic Media Research Community","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de-DE"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}