Vísir

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Vísir

Icelandic newspaper

This article is about newspaper Vísir. For the online newspaper, see Vísir.is.

Vísir was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík.[1] In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor.[2] In 1975, he left the paper after a conflict with the ownership group of on his editorial policy and founded Dagblaðið.[3]

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On 26 November 1981, Vísir and Dagblaðið merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Heimastjórnartíminn". stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Um DV". dv.is (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. [3]
    Hólmfríður Dagný Friðjónsdóttir (30 June 2018). "Jónas Kristjánsson ritstjóri látinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Sameinað og stærra blað á markaðinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 November 1981. Retrieved 2 July 2018.


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