Moss Avis is a local newspaper in Moss

Moss, Norway

is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. Having a rivalry with Moss Dagblad

Moss Dagblad

Moss Dagblad was a local newspaper in Moss, Norway and was second largest in the city behind Moss Avis, it was published three days a week where the chief editor was Morten Øby....

, it is published six days a week. The chief editor is Pål Enghaug.

It was established in 1876, and became affiliated with the Liberal Party. It later shifted to the right before becoming non-partisan. It was originally published three times a week, but this was expanded to six times in 1931. It changed to tabloid format in 1989, and launched its Internet site in 1999. Between 1998 and 2008 it was published seven times a week.

In addition to Moss, the newspaper covers Rygge

Rygge

Rygge is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Rygge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .The emblem of Rygge is the Pasque flower...

, Råde

Råde

Råde is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karlshus. The parish of Raade was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....

, Våler

Våler, Østfold

Våler is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of "Våler i Østfold". The parish of Vaaler was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .- Name :...

, Son

Son, Norway

Son is an old town, and a former municipality. It is located in Vestby municipality in Akershus.- Overview :Son is located at the Oslofjord, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss and near the border of Østfold, and is located west of the village of Hølen. Before the...

 and Hobøl

Hobøl

Hobøl is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about southeast of Oslo. The parish of Haabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .The largest village in Hobøl is Tomter, whose train...

. It has a circulation of 14,979, of whom 14,703 are subscribers. It is owned by Mediehuset Østfold

Mediehuset Østfold

Mediehuset Østfold AS is a Norwegian media company. Owned 99.3% by Edda Media, it publishes the Østfold-based newspapers Fredriksstad Blad, Moss Avis and Sarpsborgavisa...

, which is owned 99.3% by Edda Media

Edda Media

Edda Media is a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites. The company is part of the Mecom Group and is the remaining domestic part of Orkla Media. In 2006 the newspapers in the Edda Group had 1,250,000 daily readers, a...

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