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North Media

History

North Media was founded in 1965 by Richard Bunck and continues to be managed and operated according to a strong set of core values based on consumer focus, accountability, quality, fairness and positive aggressiveness.

North Media’s story

North Media was founded in 1965 in Copenhagen with a vision to create access to and convey information between retail and consumers.

Today, almost 60 years later we continue to provide customers to our customers – whether the product, service or store is physical or digital. We do this so well and efficiently, that our activities are among the leading in Denmark.

2024

  • 2024 Activities

    • FK Distribution acquires the software company Avious’ activities.

  • 2023 Expansion and acquisitions

    • North Media acquires Svensk Direktreklam (SDR).
    • BostadsPortal opens an office in Stockholm.
    • BoligPortal acquires the remaining 49% of Boligmanager.

  • 2022 Acquisitions

    • Boligportal A/S acquires 51% of Boligmanager ApS.
    • North Media becomes part of Nasdaq Copenhagens Mid Cap-segment.

  • 2020 Cooperation

    • FK Distribution and Deutsche Post enter a cooperation where FK Distribution assists Deutsche Post in their transition of replacing plastic packaging with sustainable packaging.
    • As of May 1, North Media sells Helsingør Dagblad, Lokalavisen Nordsjælland and Hovedstadens Mediehus to Jysk Fynske Medier.

  • 2019 First time profits

    • North Media Online achieved a profit for the first time.
    • Boligportal.dk mediates 100,000 rental properties annually.
    • Lead Supply wins the Børsen Gazelle award in Central Jutland.
    • Bekey now cooperates with 67 municipalities in Denmark and Norway.

  • 2018 Ownership change

    • At the general meeting held April 2018 Mads Dahl Andersen is elected to the Board of Directors and takes over as Chairman.
    • Richard Bunck, founder of North Media steps down as Chairman to be Vice chairman of the Board of Directors instead.
    • North Media Online acquires the remaining shares in BoligPortal.dk ApS, making it a 100% owned subsidiary.

  • 2017 Digital leases

    • On January 1, 2017, North Media Aviser took over five local newspapers in the capital and bought yet another at the end of 2017.
    • PostNord announces that effective from January 1, 2018, they will reorganise their production model, which will entail a large influx of customers to FK Distribution.
    • North Media Online’s Job unit launches the branding module Brandero. The unit Lejebolig launches the digital lease.
    • North Media Online sells håndværker.dk A/S to Imentor A/S.

  • 2016 Investments

    • 25% of Danish households have chosen to sign up for NejTak+ (658,000).
    • Several editions of Søndagsavisen as well as the ownership share of Vestsjællandske Distriktsblade are sold.
    • North Media Aviser intensifies its strategic focus on Copenhagen and acquires five local papers in Copenhagen.
    • North Media Online invests in Lix Technologies ApS and Lead Supply ApS.
    • 50% of the entrance doors in Copenhagen use Bekey and 25% of the Danish municipalities use Bekey.

  • 2015 North Media A/S celebrates its 50th anniversary

    • North Media A/S celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 2.
    • North Media introduces a new segment structure: FK Distribution A/S, North Media Aviser A/S, North Media Online A/S and Bekey A/S.
    • NejTak+ reaches 550,000 registered households. 2,3 million mailboxes are visited weekly.
    • Byggestart.dk changes its name to håndværker.dk.

  • 2014 Three milestones in one year

    • NejTak+ reaches 300,000 registered households.
    • The Bekey system is now also used in Sweden and Norway.
    • minetilbud.dk achieves a digital breakthrough with more than 900,000 downloads of their app.

  • 2013 Household choice

    • North Media acquires eight local newspapers in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.
    • FK launches NejTak+, enabling each individual household to choose which advertising material they wish to receive.
    • BoligPortal launches the concept “sell-it yourself”.

  • 2012 Job universe

    • North Media buys Byggestart and Henttilbud to convey private construction jobs online.
    • MinReklame.dk is integrated into FK Distribution A/S.
    • Ofir develops its job universe, which is the largest network media on the market advertising job vacancies.

  • 2011 FK delivers the best result in the company’s history

    • FK delivers the best result in the company’s history.
    • North Media sells the remaining 33% of the shares in Gratistidningar i Sverige AB.
    • Søndagsavisen.dk and minreklame.dk merge to further benefit from having 500,000 unique users visiting the websites and using the services.

  • 2010 Ownership

    • At the annual general meeting on April 23, it was decided to change the company’s current legal structure, changing the group’s name from Søndagsavisen a-s to North Media A/S.
    • In the new structure, the group’s parent company becomes the holding company for the group’s operating companies, apart from some administrative group functions. The actual activities are separated into individual subsidiaries.
    • FK’s improvement projects lead to significant cost savings.
    • Bostadsportal.se is launched as a sister portal to Boligportal.dk.
    • Bekey further develops and product matures a key system, to facilitate access to locked entrances for distributors etc.

  • 2009 Søndagsavisen shuts down four editions in Jutland

    • Søndagsavisen shuts down four editions in Jutland due to a massive drop in the advertising market. Søndagsavisen’s circulation is thereby reduced from approx. 2,1 million copies to approx. 1,4 million copies.

  • 2008 Launching Søndagsavisen.dk

    • Søndagsavisen.dk is launched in October.
    • Norsk Avisdrift AS is sold effective from October 23 and Gratistidningar i Sverige AB is sold effective from November 30.
    • Forbruger-Kontakt enters into a two-year distribution agreement with both Dansk Supermarked and Coop.
    • BoligPortal.dk is now owned 100% by Søndagsavisen.

  • 2007 New marketplace in Denmark

    • Søndagsavisen and Ofir launch a job strategy under the title “Together we do the job”. The goal is to create Denmark’s largest marketplace for advertising job vacancies.
    • The market for nationwide retail advertising is not developing as expected, and therefore Søndagsavisen’s circulation is reduced. The newspaper now has a circulation of 2,2 million copies distributed among 15 regional editions.
    • To strengthen the synergies between the newspaper and the internet, the executive board is expanded with a director in charge of what is collectively referred to as the group’s Media-Online activities.

  • 2006 Housing portal and circulation record

    • Søndagsavisen A/S increases its ownership in Helsingør Dagblad to 57%.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S enters the housing market launching Plushandel www.plushandel.dk which is 50% owned by Søndagsavisen A/S.
    • Søndagsavisen’s circulation increases by 400,000 copies to 2,5 million per week.

  • 2005 Record sales and purchases

    • Søndagsavisen is relaunched and circulation is increased with 600,000 copies to more than 2,1 million per week.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S reaches record revenue and record profit.
    • On July 1 Ofir acquires 50% of the share capital in MDA Holding ApS, which operated BoligPortal.dk. At the time the portal was one of the market leaders providing rental housing in Denmark.

  • 2004 OFiR acquires the remaining shares in MatchWork World Wide A/S

    • OFiR acquires the remaining shares in MatchWork World Wide A/S (MatchWork), making MatchWork a 100% owned subsidiary in the group. MatchWork’s employees are moved to OFiR’s premises in Gladsaxe.
    • S-Post expands distribution in Nyköping/Oxelösund.

  • 2003 Søndagsavisen A/S sells NorPost AS

    • Søndagsavisen A/S establishes a joint distribution company with Den sydvestjydske Venstrepresse A/S.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S sells NorPost AS and the group’s activities in Norway now exclusively include newspaper and distribution operations in Trondheim.
    • OFiR acquires the majority of shares in MatchWork World Wide A/S.
    • Gratistidningar i Stockholm AB buys the local newspaper Smé-Journalen and expands its coverage of local newspapers and distribution to also include the Södra Mälaren area south of Stockholm.
    • Gratistidningar i Stockholm AB changes its name to Gratistidningar i Sverige AB.

  • 2002 Søndagsavisen A/S and Berlingske Lokalaviser A/S establish a Joint Venture

    • Søndagsavisen A/S and Berlingske Lokalaviser A/S establish a Joint Venture, Dansk Distributions Center A/S, which will manage the distribution in Copenhagen.
    • Alfo Distribution A/S, which is owned 100% by Søndagsavisen takes over Reklameservice Randers A/S.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S enters into an agreement to establish a joint distribution company with H.A. Grafisk Reklame A/S.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S enters into an agreement to establish a joint distribution company with A/S Svendborg Avis.
    • Søndagsavisen A/S takes over the activities from DTD København A/S.
    • Norsk Avisdrift A/S ceases newspaper publications in Oslo.
    • NorPost AS increases its ownership share in NorPost Trondheim AS to 100%.
    • The groups newspaper publications in Stockholm are expanded to cover Greater Stockholm with a total circulation of over 930,000 copies.
    • The newspaper companies in Stockholm merge into one company, Lokaltidningen Mitt i Stockholm AB.

  • 2001 Søndagsavisen is published in four regions in Skåne

    • Søndagsavisen is published in four regions in Skåne with a total circulation of 264,000 copies.
    • Søndagsavisen a-s increases its ownership share in NorPost AS to 100%.
    • Søndagsavisen a-s increases its ownership share in Norsk Avisdrift AS to 100%.
    • The newspaper publication Søndagsavisen in Skåne and Stockholm is discontinued.

  • 2000 Internet activities and international expansion

    • Søndagsavisen a-s’ internet activities are separated into an independent subsidiary: OFiR.com A/S.
    • OFiR establishes sales offices and go online in Sweden, Germany and France.

  • 1999 Søndagsavisen a-s acquires share capital

    • Acquisition of 52,19% of shares in Norsk Avisdrift AS.
    • Søndagsavisen a-s increases its ownership share in NorPost AS to 54,95%.
    • Søndagsavisen a-s acquires the entire share capital in Søndagsavisen International AB.

  • 1998 Expansion in Sweden and Norway

    • Acquisition of 100% of the share capital in KompassNål AB (S-Post AB) in Southern Sweden.
    • Acquisition of 35% of the shares in NorPost AS, Norway – the co-owner of NorPost Trondheim AS.

  • 1997 The free newspaper was published in Stockholm

    • Cooperation with Århus Stiftstidende regarding free newspapers and distribution.
    • Avisen is published in Stockholm with a circulation of 790,000 copies.

  • 1996 Søndagsavisen A/S was listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange

    • Søndagsavisen A/S is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
    • Introduction to the internet.
    • Publication in Esbjerg in cooperation with Esbjerg Ugeavis A/S.
    • Søndagsavisen International AB is established in cooperation with Tidnings AB, Marieberg.

  • 1995 Jutland

    • Publication of Søndagsavisen in Jutland with a total circulation of over 1,3 million newspapers.

  • 1991 Funen

    • Søndagsavisen is published on Funen.

  • 1990 Søndagsavisen and Forbruger-Kontakt became part of Søndagsavisen A/S

    • The first cooperation regarding distribution of free newspapers was established.

  • 1989 Greater Copenhagen

    • Søndagsavisen covers all of Greater Copenhagen.

  • 1977 Copenhagen

    The first edition of the free newspaper Søndagsavisen is published in Copenhagen.

  • 1971 FK: Nationwide in Denmark

    • Forbruger-Kontakt became nationwide to all urban areas in Denmark.

  • 1965 The founder

    • Richard Bunck founded the company Forbruger-Kontakt.
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North Media’s businesses develop and operate platforms for business-consumer transactions within retail offers, rental homes, job adds, and digital access systems. The companies are all scalable, volume businesses specialised in handling large volumes of material and data consistently, quickly, securely and at a low unit cost.
North Media is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and we focus on securing long-term value creation and stable returns on capital invested that will allow us to distribute dividend annually and maintain strong financial resources to exploit new business opportunities.

North Media A/S

CVR. NR. 66590119

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Gladsaxe Møllevej 28
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