Schibsted

Schibsted (Schibsted ASA) is an international media group. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The CEO is Christian Printzell Halvorsen.^[2]

In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online marketplaces business area into a new company called Adevinta [no]. Brands such as eBay Kleinanzeigen, Leboncoin.fr and Shpock were included, and stakes in similar websites across Europe were also transferred.^[3] As of December 2022 Schibsted continues to hold a 22.8% stake in the company.^[4]

In 2024, Schibsted sold its media operations to The Tinius Trust through Blommenholm Industrier transforming Schibsted into two more focused companies: a media company, known as Schibsted Media, fully owned by the Trust and a publicly listed marketplaces company, known as Schibsted Marketplaces until a new name has been announced.^[5] The CEO for Schibsted Media is Siv Juvik Tveitnes.

In 1839, Christian Michael Schibsted founded the publishing company Chr. Schibsteds Forlag and in 1860, he started publishing the newspaper Christiania Adresseblad, from 1885 known as Aftenposten. In 1966, Schibsted also acquired Verdens Gang (VG). These were Norway's two largest newspapers, with VG surpassing Aftenposten in 1981. In 1989, under the leadership of Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, Schibsted went from being a family-owned company to a corporation, and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 1992. From 1992 to 2006, Schibsted owned part of TV 2, and in 2004 Schibsted bought part of TV 4 Sweden. While retaining its newspapers division, the company later shifted its focus from television to Internet classifieds/marketplaces, such as Finn.no [no], Blocket.se [sv],Tori.fi [fi],^[2] and InfoJobs.^[6] In 2021 Schibsted acquired dba.dk [dk] and Bilbasen [dk].

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