NTB
Source Passport
NO-M-00029-8
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- Legal name
- NTB AS
- Country
- Norway
- Type
- News agency
- Founded
- 1867
- Editor-in-chief
- Tina Mari Flem (sjefredaktør og administrerende direktør)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
5 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts verified
- State holds a minority stake
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- NTB
- Norsk Telegrambyrå
- Company registration number Pending check
- Org.nr 914 797 497
- Registered address Pending check
- Skippergata 24, 0154 OSLO
- Public contact email Pending check
- kundesenter@ntb.no
3 sources
- Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret (virksomhet.brreg.no), read 2026-10-16 (NTB AS, org.nr 914 797 497, aksjeselskap, Skippergata 24, 0154 Oslo, postal Postboks 6817 St Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo; NACE 60.310 news agency activities)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Norsk Telegrambyrå', last updated 10 Mar 2026, read 2026-10-16 (founded 1867; company 'stifta' 02.02.1918; daglig leder Tina Mari Flem; styreleder Øyulf Hjertenes; Flem editor-in-chief and chief executive since 2021)
- NTB, Om NTB, read 2026-10-14 ('uavhengig, norsk nyhetsbyrå'; Skippergata 24 (Pressens hus), 0154 Oslo; kundesenter@ntb.no)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Owner type Schibsted Company Amedia Company NRK (Norsk rikskringkasting AS) Company Polaris Media ASA Company - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Minority stake
- Parent group
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- Store norske leksikon, 'Norsk Telegrambyrå', last updated 10 Mar 2026, read 2026-10-16 (owners named as Schibsted, Amedia and NRK, no percentages; since 1918 only Norwegian media companies may hold shares)
- Polaris Media ASA, Delårsrapport 4. kvartal 2025 (published Feb 2026), read 2026-10-16 (Schibsted Media AS largest shareholder with 29,4 % at 31 Dec 2025; 2025 operating revenue NOK 3 650,5m: brukerinntekter 2 043,4, annonseinntekter 876,3, trykkeri 160,6, distribusjon 350,0, andre 220,2; pressestøtte MNOK 149,52 booked in other income; dividend received from Norsk Telegrambyrå AS (NTB); konsernsjef Per Axel Koch)
- Store norske leksikon, 'Schibsted', last updated 15 Oct 2026, read 2026-10-16 (Schibsted is a significant owner of the news agencies NTB and TT)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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