Includes web links to local trade fair or show authorities and local newspapers, trade publications, radio/TV/cable information.
Last Published: 2/18/2019

All major types of advertising media are available in Iceland.  The principal television channels in Iceland are Ruv (www.ruv.is) and Stod 2 (www.stod2.is). There are also numerous private radio stations, in addition to the Government-owned Radio and TV stations, which also host advertising.  CNN, Fox News, Sky News, BBC News, Al Jazeera and other international channels are available via a widely-subscribed cable system.  For a list of advertising agencies contact the Society of Icelandic Advertising Agencies www.sia.is.

Newspaper readership in Iceland is very high.  There are two principal newspapers: Morgunblaðið, a subscription publication, and Fréttablaðið, which is distributed free of charge to households in the capital area.  Four additional newspapers are: DV, which is a tabloid-style paper currently publishing three times a week; Stundin, a bi-weekly paper; and Viðskiptablaðið, a weekly business journal published on Thursdays. All the newspapers have online editions, and there is an online investigative news outlet called Kjarninn.  The Public Relations firm KOM issues a paid subscription news summary in English twice weekly.

Key web links:
•           DV: http://www.dv.is/
•           Frettabladid: www.visir.is  
•           Kjarninn: www.kjarninn.is
•           Morgunbladid: www.mbl.is
•           Ruv: www.ruv.is
•           Stundin: www.stundin.is
•           Vidskiptabladid: www.vb.i
 

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