Fréttatíminn is an Icelandic newspaper founded in 2010, with the first edition being published on the 1st October that year. The newspaper comes out every Friday, and has a circulation

Newspaper circulation

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 of around 82,000. Around 70,000 copies are distributed in the Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

 capital area. Fréttatíminn is free of charge

Free daily newspaper

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The paper is owned by the journalist

Journalist

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s who write for it and the the paper does not have any affiliation to vested interest

Vested interest

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 parties. The editor of the paper is Jón Kaldal and the news editor Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson.