Nettavisen went live on Nov. 1, 1996, as the first Norwegian online news site without the backing of a newspaper. The editor in chief is Gunnar Stavrum (2008). In 1999, the company was acquired by the Swedish company Spray, and later Spray was acquired by Lycos Europe. In 2003, Nettavisen was acquired by TV2. The current owners are TV2, A-pressen and Egmont. Weekly visitors for the media company Nettavisen is 1.1 million unique visitors. The online services Nettavisen, NA24, iOslo, iBergen, Side2 and Yeye are all produced by Nettavisen.