Tinius Trust
"A free press is the best safeguard of a strong and vibrant democracy."
– Tinius Nagell-Erichsen
The Tinius Trust, founded by Tinius Nagell-Erichsen in 1996, is Schibsted's sole owner. The core purpose of Tinius Trust is to ensure the long-term and healthy development of Schibsted to secure quality and credibility in all publications, as well as free and independent editorial teams.
The Tinius Trust seeks to acquire Schibsted's news media operations
"The Tinius Trust's mission is to manage its ownership in the best interest of the entire Schibsted Group. The technological crossroads we are facing requires new measures" says Ole Jacob Sunde, Chairman of the Tinius Trust.
Podcast: Why Tinius Trust wants to buy the Schibsted News Media
In this podcast hosted by journalist and commentator Harald Stanghelle, the chairman of Tinius Trust Ole Jacob Sunde and CEO Kjersti Løken Stavrum elaborate on the reasons behind the desire to take over the ownership of Schibsted's news media.
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29. september 2026
The Tinius Trust joins international effort on traceable information in the age of AI
The Tinius Trust is joining the venture studio Signals at Scale as a partner. The studio defines the problems to be solved in the emerging AI-mediated information ecosystem and funds those building systems that make the information reaching users through artificial intelligence possible to verify.
28. mai 2026
Adele Matheson Mestad joins the board of the Tinius Trust
Adele Matheson Mestad. former Director of the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution, now partner at BAHR, is a new member of the Board at the Tinius Trust. "With Adele Matheson Mestad, we gain solid knowledge of human rights, freedom of expression and technological development, and above all, a wise mind with fresh perspectives," says Board Chair Ole Jacob Sunde.
28. mai 2026
Raoul Grünthal new Chair of the Tinius Trust
Raoul Grünthal has been elected as the new Chair of the Tinius Trust, effective 17 June. "I really look forward to leading this board in an incredibly exciting time," he says.
15. oktober 2025
New report: the future of media as seen by 1000 AI personas
The Tinius Trust launches AI in Journalism Futures 2025 - a groundbreaking experiment in which artificial intelligence has replicated a large-scale scenario planning project about the future of journalism. Read more here.