DV
DV is an Icelandic news outlet dating to 1981, now published primarily online from Reykjavík after its print edition ended. It mixes hard news with tabloid-style coverage and is among Iceland's widely read general-news websites.
DV at a glance
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- dv.is ↗
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How Crosswire groups DV
Crosswire groups DV as Centrist for comparisons within Iceland's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Iceland, Heimildin is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open DV beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where DV sits in Iceland's press
DV is one of 5 outlets tracked in Iceland, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Heimildin. By outlets tracked, Iceland ranks 26th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 31 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to DV outside Iceland, starting with Northern Europe, are Monaco Tribune (Monaco), elDiario.es (Spain), Observador (Portugal) and Net News (Malta). Opening one of them beside DV is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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