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In spring 2018, LION chairman Dylan Smith was invited to speak at the annual conference of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lla.no\/landsmotet\/lister-arets-lokalavis-se-alt-llas-landsmote\/\">Landslaget for lokalaviser<\/a> &mdash;Norway&#039;s Local Newspaper Association &mdash; in Bod&oslash;, north of the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Norway has a large number of small newspapers (circulation 1,000 &ndash; 5,000), serving communities all over the country,&quot; said&nbsp;Asgeir Olden,&nbsp;associate director of Institutt for Journalistikk. &quot;They are all on print (and on the Internet), and most of them have done remarkably well in a period when larger newspapers have struggled, particularly when it comes to circulation.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ad revenue has, however, dropped steadily, making the financial situation difficult for many. 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