# Kjarninn

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{{Short description|Icelandic online newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Kjarninn
| image              = Kjarninn-logo.png
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| format             = [Online newspaper](/source/Online_newspaper)
| founded            = {{start date and age|2013|8|23}}
| ceased_publication = {{start date and age|2023|1|13}}
| owners             = 
| chief_editor       = 
| language           = [Icelandic](/source/Icelandic_language)
| headquarters       = [Reykjavík](/source/Reykjav%C3%ADk), [Iceland](/source/Iceland)
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| website            = {{URL|https://www.kjarninn.is/}} 
}}

'''''Kjarninn''''' ({{lit|the core}}) was an Icelandic [online newspaper](/source/online_newspaper) founded in August 2013. Previously ''Kjarninn'' was a weekly digital [news magazine](/source/news_magazine) served via [Apple App Store](/source/Apple_App_Store) aimed at [tablet computer](/source/tablet_computer) users but [PDF](/source/PDF)s were also available at the website. Since September 2014 ''Kjarninn''' was an online-only newspaper.

The founders of ''Kjarninn'' originally worked at [365's](/source/365_(media_corporation)) free newspaper ''[Fréttablaðið](/source/Fr%C3%A9ttabla%C3%B0i%C3%B0)'', which maintained a virtual monopoly on the market (69% in 2004).<ref>[http://www.menntamalaraduneyti.is/media/MRN-pdf_Upplysingar-Utgefid/Fjolmidlaskyrsla.pdf Greinargerð nefndar menntamálaráðherra um eignarhald á fjölmiðlum á Íslandi]</ref> In February 2013, Magnús Halldórsson, later a journalist at ''Kjarninn'', criticised businessman and former owner [Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson](/source/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81sgeir_J%C3%B3hannesson), whose wife Ingibjörg Pálmadóttir was the owner of 365, for trying to influence the [editorial independence](/source/editorial_independence) of ''Fréttablaðið'' in his favour.<ref>[http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/21/jon_asgeir_reynir_ad_thrysta_a_bladamenn/ Jón Ásgeir reynir að þrýsta á blaðamenn]</ref> Shortly after this, Magnús and Þórður left 365 and founded ''Kjarninn''.

From its first publication in August 2013, Kjarninn made headlines in Iceland for publishing leaked material connected to the [2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis](/source/2008%E2%80%9311_Icelandic_financial_crisis). After the publication of the first issue the [Financial Supervisory Authority](/source/Financial_Supervisory_Authority_(Iceland)) demanded a report on [Keflavik Savings Bank](/source/Keflavik_Savings_Bank) (by then defunct) that ''Kjarninn'' published be withdrawn.<ref>[http://www.ruv.is/frett/vilja-ad-kjarninn-fjarlaegi-skyrslu-af-vef Vilja að Kjarninn fjarlægi skýrslu af vef]</ref> In October 2013 the [Kaupthing](/source/Kaupthing) winding up committee insisted ''Kjarninn'' withdraw the publication of a [PriceWaterhouseCoopers](/source/PriceWaterhouseCoopers) report about how Kaupthing employees profited hugely by [hedging](/source/hedge) against a strong [Icelandic króna](/source/Icelandic_kr%C3%B3na).<ref>[http://www.noodls.com/view/BE3B5A7EC6177E9C0030954B69DE0681D2C35936 Tilkynning vegna fyrirhugaðrar birtingar Kjarnans á skýrslu PwC], original no longer accessible<br>[http://www.ruv.is/frett/kaupthingsmenn-toku-stodu-gegn-kronunni Kaupþingsmenn tóku stöðu gegn krónunni]</ref>

In December 2022, the owners of the paper reached an agreement with [Stundin](/source/Stundin) to merge the two papers. The new paper was named [Heimildin](/source/Heimildin) and was first published on 13 January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Einar Þór Sigurðsson |title=Nýr fjölmiðill kemur út í dag |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/nyr-fjolmidill-kemur-ut-i-dag/ |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=[Fréttablaðið](/source/Fr%C3%A9ttabla%C3%B0i%C3%B0) |date=13 January 2023 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Andri Yrkill Valsson |title=Stundin og Kjarninn í eina sæng með nýju nafni |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2022-12-21-stundin-og-kjarninn-i-eina-saeng-med-nyju-nafni |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=[RÚV](/source/R%C3%9AV) |date=21 December 2022 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nýi fjölmiðillinn nefnist Heimildin |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2023/01/13/nyi_fjolmidillinn_nefnist_heimildin/ |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=[Morgunblaðið](/source/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0) |date=13 January 2023 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.kjarninn.is/ Official website]

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Category:2013 establishments in Iceland
Category:Icelandic news websites
Category:Mass media in Reykjavík
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Iceland
Category:Newspapers established in 2013
Category:Icelandic-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2023
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Iceland
Category:2023 disestablishments in Iceland
Category:Defunct weekly newspapers

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