Budstikka (The Bidding Stick), prior to 2004 known as Asker og Bærum Budstikke, is a daily local newspaper published out of Billingstad in Asker, Norway.
It covers the municipalities of Asker and Bærum, and is the only newspaper issued in the area.
[1] The newspaper was founded in 1898 by book printer Jørgen Chr.
[2] Published out of Sandvika for most of its history,[3] it moved to Billingstad in recent years.
[1] It is published by the company Asker og Bærums Budstikke ASA, which is owned 31.5% by Edda Media.