[1][2] Byavisa was established by former employees of Avisa Trondheim when that paper went bankrupt in February 1996.
[6] In addition to Byavisa, the company Norsk Avisdrift published four other free newspapers in Oslo and Akershus.
In 2008, the paper's Danish owners sold Byavisa and its publishing company Norsk Avisdrift to the company NR1 Adressa-trykk Orkanger,[9] which is owned by A-Media AS (Nr1trykk AS) (50%) and Polaris trykk Trondheim AS (50%), which are affiliates of Amedia and Polaris Media.
Byavisa had a print run of approximately 73,000 copies in Trondheim and central parts of the municipality of Melhus.
Karina Lein was the editor until June 1, 2016,[10] and Erlend Rogstad was the paper's manager until May 31, 2016.