[4] In December 2019, Torg ehf., the owner of Fréttablaðið, agreed to buy Dagblaðið Vísir from Frjáls Fjölmiðlun ehf.

[8][9] In February 2003, he was sentenced by the Supreme Court of Iceland to 2 years in prison for embezzlement and misrepresentation in public office, bribery and false reports to the authorities.

[10][11] In January 2006, DV ran a cover story claiming that former elementary school teacher Gísli Hjartarson had sexually abused two or more boys in his home town of Ísafjörður, Northwest Iceland.

[12][13] Gísli, who had not been charged with the abuse, committed suicide the same day[14] and cited the coming news coverage as his reason in a letter he left for his family, although he did not name DV specifically.

[15] The accusers of the man stated their displeasure with DV's article as it ruined the progress of the case as well as the continued harassment from their reporters.