The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway.

NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015.

After World War I, the agency was acquired by AS Norsk Telegrambyrå, a limited company owned by a group of newspapers.

Pål Bjerketvedt was the editor-in-chief and managing director from 2004 to 2016; Ole Kristian Bjellaanes is the executive editor.

In December 2021 Tina Mari Flem was appointed as chief editor and managing director for the Norwegian News Agency, succeeding Mads Yngve Storvik [no].