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Media at Heart

Labrador CMS is a digital newsroom in a box.
Built for journalists, by journalists.

80% of our staff have a journalism background.

The Labrador CMS Timeline

2024
New Features, Continued Momentum

Labrador continuously delivers groundbreaking features, such as instant content translation into 141 languages. Our SaaS platform remains light and efficient so customers can easily create, design, and publish. The company is on track to more than double its customer base again.
2023
Expansion

It was the wildest year for Labrador, doubling both the number of customers and employees compared to the previous year.
2022
Tech Adoption

Labrador embraced new technology waves. In 2023, they added nine powerful AI features to enhance customer experience.
2021
International Reach

Labrador continued to grow rapidly, launching more than 60 sites. Their customer base became more diverse and international, including the Swedish edition of ELLE.SE.
2020
Growth Surge

Since the first customer, Labrador’s growth doubled every year. They onboarded exciting new customers and powered numerous sites like SHIFTER and kode24.no.
2013
First Client

At this time, Labrador signed its first large customer, TV2, a leading Norwegian commercial public broadcasting channel. This year also marked the beginning of the no/low code era, practically pioneered by Labrador.
2011
Labrador CMS

Labrador became an independent company, leveraging its unique technology to share with journalists globally. Dagbladet became a customer, allowing further development of the software.
2008
Idea Inception

Labrador CMS was born when Jon Hammerfjeld and Jan Thoresen, working as journalists at Dagbladet, saw the need for a powerful CMS. Anticipating the move to digital, they developed a system to quickly break news and tell stories in a different way.