About us
The leading media monitoring and communication insights provider in the Nordics
Retriever translates the chaotic media landscape into insights that strengthen our clients’ strategic initiatives across business areas, markets, and borders.
Our offerings
People, comprehensive data, and advanced technology are the ingredients in our solutions. We offer what it takes to navigate a complex media landscape. Locally, and globally.
Turning media data into valuable insights
Retriever is the Nordic provider of media monitoring and communication insights. When using our solutions, you don’t just get data. We help you translate the chaotic media landscape into insights that strengthen your strategic initiatives across business areas, markets, and borders.
We’ve been in this game since 1999, and we are proud to be able to help both public and private businesses with their media presence and to be part of their success stories through the insights we deliver.
Award-winning solutions
We are particularly pleased when our solutions are recognized for their results. Here is an overview of Infomedia solutions that have been awarded for the impact they create.
Career at Retriever
Retriever consists of around 400 employees throughout the Nordic region with various competencies and professional roles. We all strive to provide the best customer experience by providing the most Value Driven, Customer centric, User-friendly and innovative media monitoring and analytics services in the market.
We’ve been in the game since 1999, and today we help over 3000 customers in the Nordics to monitor, measure and evaluate the media landscape and communication.
The combination of experienced specialists and young talent makes Retriever a vibrant and dynamic workplace. That’s what makes our culture and organizational DNA strong.
Want to join us? Check our vacancies for positions you’re interested in or send us an unsolicited application.
Carl-Anton Holmboe and Erik Åberg founded Nordiska Nyheter in Norway and the technology to monitor news coverage.
Jimmy Bengtsson founded Infobilis in Varberg, Sweden.
Nordiska Nyheter and Infobilis merge to form Retriever.
Retriever merges its IT offices and builds a joint technical department.
Schibsted acquires Retriever.
Retriever buys the text databases Mediearkivet with Atekst.
Integration of all services into one interface.
Retriever invests in Customer Relations (CR). A new department to support and help customers is emerging.
Retriever makes a clear strategic choice and takes up the competition with the largest players in the market.
Retriever collaborates with LexisNexis on global media monitoring and media archives.
Retriever enters the market for media analysis.
Retriever expands its offering with a service that offers business information.
The largest news service in the Nordics TT and NTB, Norways largest news agency, acquires Retriever.
A content department is created to ensure the quality of sources and collaborations.
The sources deliver news in PDF, which gives customers the opportunity to see the articles exactly as they looked in the news papers.
Retriever acquire NewsWatch in Denmark.
Retriever is the preferred provider of Nordic and International media monitoring and media analysis services.
A news office opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A new office opens in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Retriever have more than 150 media professionals employed in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
A new office opens in Helsinki, Finland.
Retriever Insights is launched and with this we can deliver traditional media analysis in interactive dashboards to our customers.
Retriever buys the social media start up company RelationDesk.
Retriever launches a new Social Listening tool, Retriever Listen, to help our customers to monitor and analyze social media.
Retriever merges with Infomedia to become the leading media intelligence provider in the Nordics.
Global partnerships
AMEC is the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication, which represents organizations and professionals who provide media evaluation and communication research. AMEC has more than 160 members in 86 countries worldwide, including Infomedia.
FIBEP is the world media intelligence association with more than 130 company members representing over 60 nations, including Infomedia. The Association and its members focus on solutions within media monitoring, media analytics, PR distribution, and journalist databases, alongside consultancy services and SaaS platforms.
All companies have a responsibility to create a more sustainable future, including Infomedia. This is why we are part of the UN Global Compact, where along with more than 10,000 other companies, we take our social responsibility seriously.
The Press Database and Licensing Network (PDLN) is an association representing organizations owned or controlled by publishers, who license or supply newspaper, magazine, and web material for media monitoring, press clippings, and press audit services. PDLN has 27 members in 23 countries, including Infomedia.
We take responsibility for ourselves and our community
We want to accompany our work for transparency in the media with transparency of our operations and business conduct. Read about our specific action areas and how we improve ourselves as a responsible business.