Östgöta Correspondenten Explained

Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Owners:Norrköpings Tidningar AB
Founder:Henrik Bernhard Palmær
Publisher:Correspondenten i Linköping AB
Language:Swedish
Headquarters:Linköping
Circulation:39,900 (2019)
Website:Corren

Östgöta Correspondenten, commonly known as Corren, is a daily Swedish language newspaper in Linköping, Sweden.

History and profile

Östgöta Correspondenten was first published in Linköping in 1838.[1] [2] The founder of the paper was Henrik Bernhard Palmær.[1] Corren was controlled by the Ridderstad family for 168 years, but was sold to Norrköpings Tidningar AB in 2008[3] for SEK 700 million.[4] The publisher of the paper is Correspondenten i Linköping AB.[5]

The paper was published in broadsheet format until 1 February 2005 when it switched to tabloid format.[6] [7] The stated position of the editorial page is liberal.[8]

Circulation

In 1998 the circulation of Östgöta Correspondenten was 67,000 copies.[9] The paper had a circulation of 67,200 copies in 2000[8] and 63,000 copies in 2003[10] and 62,000 copies in 2004.[11] The circulation of the paper was 48,900 copies in 2012 and 39,900 copies in 2019.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Karl Erik Gustafsson. Per Rydén. A History of the Press in Sweden. 2010. Nordicom. Gothenburg. 978-91-86523-08-4. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150213232250/http://presshistoria.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/A-history-of-the-Press-in-Sweden.pdf. 13 February 2015. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Sweden: historical and statistical handbook. Runeberg. 11 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Mart Ots. Competition and collaboration between Swedish newspapers – an overview and case study of a restructuring market. University of Akkureyri. 6 February 2015. Conference paper. 2011.
  4. http://www.corren.se/ekonomi/?articleId=4153722 Based on an article in Swedish
  5. Web site: David Ward. A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries. Dutch Media Authority. 11 February 2015. 2004.
  6. News: 11 Swedish dailies become tabloids. 8 April 2015. Media Culpa. 11 September 2004.
  7. Web site: Newspapers Next Generation. 2009. Boström Design and Development. 12 February 2015.
  8. Book: Western Europe 2003. 30 November 2002. Psychology Press. 978-1-85743-152-0. 628.
  9. Stig Hadenius. Lennart Weibull. The Swedish Newspaper System in the Late 1990s. Tradition and Transition. Nordicom Review. 1999. 1. 1.
  10. Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 8 February 2015. Paris. 2004.
  11. Web site: Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union. Commission of the European Communities. 27 March 2015. Brussels. 16 January 2007.
  12. Web site: Frank Eriksson Barman. In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten. Chalmers University of Technology. 6 March 2015. Gothenburg. Report. 2014.