Hamburger Morgenpost Explained

Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost am Sonntag
Type:Daily newspaper (Sunday own title)
Format:Tabloid
Owners:M. DuMont Schauberg
Chiefeditor:Frank Niggemeier
Foundation:Hamburg
Language:German
Headquarters:Hamburg
Circulation:115,845 (Quarter 2, 2009)
Oclc:85349630

The Hamburger Morgenpost (Hamburg Morning Post) (also known as Mopo) is a daily German newspaper published in Hamburg in tabloid format.

As of 2006 the Hamburger Morgenpost was the second-largest newspaper in Hamburg after Bild Zeitung.[1]

History and profile

The Hamburger Morgenpost was founded in 1949 by the Hamburg section of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with a circulation of 6,000 copies. Until the late 1950s, the circulation increased to 450,000 copies. When Bild Zeitung was brought out by the Axel Springer publishing house as a second tabloid serving Hamburg, the circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost declined steadily. Due to the existing competition with other newspapers, such as the 1948 re-founded Hamburger Abendblatt, there was a decline in interest in political party-owned newspapers in Hamburg. The SPD sold the newspaper following financial problems in the mid-1970s. After having several owners, the Gruner + Jahr publishing company bought it in 1986. In 1989, its circulation had fallen to 135,000. In 1999, Gruner + Jahr sold the newspaper in to Frank Otto and Hans Barlach. In 2006, the BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding, a company of David Montgomery's Mecom Group[2] and Veronis Suhler Stevenson International, bought the newspaper.[3] In 2009, Mecom Group sold it to the Cologne-based private publishing company DuMont Schauberg.[4] [5]

The circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost was 115,845 copies in the second quarter of 2009.[6]

Editor-in-chiefs

2015 arson

In response to the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people died on 7 January 2015, some international organizations such as Reporters Without Borders called for controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons to be re-published in solidarity with the French satirical magazine and in defense of free speech.[7] The Hamburger Morgenpost included Charlie Hebdo cartoons on its front cover on January 8[8] and other publications such as Germany's Berliner Kurier and Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza reprinted cartoons from Charlie Hebdo the day after the attack; the former depicted Muhammad reading Charlie Hebdo whilst bathing in blood.[9] At least three Danish newspapers featured Charlie Hebdo cartoons, and the tabloid BT used a Charlie Hebdo image depicting Muhammad lamenting being loved by "idiots" on its cover.

The newspaper was attacked by an arsonist on 11 January,[10] possibly relating to the cartoons.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hamburger Morgenpost deal confirmed. Jason Deans. The Guardian. 27 January 2006. 30 August 2009.
  2. News: Helen Pidd. Montgomery axes 30 journalists at German paper Berliner Zeitung. 3 May 2015. The Guardian. 24 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503161110/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/24/pressandpublishing.mediabusiness. 3 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Ein Brite auf Einkaufstour. Stern. 27 January 2006. 30 August 2009. de.
  4. Web site: Mecom sells German unit for 152 mln euros. Thomson Reuters. 13 January 2009. 30 August 2009.
  5. Web site: joiz Global Announces First German Licensing Agreement With Leading Media Company M. Dumont Schauberg. joiz Global. 28 April 2015. Press release. 22 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150127010709/http://joizglobal.com/joiz-global-announces-first-german-licensing-agreement-with-leading-media-company-m-dumont-schauberg/. 27 January 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  6. (Quarter 2, 2009) IVW website
  7. Web site: RWB APPEALS TO MEDIA OUTLETS TO PUBLISH CHARLIE HEBDO CARTOONS. 7 Jan 2015. Reporters Without Borders. 11 January 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055350/http://en.rsf.org/france-rwb-appeals-to-media-outlets-to-07-01-2015,47454.html. dead.
  8. News: Withnall. Adam. Hamburger Morgenpost firebomb: Arson attack on German newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons. 11 January 2015. The Independent. 11 January 2015.
  9. News: Colchester. Max. European Newspapers Show Support for Charlie Hebdo. 15 January 2015. Wall Street Journal. 8 January 2015.
  10. Web site: Brandanschlag auf die MOPO: Bürgermeister Scholz: "Angriff auf die Demokratie". Hamburger Morgenpost. 11 January 2015. 11 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411102757/http://www.mopo.de/polizei/angriff-in-der-nacht-brandanschlag-auf-die-mopo-,7730198,29530668.html. dead.
  11. Web site: Arsonists attack German paper that published French cartoons. Kirsten Grieshaber. 11 Jan 2015. Associated Press. 11 January 2015. 11 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150111121228/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/392ccec2d7644d4da240c1d86f45500e/arsonists-attack-german-paper-published-french-cartoons. dead.
  12. Web site: Arson attack on Hamburg newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons. 11 Jan 2015. Reuters.

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