JP/Politikens Hus explained

JP/Politikens Hus A/S (House of JP/Politiken) is a Danish media company.

History and profile

JP/Politikens Hus was established on 1 January 2003 as a merger between Politikens Hus and Jyllands-Posten A/S, publishing companies of the major broadsheet newspapers Politiken and, respectively.^[1] The company also own Politikens tabloid Ekstra Bladet, Watch Medier and Finans. A free daily, 24timer, was added in 2006 (closed/merged in 2013).

In addition to publishing these newspapers, JP/Politikens Hus' businesses also include book publishing, printing, local newspapers in Denmark and Sweden, as well as a number of multi-media concerns.

The merger between the publishing companies was administrative, and editorial independence was retained.

See also

• European Press Prize

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anna B. Holm. Discontinuities in Business Model Innovation of the Danish Newspaper Industry. Conferenga. 12 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215034358/http://regconf.hse.ru/uploads/eeb884d6b8e24fb82b5185e2742b340ca35faa2c.pdf. 15 December 2014. dmy-all.