Berlingske Explained

Berlingske
Type:Daily newspaper (since 1841)
Format:Compact
Owners:Berlingske Media
Publisher:Berlingske Tidende A/S
Editor:Tom Jensen
Language:Danish
Political:Conservative
Circulation:96,897 (2011)
Headquarters:Copenhagen, Denmark

Berlingske, previously known as Berlingske Tidende (in Danish ˈpɛɐ̯le̝ŋskə ˈtsʰiːðn̩ə/, 'Berling's Times'), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen.[1] It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark.[2] First published on 3 January 1749,[3] [4] Berlingske is Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper and among the oldest newspapers in the world.[5] [6]

History and profile

Berlingske was founded by Denmark's Royal Book Printer Ernst Henrich Berling and originally titled Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender,[7] then the Berlingskes Politiske og Avertissements Tidende. The paper was supported by the Conservative Party.[8] Until 1903 it had the official right to publish news about the government.[8] In 1936, the newspaper's title was shortened to Berlingske Tidende.

Mendel Levin Nathanson twice served as the editor-in-chief of the paper: between 1838 and 1858 and between 1866 and 1868.[1] The publisher is Det Berlingske Officin.[9]

The paper has a conservative stance[10] [11] and has no political partisan affiliation.[12] Due to its traditionalism and its offices on the Pilestræde, it is known by the nickname Tanten i Pilestræde ("Aunt in Pilestræde").[13]

The paper is also one of the "big three" broadsheet-quality newspapers in Denmark along with Jyllands-Posten and Politiken. Traditionally itself a broadsheet, Berlingske has been published in the tabloid/compact format since 28 August 2006.[14]

Berlingske has won many awards. It is the only newspaper in the world to have won the World Press Photo Award 3 times. It also won the most prestigious journalistic award in Denmark, the Cavling prize, in 2009. In addition, it was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the category of national newspaper by the European Newspapers Congress in 2012.[15]

Following a long period of ownership by the Berling family, the whole Berlingske-group was acquired in 1982 by a group of investors from the Danish corporate establishment including Danske Bank and A.P. Møller Mærsk. This takeover saved the group from an impending bankruptcy caused by a long strike period as well as dwindling circulation and advertising revenues.

In 2000, Det Berlingske Officin was acquired by the Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla Group; the Danish organization was integrated within a multinational Orkla Media group. In 2006 Orkla Media was sold to the British Mecom Group.[16]

In January 2011, the newspaper's title was abbreviated to Berlingske following a large-scale redesign of the newspaper's web and digital presence.[17]

In February 2015, Berlingske was acquired by the family-owned Belgian media company De Persgroep together with the rest of Mecom Group.[18]

Circulation

In 1910 Berlingske Tidende had a circulation of 8,500 copies.[19] During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 157,932 copies on weekdays.[20]

It was the second best-selling newspaper in Denmark with a circulation of 149,000 copies in 2002.[21] The circulation of the paper was 142,000 copies in 2003, making it again the second best-selling Danish newspaper.[22] In 2004 the paper had a circulation of 129,000 copies.[6] The circulation of Berlingske was 103,685 copies in 2008 and 103,221 copies in 2009.[23] It was 101,121 copies in 2010 and fell to 96,897 copies in 2011.[23]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Factsheet Denmark. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. 3 October 2013. January 2007. 18 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018041659/http://dipd.dk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/factsheet_Mass_Media.pdf. dead.
  2. News: Morris . Kieran . 28 February 2020 . What Noma did next: how the 'New Nordic' is reshaping the food world . live . . https://archive.today/20230820193208/https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/feb/28/what-noma-did-next-new-nordic-food-rene-redzepi-claus-meyer-locavore-foraging . 20 August 2023 . 20 August 2023 . At the time, Camilla Plum, a Danish food writer and TV personality, was quoted in Denmark's newspaper of record, Berlingske, lambasting the manifesto's toothlessness..
  3. The American Monthly Review of Reviews. What The People Read in Scandinavia. 206. Julius Moritzen. February 1905. 31. 2.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Oldest newspapers still in circulation . World Association of Newspapers . 18 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040107070325/http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html . 7 January 2004 . dmy .
  6. News: The Press in Denmark. 17 December 2014. BBC. 20 December 2005.
  7. Stig Hjarvad. The Globalization of Language. Nordicom Review. 2004. 1–2. 6 April 2015.
  8. Casper Andersen. Hans H. Hjermitslev. Directing Public Interest: Danish Newspaper Science 1900–1903. Centaurus. 2009. 51. 2. 143–167. 10.1111/j.1600-0498.2009.00145.x.
  9. Carmelo Mazza. Jesper Strandgaard Pedersen. From Press to E-Media? The Transformation of an Organizational Field. Organization Studies. 2004. 25. 6. 875–896. 10.1177/0170840604042407. 145020106 .
  10. Book: Peter Kjaer. Mette Morsing. Craig E. Carroll. Corporate Reputation and the News Media. 2011. Routledge. New York and London. 978-0-203-86858-4. http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781135252441_sample_510718.pdf. Corporate Reputation and the News Media in Denmark. 18 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129082437/http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781135252441_sample_510718.pdf. 29 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  11. Book: Bent Jensen. The Unemployed in the Danish Newspaper Debate from the 1840s to the 1990s. 2008. University Press of Southern Denmark. Odense. 14 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120115844/http://da.rff.rw-fonden.inforce.dk/files/RFF-site/Publikations%20upload/Arbejdspapirer/The%20Unemployed%20in%20the%20Danish%20Newspaper%20Debate%20from%20the%201840s%20to%20the%201990s.study21.pdf. 20 January 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Jose L. Alvarez. Carmelo Mazza. Jordi Mur. The management publishing industry in Europe. University of Navarra. 27 April 2015. Occasional Paper No:99/4. October 1999. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100630042406/http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf. 30 June 2010. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Trange tider i Pilestræde. 4 June 2013. 13 April 2021. Arbejderen. da.
  14. Web site: 2006. Vejen til tabloid. Berlingske Tidende. da.
  15. Web site: European Newspaper Award 12+1. European Newspaper Congress. 1 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810095515/http://enc.newsroom.de/lang/en/archiv-archive/2012-2/wettbewerbaward/. 10 August 2014. dmy-all.
  16. http://www.ketupa.net/about.htm Ketupa
  17. Web site: Berlingske Tidende får nyt navn. Berlingske Tidende gets new name. 11 January 2011. Jens Jørgen Madsen. Journalisten. Danish Journalist Union.
  18. Web site: Grønt lys for salg af Berlingske Media. 17 July 2016. 2015-02-11.
  19. Hans Henrik Hjermitslev. Danes commemorating Darwin: apes and evolution at the 1909 anniversary. Annals of Science. October 2010. 67. 4. 485–525. 10.1080/00033790.2010.495316. 21466130. 38835394 .
  20. Britt-Mari Persson Blegvad. Newspapers and Rock and Roll Riots in Copenhagen. Acta Sociologica. 1964. 7. 3. 151–178. 4193580. 10.1177/000169936400700302. 144443862 .
  21. Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 14 March 2015. Paris. 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108215853/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf. 8 November 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  22. Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 8 February 2015. Paris. 2004.
  23. Web site: National newspapers total circulation. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. 5 December 2014.

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