Berlingske
Front page of the first edition (1749)
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| Type | Daily newspaper (since 1841) |
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| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Berlingske Media |
| Publisher | Berlingske Tidende A/S |
| Editor | Tom Jensen |
| Founded | 3 January 1749 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Language | Danish |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Circulation | 96,897 (2011) |
| Website | www.b.dk |
Berlingske, previously known as Berlingske Tidende (Danish: [ˈb̥æɐ̯liŋsɡ̊ə ˈtˢiðənə], Berling's Times), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen.
First published on 3 January 1749,Berlingske is the oldest Danish newspaper still published and among the oldest newspapers in the world.
Berlingske was founded by Denmark's Royal Book Printer Ernst Henrich Berling and originally titled Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender, then the Berlingskes Politiske og Avertissements Tidende. The paper was supported by the Conservative Party. Until 1903 it had the official right to publish news about the government. 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. The publisher is Det Berlingske Officin.
The paper has a conservative stance and has no political affiliation.
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.
Berlingske has won many awards. It is the only newspaper in the world to have won the World Press Photo Award four 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.
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.
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