Ekstra Bladet
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Politiken-Fonden (88.4%) Ellen Hørups Fond (4.4%) Others (7.3%) |
| Publisher | JP/Politikens Hus A/S |
| Editor | Poul Madsen |
| Founded | 12 February 1904 |
| Political alignment | Traditionally centre-left. No current alignment. |
| Language | Danish |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Circulation | 60,000 (2012) |
| Website | ekstrabladet.dk |
Ekstra Bladet (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɛɡsdʁɐˌblæˀð]) is a Danish tabloid newspaper focusing on sensationalist news and political revelations. Since 1979 it has always had a partly or completely naked woman on page nine which is referred to as Side 9 Pigen ("The Page 9 Girl"), a Danish equivalent of the Page 3 girl in the United Kingdom. The current editor is Poul Madsen, who on 6 September 2007 replaced Hans Engell.
The newspaper began publication 1904 in a Politiken newspaper, and a year later, it became a separate newspaper. The headquarters of the paper is in Copenhagen. Victor Andreasen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for two times, between 1963 and 1967 and between 1971 and 1976.
The political leaning of the newspaper might traditionally be viewed as social-liberal (as it is an offspring of Politiken), but it would probably be more accurate to say that the newspaper considers itself in opposition to anyone in a position of power (a watchdog), and the defender of the ordinary man.
In December 2010 Ekstra Bladet editor-in-chief Poul Madsen threatened to complain to the European Court of Justice after its submission of an application to Apple's App Store was rejected. Madsen claimed the application was deemed offensive, and in an editorial described Apple as being an "American nanny".
Since 5 October 2012 Tipsbladet, an association football magazine, has been sold with the Friday edition of Ekstra Bladet.
Ekstra Bladet's readership and circulation has declined in recent years, and continues to do so. During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 68,178 copies on weekdays. The circulation of the paper was 210,000 copies in 1991, 198,000 copies in 1992 and 185,000 copies in 1993. It fell to 177,000 copies in 1994, to 168,000 in 1995 and to 166,000 copies in 1996. Although its circulation grew to 169,000 copies in 1997, it again decreased and was 159,000 copies in 1998 and 148,000 copies in 1999.
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