Berlingske Media

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Berlingske Media
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryMedia
Founded1749
Founder Ernst Henrich Berling
Headquarters,
Denmark
Key people
Parent Orkla Group (2000 – 2006)
Mecom Group (2006 – 2014)
DPG Media (2014 – present)
Website www.berlingskemedia.dk

Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S) [1] is a Danish Copenhagen-based media company that owns many newspapers, websites and radio stations. The main newspaper in the company, Berlingske Tidende, now Berlingske , is one of the world's oldest newspapers, having published its first issue on 3 January 1749. [2] The company is run by Anders Krab-Johansen, former CEO and editor in chief at Børsen.

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History

The company was founded in 1749 when Ernst Henrich Berling first published Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender (later Berlingske Tidende). The company was owned by the Berling family until 1982 when it experienced economical difficulties and was saved by an investment from Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. He sold his shares in the company in 1999. From 2000 to 2006, the company was owned by the Orkla Group, a Norwegian conglomerate which purchased 76% of Det Berlingske Officin publishing group' stock for €209-million. [3]

In 2006, Orkla sold its multi-national publishing and media activities, including Det Berlingske Officin, to the British company Mecom Group for €900 million. [3] The company name was changed to "Berlingske Media" to reflect its focus on websites. [2]

In June 2014, Mecom sold Berlingske Media to the Belgian mediahouse De Persgroep (now DPG Media).

After DPG Media's takeover, Berlingske Media is focusing on the four main brands; Berlingske, B.T., Weekendavisen and Radio24syv.

Ownerships

Brands

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References

  1. Berlingske Media website in English Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Berlingske, most recent update of English page, September 29, 2004
  3. 1 2 Ketupa Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Media Profiles: stock values rise: €209m in 2000; €900m in 2006. Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.