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

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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 Jyllands-Posten , respectively. [1] The company also own Politiken's 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.

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References

  1. Anna B. Holm. "Discontinuities in Business Model Innovation of the Danish Newspaper Industry" (PDF). Conferenga. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.