Århus Stiftstidende

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Århus Stiftstidende
Editorial building on Banegårdspladsen (station square ) in Aarhus (2009)
description regional, Danish daily newspaper
language Danish
First edition January 3, 1794
Frequency of publication Every day
Sold edition 19,661 copies
(May 2011)
Editor-in-chief Dorthe Carlsen, Jan Schouby
editor Midtjyske Medier
executive Director Gorm Wesing Flyvholm
Web link donate.dk

Århus Stiftstidende is a regional Danish daily newspaper based in Aarhus , the country's second largest city. In contrast to the supra-regional Jyllands-Posten , which is also based in Aarhus, it only serves the readership from the city and its surroundings. In addition to Aarhus, there are local editorial offices in Skanderborg and Odder as well as for the municipalities of Favrskov , Syddjurs and Norddjurs .

The independent middle-class newspaper had to accept a considerable decrease in its circulation in recent years . In 1978 it was still at 74,000 copies a day, but in May 2011 the newspaper sold only 19,661 copies (weekend edition: 24,567 copies). Compared to other Danish newspapers , the loss within one year was the greatest at 15.5% (14.3%).

history

The printer Niels Lund received permission from the Danish King Christian VII. In 1787 to set up a printing press and a newspaper. But only six years later did he raise the necessary capital so that he was able to publish his newspaper for the first time on January 3, 1794. At that time it appeared under the name (Kongelig allernaadigst privilegerede) Aarhuus Stifts Adresse Contoirs Tidender and gradually developed into a leading provincial newspaper in the region. Since 1831, the moderately conservative newspaper appeared under the shorter and current name of Århus Stiftstidende .

After the Second World War, the Århus Stiftstidende ousted the city's remaining newspapers from the market, most recently in 1974 the Democrats . However, the Jyllands-Posten conquered the local market by publishing local editions for the city districts in the 1960s. The result was a newspaper war over the local advertising market, which only ended in 1976 with a settlement and the withdrawal of the Jyllands-Posten . Although this led to a dominant position for the Århus Stiftstidende as the city's sole local newspaper , it was trapped in its role as a provincial newspaper . While Jyllands-Posten assumed a supraregional character, the Århus Stiftstidende also had to take into account the wishes of the readership in the hinterland.

After the merger with Randers Amtsavis (1998), the company merged in 2007 with the media group De Bergske Blade , which together founded Midtjyske Medier , the largest media provider in the Midtjylland region . Midtjyske Medier itself is (90% since 2000) part of the Berlingske Media group , which also includes Denmark's second largest newspaper, Berlingske .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mogens Christensen: Aarhus Stiftstidende ( Memento from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)
  2. ↑ a b Jens Jørgen Madsen: Ekstra Bladets og Århus Stiftstidendes nedtur fortsætter In Journalisten.dk of June 20, 2011, accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)
  3. ↑ Midtjyske Medier: Århus Stiftstidende , accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)
  4. ↑ a b c Den Store Danske : Århus Stiftstidende , accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)
  5. ↑ Midtjyske Medier: Historien om Midtjyske Medier , accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)
  6. ↑ Jens Jørgen Madsen: Dramatisk nedtur for dagbladene - alle oplag under 100,000 In Journalisten.dk of August 17, 2011, accessed on August 30, 2011 (Danish)

Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 12.8 ″  E