Hamburger Abendblatt

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The Hamburger Abendblatt (German: Hamburg Evening Newspaper) is a daily newspaper in Hamburg, Germany, published by Axel Springer AG. The paper has historically appeared Monday through Saturday, but since October 29, 2006 it has also published a Sunday edition to compete with the Hamburger Morgenpost's introduction of a Sunday edition beginning November 5, 2006.

The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and the surrounding area, and produces regional supplements with news from Norderstedt, Ahrensburg, Harburg, and Pinneberg. Politically the paper is mildly conservative, but usually pro-government, including during SPD administrations.

[edit] History

Four previous Hamburg newspapers had the word Abendblatt ("Evening Newspaper") in their title, including one named the Hamburger Abendblatt, founded on May 2, 1820.

This incarnation of the Hamburger Abendblatt, however, was first published after World War II beginning on October 14, 1948, with an initial edition of 60,000 copies. It received a publishing license from the Hamburg Senate and Mayor Max Brauer, making it the first daily paper of post-war Germany to receive a license from German rather than Allied occupation authorities. After about six months of operation, its circulation increased to 170,000 copies daily. Until the 1970s it was delivered in the afternoon, but it is now delivered in the early morning.