Hamburger Morgenpost

Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost am Sonntag

The January 29, 2011 front page of the Hamburger Morgenpost
Type Daily newspaper (Sunday own title)
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) M. DuMont Schauberg
Editor-in-chief Frank Niggemeier
Founded Hamburg 1949
Language German
Headquarters Hamburg
Circulation 115,845 (Quarter 2, 2009)
OCLC number 85349630
Website www.mopo.de

The Hamburger Morgenpost (Hamburg Morning Post) (also known as Mopo) is a daily German newspaper published in Hamburg in tabloid format.

As of 2006 the Hamburger Morgenpost was the second-largest newspaper in Hamburg after Bild Zeitung.[1]

History and profile

Building of the publishing company in Bahrenfeld in 2005

The Hamburger Morgenpost was founded in 1949 by the Hamburg section of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with a circulation of 6,000 copies. Until the late 1950s, the circulation increased to 450,000 copies. When Bild Zeitung was brought out by the Axel Springer publishing house as a second tabloid serving Hamburg, the circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost declined steadily. Due to the existing competition with other newspapers, such as the 1948 re-founded Hamburger Abendblatt, there was a decline in interest in political party-owned newspapers in Hamburg. The SPD sold the newspaper following financial problems in the mid-1970s. After having several owners, the Gruner + Jahr publishing company bought it in 1986. In 1989, its circulation had fallen to 135,000. In 1999, Gruner + Jahr sold the newspaper in to Frank Otto and Hans Barlach. In 2006, the BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding, a company of David Montgomery's Mecom Group and Veronis Suhler Stevenson International, bought the newspaper.[2] In 2009, Mecom Group sold it to the Cologne-based private publishing company DuMont Schauberg.[3][4]

The circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost was 115,845 copies in the second quarter of 2009.[5]

2015 firebombing

The front cover of the Hamburger Morgenpost on January 8, 2015, in which satirical Charlie Hebdo images were re-published with the title "This much freedom must be possible!"[6]

In response to the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people died on January 7, 2015, some international organizations such as Reporters Without Borders called for controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons to be re-published in solidarity with the French satirical magazine and in defense of free speech.[7] The Hamburger Morgenpost included Charlie Hebdo cartoons on its front cover on January 8[8] and other publications such as Germany's Berliner Kurier and Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza reprinted cartoons from Charlie Hebdo the day after the attack; the former depicted Muhammad reading Charlie Hebdo whilst bathing in blood.[9] At least three Danish newspapers featured Charlie Hebdo cartoons, and the tabloid BT used a Charlie Hebdo image depicting Muhammad lamenting being loved by "idiots" on its cover.

The newspaper was attacked by an arsonist on January 11,[10] possibly relating to the cartoons.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Jason Deans (27 January 2006). "Hamburger Morgenpost deal confirmed". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Ein Brite auf Einkaufstour". Stern (in German). 27 January 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Mecom sells German unit for 152 mln euros". Thomson Reuters. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "joiz Global Announces First German Licensing Agreement With Leading Media Company M. Dumont Schauberg" (PRESS RELEASE). joiz Global. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ (Quarter 2, 2009) IVW website (German)
  6. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo shooting: Arson attack on German newspaper that published cartoons". AFP. 11 Jan 2015.
  7. ↑ "RWB APPEALS TO MEDIA OUTLETS TO PUBLISH CHARLIE HEBDO CARTOONS". Reporters Without Borders. 7 Jan 2015.
  8. ↑ Withnall, Adam (11 January 2015). "Hamburger Morgenpost firebomb: Arson attack on German newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons". The Independent. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Colchester, Max (8 January 2015). "European Newspapers Show Support for Charlie Hebdo". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Hamburger Morgenpost. "Brandanschlag auf die MOPO: Bürgermeister Scholz: „Angriff auf die Demokratie“". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Kirsten Grieshaber (11 Jan 2015). "Arsonists attack German paper that published French cartoons". Associated Press.
  12. ↑ "Arson attack on Hamburg newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons". Reuters. 11 Jan 2015.

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