Berlingske Media

Berlingske Media
Private limited company
Industry Media
Founded 1749
Founder Ernst Henrich Berling
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Key people
 Lisberth Knudsen (CEO), Kim Graven-Nielsen (Chairman)
Website www.berlingskemedia.dk

Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S)[1] is a Danish media company that owns a large number of newspapers, in addition to websites and national and local radio stations.

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.[2]

In 2006, Orkla sold its multi-national publishing and media activities, including Det Berlingske Officin, to the British company Mecom Group for €900 million.[2]

The company name was changed name to "Berlingske Media" to reflect its focus on websites.[3]

The main newspaper in the company, Berlingske Tidende is one of the worlds oldest newspapers, having published its first issue on January 3, 1749.[3]

Ownerships

Free newspapers

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ Berlingske Media website in English Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Berlingske, most recent update of English page, September 29, 2004
  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.
  5. ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Mecom. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.


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