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Ekstra Bladet
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)JP/Politikens Hus A/S
PublisherJP/Politikens Hus
EditorKnud Brix
Founded12 February 1904; 120 years ago (1904-02-12)
Political alignmentTraditionally centre-left; no current alignment
LanguageDanish
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Circulation60,000 (2012)
Websiteekstrabladet.dk

Ekstra Bladet is a Danish tabloid newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen.[1][2] It was founded in 1904 as an evening edition to Politiken. In 1905 the newspaper was established in its own right and has since focused on investigative journalism, news, sports and entertainment. It has been described as a sensationalistic newspaper.[3][4] Since April 2022, Knud Brix has been editor-in-chief.

History and profile

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The newspaper began publication 1904[5][6] as a supplement to the Politiken newspaper, and a year later, it became a separate newspaper. The headquarters of the paper is in Copenhagen.[7]

In December 2010 Ekstra Bladet editor-in-chief Poul Madsen threatened to complain to the European Court of Justice after its submission of an application to Apple's App Store was rejected.[8] Madsen claimed the application was deemed offensive, and in an editorial described Apple as being an "American nanny".[9]

Since 5 October 2012 Tipsbladet, an association football magazine, has been sold with the Friday edition of Ekstra Bladet.[10]

The current editor-in-chief is Henrik Qvortrup who took over in July 2021.[11] Poul Madsen was chief editor from September 2007 through March 2021.[12][11] Hans Engell held the position from 2000 to 2007.[12] Victor Andreasen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for two times, between 1963 and 1967 and between 1971 and 1976.[13]

For over 100 years, Ekstra Bladets main competitor has been BT published by Berlingske Media.

Circulation

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Ekstra Bladet's readership and circulation has declined in recent years, and continues to do so.[7][14] During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 68,178 copies on weekdays.[15] The circulation of the paper was 210,000 copies in 1991, 198,000 copies in 1992 and 185,000 copies in 1993.[16] It fell to 177,000 copies in 1994, to 168,000 in 1995 and to 166,000 copies in 1996.[16] Although its circulation grew to 169,000 copies in 1997, it again decreased and was 159,000 copies in 1998 and 148,000 copies in 1999.[16]

It was 134,000 copies in 2000 and 127,000 copies in 2001.[16] The circulation of the paper fell to 119,000 copies in 2002.[17] It was the fourth best selling Danish newspaper in 2003 with a circulation of 110,000 copies.[18] In 2004, the paper had a circulation of 110,000 copies.[19] There is another report giving its 2004 circulation as 106,000 copies.[20] In 2012, the paper had a circulation of 60,000 copies.[7]

In January 2012, the paper's website had an Alexa Internet global rank of #2061 and a rank of #5 in Denmark.[21] As of July 2018, the site held ranks of #3359 globally and #9 in Denmark.[22]

References

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  1. ^ About (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 22 September 2010. "noise and ruckus", "occasional indignation", "Always in opposition"
  2. ^ Said about us (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved: 22 September 2010.
  3. ^ Wagner, Finn (7 February 2020). "Hvem læser Ekstrabladet?" [Who reads Ekstra Bladet?]. fyens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ Olsen, Jens Erik (26 January 2010). "Klumme: Ekstra Bladet tør" [Column: Extra Bladet dares]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c Demetrios Matheou (10 November 2014). "The Future of (Tabloid) Newspapers". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  8. ^ Apple clashes with tabloid over breasts The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  9. ^ Kommentar: Vi har ikke brug for en amerikansk nanny (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Ekstra Bladet / Tipsbladet" (PDF). INMA. 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Henrik Qvortrup bliver chefredaktør på Ekstra Bladet" (in Danish). TV2. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Hans Engell forlader Ekstra Bladet". Politiken (in Danish). 6 September 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  13. ^ "Factsheet Denmark" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  14. ^ Readers Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  15. ^ Britt-Mari Persson Blegvad (1964). "Newspapers and Rock and Roll Riots in Copenhagen". Acta Sociologica. 7 (3): 151–178. doi:10.1177/000169936400700302. JSTOR 4193580.
  16. ^ a b c d "Culture" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  17. ^ "World Press Trends 2003" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  18. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  19. ^ "The Press in Denmark". BBC. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  20. ^ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  21. ^ "Statistics Summary for ekstrabladet.dk". Alexa Internet. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  22. ^ "ekstrabladet.dk Traffic Statistics". Alexa Internet. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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