Dagbladet
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Dagbladet is Norway
's second largest tabloid newspaper
, and the third largest newspaper
overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle
.
Dagbladet is published seven days a week. The publication includes additional weekly feature magazines: Magasinet every Saturday, "Søndag" more oriented towards interior and design every Sunday, "Fredag" focuses on popular culture and young adults every Friday.
served as its first editor in chief and the first issue was published on January 2, 1869. From 1884 to 1977 the newspaper was affiliated to the Liberal party (Venstre). Since 1977, it has officially been politically neutral, though it has kept its position as a liberal newspaper, also incorporating some radical (leftist) stands in issues like the language struggle, church policies, feminism
, intimate relationship
, criminal care etc. The newspaper was in 1972 against Norway joining the EU, but had changed to pro in 1994.
Dagbladet has played an important role in development of new editorial products in Norway. In 1990, the newspaper was the first in Norway to publish a Sunday edition in more than 70 years, and in 1995 it became the first of the major Norwegian newspapers with an online edition. The actual first newspaper was a regional paper called 'Brønnøysunds Avis'. Over the past few years Dagbladet has had success with the Saturday supplement Magasinet which reaches 25.3% of the adult population of Norway.
Dagbladet is owned by the privately held company Berner Gruppen. Jens P. Heyerdahl is the largest owner and has effective control through several different companies.
DB Medialab AS also owns 50% of the Norwegian web portal
and ISP
start.no and runs the online community Blink
.
The paper received some international attention in July 2006 when it ran a story in support of the 9/11 Truth Movement
. The article, "The Third Tower", came a few weeks after Le Monde Diplomatique
's Norway edition ran a similar front page story.
Due to the declining of daily circulation the newspaper the last couple of years have reduced the number of workers with some hundreds. Because of this the newspaper focused more on "simpler news". But recent years the newspaper have chosen a editorial direction on hard news.
, committed suicide allegedly following Dagbladet's investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet. Dagbladet was criticized by The Norwegian Press Association. Dagbladet reprinted the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's 12 Muhammad Cartoons in 2005.
In May 2011 Dagbladet lost a libel case against ambulance driver Erik Schjenken for printing factual errors about the Ali Farah case and had to pay him a compensation of 1 million NOK.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
's second largest tabloid newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, and the third largest newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle
Lars Helle
Lars Helle is a Norwegian journalist and editor.He is currently the chief editor in Dagbladet, Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall. He was hired by the newspaper in 2002, after serving as chief editor of Rogalands Avis from 1996 to 2000. Helle has...
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Dagbladet is published seven days a week. The publication includes additional weekly feature magazines: Magasinet every Saturday, "Søndag" more oriented towards interior and design every Sunday, "Fredag" focuses on popular culture and young adults every Friday.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1869 by Anthon Bang. Hagbard Emanuel BernerHagbard Emanuel Berner
Hagbard Emanuel Berner was a Norwegian jurist, politician and newspaper editor. He initiated a series of long-lived enterprises, including the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget, the newspaper Dagbladet and the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.-Background:Berner was born in Sunndal in...
served as its first editor in chief and the first issue was published on January 2, 1869. From 1884 to 1977 the newspaper was affiliated to the Liberal party (Venstre). Since 1977, it has officially been politically neutral, though it has kept its position as a liberal newspaper, also incorporating some radical (leftist) stands in issues like the language struggle, church policies, feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, intimate relationship
Intimate relationship
An intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Physical intimacy is characterized by romantic or passionate love and attachment, or sexual activity. The term is also sometimes used euphemistically for a sexual...
, criminal care etc. The newspaper was in 1972 against Norway joining the EU, but had changed to pro in 1994.
Dagbladet has played an important role in development of new editorial products in Norway. In 1990, the newspaper was the first in Norway to publish a Sunday edition in more than 70 years, and in 1995 it became the first of the major Norwegian newspapers with an online edition. The actual first newspaper was a regional paper called 'Brønnøysunds Avis'. Over the past few years Dagbladet has had success with the Saturday supplement Magasinet which reaches 25.3% of the adult population of Norway.
Dagbladet is owned by the privately held company Berner Gruppen. Jens P. Heyerdahl is the largest owner and has effective control through several different companies.
DB Medialab AS also owns 50% of the Norwegian web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
and ISP
Internet service provider
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start.no and runs the online community Blink
Blink (community)
Dagbladet.no Blink is one of the largest online community in Norway with over 350,000 active members . It was created by Fredrik Kristiansen and Morten Mitch Larød, and released February 1, 2002. Over the following two years, the community became twice as popular as any other Norwegian community....
.
The paper received some international attention in July 2006 when it ran a story in support of the 9/11 Truth Movement
9/11 Truth Movement
9/11 Truth movement is a collective name for loosely affiliated organizations and individuals who question the accepted account of the September 11, 2001, attacks....
. The article, "The Third Tower", came a few weeks after Le Monde Diplomatique
Le Monde diplomatique
Le Monde diplomatique is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first created mainly for a diplomatic audience as its name implies...
's Norway edition ran a similar front page story.
Due to the declining of daily circulation the newspaper the last couple of years have reduced the number of workers with some hundreds. Because of this the newspaper focused more on "simpler news". But recent years the newspaper have chosen a editorial direction on hard news.
Online edition
The online edition of Dagbladet was launched on March 8 1995, as the first major newspapers in Norway. Dagbladet.no claims a readership of nearly 800,000 per day, 1,700,000 per week, which makes it amongst Europe's most successful web newspapers when measured against both population and readership of mother newspaper.Criticism
Former Minister of Health, Tore TønneTore Tønne
Tore Tønne was the Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet...
, committed suicide allegedly following Dagbladet's investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet. Dagbladet was criticized by The Norwegian Press Association. Dagbladet reprinted the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's 12 Muhammad Cartoons in 2005.
In May 2011 Dagbladet lost a libel case against ambulance driver Erik Schjenken for printing factual errors about the Ali Farah case and had to pay him a compensation of 1 million NOK.
Circulation
Numbers from the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, Mediebedriftenes Landsforening:
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