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Dagen (Danish newspaper)
Encyclopedia
DAGEN was a Danish
newspaper
which published for only 41 issues, from 22 October 2002 to 6 December 2002. DAGEN was the first new newspaper in almost 50 years in Denmark.
On December 6, 2002, Dagen had a debt of 34.9 million
DKK
, and bankruptcy was declared on December 13, 2002.
Peter Linck was the creator of the newspaper, and the editor was Kresten Schultz Jørgensen.
The newspaper had more media coverage than it itself was able to cover about its bankruptcy. The coverage from other media
was intense. Many used the newspaper's own motto
s for jokes about its bankruptcy, a famous one was "til folk som kan læse, fra folk som ikke kan regne" (Danish
: "for people who can read, from people who can't do math") as a reference to the overwhelming bankruptcy it suffered.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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...
which published for only 41 issues, from 22 October 2002 to 6 December 2002. DAGEN was the first new newspaper in almost 50 years in Denmark.
On December 6, 2002, Dagen had a debt of 34.9 million
Million
One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106...
DKK
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...
, and bankruptcy was declared on December 13, 2002.
Peter Linck was the creator of the newspaper, and the editor was Kresten Schultz Jørgensen.
The newspaper had more media coverage than it itself was able to cover about its bankruptcy. The coverage from other media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
was intense. Many used the newspaper's own motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
s for jokes about its bankruptcy, a famous one was "til folk som kan læse, fra folk som ikke kan regne" (Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
: "for people who can read, from people who can't do math") as a reference to the overwhelming bankruptcy it suffered.
Mottos
DAGEN had a few mottos, in order to draw distance from other current newspapers.- Til folk som kan læse, fra folk der kan skrive (Danish: to people who can read, from people who can write).
- Hverken venstreorienteret eller højreorienteret, men velorienteret (Danish: not left-wingLeft-wing politicsIn politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
nor right-wing, but well present)