dato is a discontinued Danish

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...

 free daily newspaper

Free daily newspaper

Free daily newspapers are distributed free of charge, either in central places in cities and towns, or with other newspapers. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising.-In the U.S.:...

 owned by Det Berlingske Officin

Det Berlingske Officin

Berlingske Media is a Danish media company that owns a large number of newspapers, in addition to websites and national and local radio stations....

. Launched on August 16, 2006, the newspaper is Berlingske's offering in the "newspaper war" initiated by Dagsbrún

Dagsbrún

Dagsbrún is an Icelandic telecommunications and media conglomerate. It consists of following brands:* Vodafone Iceland * 365...

's Nyhedsavisen

Nyhedsavisen

Nyhedsavisen was a Danish free daily newspaper based on a new concept of distributing a free newspaper to 500,000 Danish homes that became the most read in the country within 18 month of launch...

. dato was, however, the first of the recent free dailies delivered to people's homes to begin publishing. It was distributed in Metropolitan Copenhagen

Metropolitan Copenhagen

The term Metropolitan Copenhagen consist of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities and the former Copenhagen County, except for the municipalities Høje-Taastrup, Ledøje-Smørum, in all, 18 municipalities, and except parts of Ballerup, Greve , Ishøj, former Søllerød and former Værløse, ...

 and the suburbs of Århus. http://www.dato.dk/distribution/
dato closed April 19, 2007 and merge

Mergers and acquisitions

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d with another Danish

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...

 free daily newspaper

Free daily newspaper

Free daily newspapers are distributed free of charge, either in central places in cities and towns, or with other newspapers. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising.-In the U.S.:...

, URBAN

Urban (newspaper)

Urban is a Danish free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. It was launched on September 24, 2001, shortly after the competing free daily MetroXpress . Circulation in second half of 2008 was 196,752....

, also owned by Det Berlingske Officin

Det Berlingske Officin

Berlingske Media is a Danish media company that owns a large number of newspapers, in addition to websites and national and local radio stations....

. Det Berlingske Officin

Det Berlingske Officin

Berlingske Media is a Danish media company that owns a large number of newspapers, in addition to websites and national and local radio stations....

 paid over 250 million DKK to publish the newspaper.

External links

• Official website
• Berlingske Tidende article about the launch of dato
• News story at Det Berlingske Officin
• Gratisaviser kommer ikke ud (video) – story from TV 2/Østjylland
  TV 2/Østjylland
  TV 2 | ØSTJYLLAND is one of eight regional TV-stations in the TV 2 network in Denmark. The station was founded in 1990, and the first news broadcast was made on 1 April the same year...
  
   on the missing distribution on some editions of dato as well as 24timer
  24timer
  24timer is a Danish free daily newspaper published by MetroXpress which began distribution on August 17, 2006.The newspaper is officially distributed in selected areas in some of the largest cities of Denmark...
  
  (broadcasted August 25, 2006)