Weekendavisen is a Danish

Denmark

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 weekly broadsheet

Broadsheet

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 newspaper

Newspaper

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 published on Fridays. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscriptions outside Denmark. According to opinion polls, however, the actual number of readers is much higher (290,000 in 2007). Perceived to be a continuation of the original Berlingske Tidende, Weekendavisen regards itself as the world's oldest newspaper.

History

Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed mail

Mail

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 twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. When afternoon mail delivery was discontinued, Berlingske Aftenavis (Berlingske Evening Newspaper), which was the evening edition of the daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende

Berlingske Tidende

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, had to cease publication, and Weekendavisen came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften.

Weekendavisens logo

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 contains the original coat of arms

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 of Berlingske Tidende, including the words "ANNO 1749", and its volume count begins in that year rather than in 1971 because its publishers and editors regard it as a continuation of the original Berlingske Tidende.

Characteristics

Weekendavisen is a highbrow

Highbrow

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 newspaper containing in-depth analysis of society

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 and politics

Politics

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 as well as extensive coverage of literature

Literature

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 and fine art

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s. Unlike weekly newspaper

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s in the United States

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 and advertisement-funded district weeklies in Denmark, it covers matters of national and international rather than local interest.

Weekendavisen is split into five sections each week:

• Society

• Culture

• Books

• Ideas

• Actualy

External links

Official website Information on Weekendavisen at the website of the paper's owner, the Berlingske Officin Information on Weekendavisen at the paper's own website

• Denmark - Culture - Mass Media – an overview of the history of the Danish press at the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
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  . Weekendavisen is mentioned in the last paragraph of section 4.13.4.