Östgöta Correspondenten

Östgöta Correspondenten
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Norrköpings Tidningar AB
Founder(s) Henrik Bernhard Palmær
Publisher Correspondenten i Linköping AB
Founded 1838 (1838)
Language Swedish
Headquarters Linköping
Circulation 46,900 (2013)
Website Corren

Östgöta Correspondenten (also known as Corren) is a daily Swedish language newspaper in Linköping, Sweden.

History and profile

Östgöta Correspondenten was first published in Linköping in 1838.[1][2] The founder of the paper was Henrik Bernhard Palmær.[1] Corren was controlled by the Ridderstad family for 168 years, but was sold to Norrköpings Tidningar AB in 2008[3] for SEK 700 million.[4] The publisher of the paper is Correspondenten i Linköping AB.[5]

The paper was published in broadsheet format until 1 February 2005 when it switched to tabloid format.[6][7] The stated position of the editorial page is liberal conservative.

Circulation

In 1998 the circulation of Östgöta Correspondenten was 67,000 copies.[8] The paper had a circulation of 63,000 copies in 2003[9] and 62,000 copies in 2004.[10] The circulatiom of the paper was 48,900 copies in 2012 and 46,900 copies in 2013.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sweden: historical and statistical handbook". Runeberg. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Mart Ots (2011). "Competition and collaboration between Swedish newspapers – an overview and case study of a restructuring market" (Conference paper). University of Akkureyri. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Based on an article in Swedish
  5. ↑ David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "11 Swedish dailies become tabloids". Media Culpa. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Newspapers Next Generation" (PDF). Boström Design and Development. 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Stig Hadenius; Lennart Weibull (1999). "The Swedish Newspaper System in the Late 1990s. Tradition and Transition" (PDF). Nordicom Review 1 (1). Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Frank Eriksson Barman (2014). "In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten" (Report). Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

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