Ekstra Bladet

Ekstra Bladet
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Politiken-Fonden (88.4%)
Ellen Hørups Fond (4.4%)
Others (7.3%)
Publisher JP/Politikens Hus A/S
Editor Poul Madsen
Founded 12 February 1904
Political alignment Traditionally centre-left. No current alignment.
Language Danish
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Circulation 60,000 (2012)
Website ekstrabladet.dk

Ekstra Bladet (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɛɡsdʁɐˌblæˀð]) is a Danish tabloid newspaper focusing on sensationalist news and political revelations.[1][2] Since 1979 it has always had a partly or completely naked woman on page nine which is referred to as Side 9 Pigen ("The Page 9 Girl"),[3][4] a Danish equivalent of the Page 3 girl in the United Kingdom. The current editor is Poul Madsen, who on 6 September 2007 replaced Hans Engell.[5]

History and profile

The newspaper began publication 1904[6][7] in a Politiken newspaper, and a year later, it became a separate newspaper. The headquarters of the paper is in Copenhagen.[8] Victor Andreasen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for two times, between 1963 and 1967 and between 1971 and 1976.[9]

The political leaning of the newspaper might traditionally be viewed as social-liberal (as it is an offspring of Politiken), but it would probably be more accurate to say that the newspaper considers itself in opposition to anyone in a position of power (a watchdog),[2] and the defender of the ordinary man.[1]

In December 2010 Ekstra Bladet editor-in-chief Poul Madsen threatened to complain to the European Court of Justice after its submission of an application to Apple's App Store was rejected.[10] Madsen claimed the application was deemed offensive, and in an editorial described Apple as being an "American nanny".[11]

Circulation

Ekstra Bladet's readership and circulation has declined in recent years, and continues to do so.[8][12] During the last six months of 1957 the paper had a circulation of 68,178 copies on weekdays.[13] The circulation of the paper was 210,000 copies in 1991, 198,000 copies in 1992 and 185,000 copies in 1993.[14] It fell to 177,000 copies in 1994, to 168,000 in 1995 and to 166,000 copies in 1996.[14] Although its circulation grew to 169,000 copies in 1997, it again decreased and was 159,000 copies in 1998 and 148,000 copies in 1999.[14]

It was 134,000 copies in 2000 and 127,000 copies in 2001.[14] The circulation of the paper fell to 119,000 copies in 2002.[15] It was the fourth best selling Danish newspaper in 2003 with a circulation of 110,000 copies.[16] In 2004 the paper had a circulation of 110,000 copies.[17] There is another report giving its 2004 circulation as 106,000 copies.[18] In 2012 the paper had a circulation of 60,000 copies.[8]

In March 2013 the Alexa rank of ekstrabladet.dk was 1.949, making it one of the 2.000 most popular websites worldwide.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 About (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 22 September 2010. "noise and ruckus", "occasional indignation", "Always in opposition"
  2. 1 2 Said about us (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved: 22 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Page 9 girl Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved: 23 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Side 9-pigen (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Hans Engell forlader Ekstra Bladet". Politiken (in Danish). 6 September 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  6. ↑ Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (Occasional Paper No:99/4). University of Navarra. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Anna B. Holm. "Discontinuities in Business Model Innovation of the Danish Newspaper Industry" (PDF). Conferenga. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Demetrios Matheou (10 November 2014). "The Future of (Tabloid) Newspapers". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Factsheet Denmark" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Apple clashes with tabloid over breasts The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  11. ↑ Kommentar: Vi har ikke brug for en amerikansk nanny (in Danish) Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  12. ↑ Readers Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  13. ↑ Britt-Mari Persson Blegvad (1964). "Newspapers and Rock and Roll Riots in Copenhagen". Acta Sociologica 7 (3). Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Culture" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "World Press Trends 2003" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "The Press in Denmark". BBC. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  19. ↑ Ranking Alexa.

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