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Berliner Morgenpost

German newspaper


Summary

German newspaper

FieldValue
nameBerliner Morgenpost
imageBerliner Morgenpost front page.png
image_borderyes
captionThe 29 January 2011 front page of Berliner Morgenpost
typeDaily newspaper
formatBroadsheet
founded
ownersFunke Mediengruppe
editorCarsten Erdmann
headquartersBerlin, Germany
website

Berliner Morgenpost is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is one of the most read daily newspapers.

History and profile

Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, the paper was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959 and sold to Funke Mediengruppe in 2013. In 2009, it had a circulation of 145,556 and an estimated 322,000 readers. The current editor-in-chief is Carsten Erdmann.

In 2012, it was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress.

Editors-in-chief

  • 1952–1953: Wilhelm Schulze
  • 1953–1959: Helmut Meyer-Dietrich
  • 1960–1972: Heinz Köster
  • 1973–1976: Walter Brückmann
  • 1976–1978: Hans-Werner Marquardt
  • 1978–1981: Wolfgang Kryszohn
  • 1981–1987: Johannes Otto
  • 1988–1996: Bruno Waltert
  • 1996–1999: Peter Philipps
  • 1999–2002: Herbert Wessels
  • 2002: Wolfram Weimer
  • 2003–2004: Jan-Eric Peters
  • 2004–2018: Carsten Erdmann
  • 2018–2023: Christine Richter
  • 2024–present Peter Schink

References

References

  1. Schultz, Stefan. (26 July 2013). "Sell-Off: Newspaper Giant Turns Back on Journalism". [[Spiegel Online]].
  2. Media analysis on the paper's page at the [[Axel Springer]] AG [http://axelspringer.de/ website].
  3. [http://www.axelspringer.de/inhalte/angebot/inhalte/zeitung/reg/berlinmo/berlinmo.htm Berliner Morgenpost] {{Webarchive. link. (24 November 2005 at axelspringer.de)
  4. "European Newspaper Award 12+1". European Newspaper Congress.
  5. (2 October 2023). "BERLINER MORGENPOST bekommt neuen Chefredakteur: Der Digitalexperte Peter Schink wechselt von t-online zu FUNKE".
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