Weekendavisen

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Image:Weekendavisen newspaper logo.png
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner The Berlingske Officin
Publisher Weekendavisen A/S
Editor Anne Knudsen
Founded 1971
Political allegiance Conservative
Language Danish
Price DKK 31.00[1]
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Website: www.weekendavisen.dk

Weekendavisen (The Weekend Newspaper) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays. Its circulation (as of 2004) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscriptions outside Denmark. Perceived to be a continuation of the original Berlingske Tidende, Weekendavisen regards itself as the world's oldest newspaper.

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[edit] History

Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed mail 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, had to cease publication, and Weekendavisen came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften.

Weekendavisen's logo contains the original coat of arms 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.

[edit] Characteristics

Weekendavisen is a highbrow newspaper containing in-depth analysis of society and politics as well as extensive coverage of literature and fine arts. Unlike weekly newspapers in the United States and advertisement-funded district weeklies in Denmark, it covers matters of national and international rather than local interest.

Weekendavisen is split into four sections each week:

  • Society
  • Culture
  • Books
  • Ideas

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Danish) Bladkompagniet (2006). Avissortiment.

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