Berlingske Media

Berlingske Media
	Orkla Group (2000 – 2006) ; Mecom Group (2006 – 2014) ; DPG Media (2014 – present)
Website	www.berlingskemedia.dk

Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S)

radio stations. The main newspaper in the company, Berlingske Tidende, now Berlingske, is one of the world's oldest newspapers, having published its first issue on 3 January 1749.^[2]

The company is run by Anders Krab-Johansen, former CEO and editor in chief at Børsen.

History

The company was founded in 1749 when

Orkla Group, a Norwegian conglomerate which purchased 76% of Det Berlingske Officin publishing group' stock for €209-million.^[3]

In 2006, Orkla sold its multi-national publishing and media activities, including Det Berlingske Officin, to the British company Mecom Group for €900 million.^[3] The company name was changed to "Berlingske Media" to reflect its focus on websites.^[2]

In June 2014, Mecom sold Berlingske Media to the Belgian mediahouse De Persgroep (now DPG Media).

After DPG Media's takeover, Berlingske Media is focusing on the four main brands; Berlingske, B.T., Weekendavisen and Radio24syv.

Ownerships

Brands

Berlingske formerly Berlingske Tidende^[4]
B.T.^[4]
B.T.metro (70% and Tamedia 30%)
Weekendavisen^[4]
Radio24syv (70% and People Group 30%)

References

^ Berlingske Media website in English Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Berlingske, most recent update of English page, September 29, 2004
^ ^a ^b Ketupa Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Media Profiles: stock values rise: €209m in 2000; €900m in 2006. Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

External links

Berlingske Media website; Ownerships overview
Ketupa Media Profiles: Norsk Orkla/Det Berlingske Officin; Mecom
"Det Berlingske Officin A/S". Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister.
Central Business Register
.

[1] Berlingske Media website in English Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[media-2] Berlingske, most recent update of English page, September 29, 2004

[orkla2-3] Ketupa Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Media Profiles: stock values rise: €209m in 2000; €900m in 2006. Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[lvz-4] Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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