Politiken

Politiken is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus, one of Denmark's leading media companies. It is published with the goal of being an independent mouthpiece of Danish left wing (Social-Democratic and Social-Liberal) politics.

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Dagbladet Politiken was founded October 1, 1884 in Copenhagen by Viggo H?rup, Edvard Brandes and Hermann Bing. It had an original daily circulation of 2,000 copies. The paper established its present location in downtown Copenhagen at R?dhuspladsen ("City Hall Square") in 1912.

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The daily edition of Politiken has 505,000 readers making it the third-most read newspaper in Denmark after competitor broadsheet Jyllands-Posten and tabloid B.T..

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The Sunday edition of Politiken has 552,000 readers.

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Politiken Weekly is the international edition of Politiken.

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Broadsheet: Broadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. (A third, less common format is the Berliner.) Many broadsheets measure roughly 29? by 23? inches (74.9 cm × 59.7 cm) per spread, t...

JP/Politikens Hus: JP/Politikens Hus A/S (House of JP/Politiken) is a Danish media company. It was established on January 1, 2003 as a merger of the publishing companies of the major broadsheet newspapers Jyllands-Posten and Politiken as well as Politiken's tabloid Ekstra Bladet. A free daily, 24timer, was added in 20...