Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S ) is a Danish Copenhagen-based media company that owns many newspapers , websites and 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. The company is run by Anders Krab-Johansen, former CEO and editor in chief at the daily Børsen .
5-512: The company was founded in 1749 when Ernst Henrich Berling first published Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender (later Berlingske Tidende). The company was owned by the Berling family until 1982 when it experienced economical difficulties and was saved by an investment from Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller . He sold his shares in the company in 1999. From 2000 to 2006, the company was owned by the Orkla Group ,
10-458: A Norwegian conglomerate which purchased 76% of Det Berlingske Officin publishing group' stock for €209-million. In 2006, Orkla sold its multi-national publishing and media activities, including Det Berlingske Officin, to the British company Mecom Group for €900 million. The company name was changed to "Berlingske Media" to reflect its focus on websites. In June 2014, Mecom sold Berlingske Media to
15-442: A printing business and in 1747 he was appointed Royal Book Printer. On 27 December 1748, he received a license to publish newspapers, Danish, German, French and scholarly, which he had acquired from Inger Wielandt, a printer's widow. Most notable among these was his Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender, now Berlingske Tidende , which was established in 1749. The paper set new standards for political news coverage and Danish media. As
20-487: 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. Ernst Henrich Berling Ernst Henrich Berling (22 March 1708 – 16 October 1750) was a German- Danish book printer and publisher. From 1749 he published Danske Post Tidender, which would later become Berlingske Tidende . Berling
25-625: Was born in Mecklenburg as the son of mounted forest ranger Melchior Christian Berling and Catharina Hennings. He was taught book printing in Lauenburg and in 1731 he was invited to Copenhagen by book printer Johan Jørgen Høpfner, whose stepdaughter Cecilie Cathrine Godiche, daughter of book printer Jørgen Matthiasen Godiche, he married the following year. They founded the Danish Berling Dynasty of printers and publishers. In 1733 he set up
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