 The 29 January 2011 front page of Berliner Morgenpost | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Funke Mediengruppe |
| Editor | Carsten Erdmann |
| Founded | 1898; 127 years ago (1898) |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Website | www |
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.
Editor-in-chiefs
- 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–present: Christine Richter
References
- Schultz, Stefan; Steinmetz, Vanessa; Teevs, Christian (26 July 2013). "Sell-Off: Newspaper Giant Turns Back on Journalism". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- Media analysis on the paper's page at the Axel Springer AG website.
- Berliner Morgenpost Archived 24 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine at axelspringer.de
- "European Newspaper Award 12+1". European Newspaper Congress. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
- Official website (in German)