Hamburger Morgenpost

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The Hamburger Morgenpost was founded in 1949 by the Hamburg section of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with a circulation of 6,000 copies. Until the late 1950s, the circulation increased to 450,000 copies. When Bild Zeitung was brought out by the Axel Springer publishing house as a second tabloid serving Hamburg, the circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost declined steadily. Due to the existing competition with other newspapers, such as the 1948 re-founded Hamburger Abendblatt, there was a decline in interest in political party-owned newspapers in Hamburg. The SPD sold the newspaper following financial problems in the mid-1970s. After having several owners, the Gruner + Jahr publishing company bought it in 1986. In 1989, its circulation had fallen to 135,000. In 1999, Gruner + Jahr sold the newspaper in to Frank Otto and Hans Barlach. In 2006, the BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding, a company of David Montgomery's Mecom Group{{cite news|author=Helen Pidd|title=Montgomery axes 30 journalists at German paper Berliner Zeitung|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/24/pressandpublishing.mediabusiness|access-date=3 May 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503161110/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/24/pressandpublishing.mediabusiness|archive-date=3 May 2015}} and Veronis Suhler Stevenson International, bought the newspaper.{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/unternehmen/hamburger-morgenpost-ein-brite-auf-einkaufstour-554459.html|title=Ein Brite auf Einkaufstour|work=Stern|date=27 January 2006|access-date=30 August 2009|language=de}} In 2009, Mecom Group sold it to the Cologne-based private publishing company DuMont Schauberg.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/01/13/afx5911794.html|title=Mecom sells German unit for 152 mln euros|work=Thomson Reuters|date=13 January 2009|access-date=30 August 2009}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|title=joiz Global Announces First German Licensing Agreement With Leading Media Company M. Dumont Schauberg|url=http://joizglobal.com/joiz-global-announces-first-german-licensing-agreement-with-leading-media-company-m-dumont-schauberg/|work=joiz Global|access-date=28 April 2015|format=Press release|date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127010709/http://joizglobal.com/joiz-global-announces-first-german-licensing-agreement-with-leading-media-company-m-dumont-schauberg/|archive-date=27 January 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The circulation of the Hamburger Morgenpost was 115,845 copies in the second quarter of 2009.(Quarter 2, 2009) [http://www.ivw.eu/index.php IVW website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606113317/http://www.ivw.eu/index.php |date=2017-06-06 }} {{in lang|de}}

• 1985–1986: Nils von der Heyde
• 1986: Jürgen Juckel
• 1986–1989: Wolfgang Clement
• 1989–1992: Ernst Fischer
• 1992–1994: Wolf Heckmann
• 1994–1996: Manfred von Thien
• 1996–1998: Mathias Döpfner
• 1998–2000: Marion Horn
• 2000–2006: Josef Depenbrock
• 2006–2008: Matthias Onken
• 2008–2020: Frank Niggemeier
• since 2020: Maik Koltermann

File:Hamburger Morgenpost 8 Jan 2015.jpg images were re-published with the title "This much freedom must be possible!"{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-11/arson-attack-on-german-newspaper-that-published-charlie-hebdo/6011338|title=Charlie Hebdo shooting: Arson attack on German newspaper that published cartoons|publisher=AFP|date=11 Jan 2015}}]]

In response to the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people died on 7 January 2015, some international organizations such as Reporters Without Borders called for controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons to be re-published in solidarity with the French satirical magazine and in defense of free speech.{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/france-rwb-appeals-to-media-outlets-to-07-01-2015,47454.html|title=RWB APPEALS TO MEDIA OUTLETS TO PUBLISH CHARLIE HEBDO CARTOONS|date=7 Jan 2015|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055350/http://en.rsf.org/france-rwb-appeals-to-media-outlets-to-07-01-2015,47454.html|url-status=dead}} The Hamburger Morgenpost included Charlie Hebdo cartoons on its front cover on January 8{{cite news|last1=Withnall|first1=Adam|title=Hamburger Morgenpost firebomb: Arson attack on German newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hamburger-morgenpost-firebomb-arson-attack-on-german-newspaper-that-printed-charlie-hebdo-cartoons-9970536.html|access-date=11 January 2015|work=The Independent|date=11 January 2015}} and other publications such as Germany's Berliner Kurier and Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza reprinted cartoons from Charlie Hebdo the day after the attack; the former depicted Muhammad reading Charlie Hebdo whilst bathing in blood.{{cite news|last1=Colchester|first1=Max|title=European Newspapers Show Support for Charlie Hebdo|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-newspapers-show-support-for-charlie-hebdo-1420725265|access-date=15 January 2015|work=Wall Street Journal|date=8 January 2015}} At least three Danish newspapers featured Charlie Hebdo cartoons, and the tabloid BT used a Charlie Hebdo image depicting Muhammad lamenting being loved by "idiots" on its cover.

The newspaper was attacked by an arsonist on 11 January,{{cite web|url=http://www.mopo.de/polizei/wegen-der--charlie-hebdo--karikaturen--brandanschlag-auf-die-mopo-,7730198,29530668.html|title=Brandanschlag auf die MOPO: Bürgermeister Scholz: "Angriff auf die Demokratie"|author=Hamburger Morgenpost|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411102757/http://www.mopo.de/polizei/angriff-in-der-nacht-brandanschlag-auf-die-mopo-,7730198,29530668.html|url-status=dead}} possibly relating to the cartoons.{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/392ccec2d7644d4da240c1d86f45500e/arsonists-attack-german-paper-published-french-cartoons|title=Arsonists attack German paper that published French cartoons|author=Kirsten Grieshaber|date=11 Jan 2015|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=11 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111121228/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/392ccec2d7644d4da240c1d86f45500e/arsonists-attack-german-paper-published-french-cartoons|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-newspaper-attack-idUSL6N0UQ04O20150111|title=Arson attack on Hamburg newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons|date=11 Jan 2015|publisher=Reuters}}

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