berliner Morgenpost
{{Short description|German newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Berliner Morgenpost
| logo =
| image = Berliner Morgenpost front page.png
| image_border = yes
| caption = The 29 January 2011 front page of Berliner Morgenpost
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date and age|1898}}
| political =
| owners = Funke Mediengruppe
| editor = Carsten Erdmann
| headquarters = Berlin, Germany
| website = {{Official URL|http://www.morgenpost.de}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/axel-springer-sells-off-clutch-of-newspapers-and-magazines-a-913296.html|title=Sell-Off: Newspaper Giant Turns Back on Journalism|last=Schultz|first=Stefan|author2=Steinmetz, Vanessa|author3=Teevs, Christian|date=26 July 2013|work=Spiegel Online|access-date=25 June 2014}} In 2009, it had a circulation of 145,556 and an estimated 322,000 readers.Media analysis on the paper's page at the Axel Springer AG [http://axelspringer.de/ website]. The current editor-in-chief is Carsten Erdmann.[http://www.axelspringer.de/inhalte/angebot/inhalte/zeitung/reg/berlinmo/berlinmo.htm Berliner Morgenpost] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124085642/http://www.axelspringer.de/inhalte/angebot/inhalte/zeitung/reg/berlinmo/berlinmo.htm |date=24 November 2005 }} at axelspringer.de
In 2012, it was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress.{{cite web|title=European Newspaper Award 12+1|url=http://enc.newsroom.de/lang/en/archiv-archive/2012-2/wettbewerbaward/|work=European Newspaper Congress|access-date=1 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810095515/http://enc.newsroom.de/lang/en/archiv-archive/2012-2/wettbewerbaward/|archive-date=10 August 2014}}
Editors-in-chief
- 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
- 2018–2023: Christine Richter
- 2024–present Peter Schinkhttps://www.funkemedien.de/de/presse/berliner-morgenpost-bekommt-neuen-chefredakteur-der-digitalexperte-peter-schink-wechselt-von-t-online-zu-funke
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:1898 establishments in Germany
Category:Daily newspapers published in Germany
Category:German-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers published in Berlin