Danish newspaper in English (JP)

Jyllands-Posten is Denmark’s largest newspaper both in its printed version and on the Internet

DENMARK's INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER

With its high reputation for unbiased news and forthright opinions, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten is Denmark's most widely read newspaper - and the country's outstanding newspaper success of recent years. Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten is read by more than 485,000 people on weekdays and 718,000 on Sundays, the only truly national readership of any Danish paper.

Jyllands-Posten, however, not only offers a printed newspaper with a circulation of currently 143.723 on weekdays and 192.492 on Sundays.

The name also incorporates a news service offering Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten on the Internet.

Owned by a private foundation until the end of the year 2002, Jyllands-Posten was completely independent of institutional or political affiliations or other external influences. Editorial independence, a broad international horizon and a strong commitment to journalistic accuracy and reliability have been the guiding principles behind Jyllands-Posten's success.

1 January 2003 saw the merger of the Jyllands-Posten A/S publishing company and Politiken A/S, which up till then had published Politiken and Ekstra Bladet.

To undertake the publishing of all three newspapers a new company was formed in connection with the merger.

However, each newspaper will retain its editorial freedom and individuality under the terms of the merger.

Editorial independence and hence trustworthiness therefore still underlie the operations of Jyllands-Posten.

The merger left Denmark's newspaper market with two major players: The independent Jyllands-Posten/Politiken group and the Berlingske group owned by Orkla, a diversified Norwegian company.

Jyllands-Posten's two head offices are situated in Aarhus and Copenhagen - the centres of the two most populated areas in Denmark. Furthermore, news departments in four towns and cities around Denmark offer readers the most extensive news coverage in the country.

Currently Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten has full-time staff correspondents in Beijing, London, Berlin, Amman, Bruxelles, Prag, Washington, Rom, Bangkok, Paris, Moskva and Buenos Aires.

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