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Weekendavisen
''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscriptions outside Denmark. According to opinion polls, however, the actual number of readers is much higher (290,000 in 2007). History Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed mail twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. When afternoon mail delivery was discontinued, ''Berlingske Aftenavis'' (''Berlingske Evening Newspaper''), which was the evening edition of the daily newspaper '' Berlingske Tidende'', had to cease publication, and ''Weekendavisen'' came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as ''Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften''. The owner and publisher of the paper is the Berlingske Officin. ''Weekendavisens logo contains the original coat of arms of ''Berlingske Tidende'', including the words " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekendavisen Newspaper Logo
''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscriptions outside Denmark. According to opinion polls, however, the actual number of readers is much higher (290,000 in 2007). History Until 1971 the Danish postal service distributed mail twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon. When afternoon mail delivery was discontinued, ''Berlingske Aftenavis'' (''Berlingske Evening Newspaper''), which was the evening edition of the daily newspaper '' Berlingske Tidende'', had to cease publication, and ''Weekendavisen'' came into existence as a replacement, known for the first several years as ''Weekendavisen Berlingske Aften''. The owner and publisher of the paper is the Berlingske Officin. ''Weekendavisens logo contains the original coat of arms of ''Berlingske Tidende'', including the words "ANNO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekendavisen Book Award
The Weekendavisen Book Award is an annual literary award presented by the Danish newspaper ''Weekendavisen''. The nominees are selected om December by Weekendavisen's corps of literary critics and the final winner is selected by the readers. The ceremony takes place in January the following year. Recipients * 1980: Suzanne Brøgger for ''Brøg'' * 1981: Marie Hammer for ''Forsker i fem verdensdele'' * 1982: Villy Sørensen for ''Ragnarok'' * 1983: Jørgen Christian Hansen for ''Knæleren'' * 1984: Poul Behrendt for ''Bissen og dullen'' * 1985: Anna Sophie Seidelin for ''Genfortælling af det nye testamente'' * 1986: Bent William Rasmussen for ''En dag i Amerika'' * 1987: Peter Bastian for ''Ind i musikken'' * 1988: Peter Høeg for ''Forestilling om det tyvende århundrede'' * 1989: Ib Michael for ''Kilroy Kilroy'' * 1990: Peter Seeberg for ''Rejsen til Ribe'' * 1991: Søren Ulrik Thomsen for ''Hjemfalden'' * 1992: Birgitte Possing for '' Natalie Zahle. Viljens styrke'' * 1993: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Esmann
Frank Esmann (27 August 1939 - 27 November 2016) was a Danish journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of ''Weekendavisen'' from 1978 to 1984 and later worked for national Danish broadcaster DR. Biography Esmann was born in Odense and was educated as a journalist from the Danish School of Journalism. He began his career as a foreign correspondent in Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom. He returned to Denmark in 1976 and served as editor-in-chief of ''Weekendavisen ''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscription ...'' from 1978 to 1984. He then joined DR where he served as foreign correspondent in the US and Germany from 1988 to 1998. He then served as an anchorman at the DR2 late news programme ''Deadline''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Esmann , Frank 20th-century Danish journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Fog-Petersen
Otto Fog-Petersen 20 August 1914 - 10 June 2003) was a Danish journalist who served as editor-in-chief of Berlingske Aftenavis and later Weekendavisen. Biography Fog-Petersen was born in Nibe outside Aalborg and attended Sorø Academy. He was educated from Jydske Tidende. He joined Berlingske Media in 1937 and was appointed to editor-in-chief of Berlingske Aftenavis in 1951. He was a driving force behind the establishment of Weekendavisen ''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscription ... when Berlingske Aftenavis was closed in 1971. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fog-Petersen, Otto Berlingske people Weekendavisen people People from Nibe 1914 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Danish journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlingske Media
Berlingske Media (formerly Det Berlingske Officin A/S) is a Danish Copenhagen-based media company that owns many s, s and s. The main newspaper in the company, ''Berlingske Tidende'', now '''', is one of the world's oldest newspapers, having published its first issue on 3 January 1749. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tøger Seidenfaden Tøger Seidenfaden (28 April 1957 – 27 January 2011) was a Danish journalist and political scientist, and, from 1993 until his death, editor-in-chief of the broadsheet newspaper ''Politiken''. His father, Erik Seidenfaden, was also a journalist and was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dagbladet Information. He was editor-in-chief of ''Weekendavisen'' between 1987 and 1992 and managing director of TV 2 from 1992 to 1993. He was a long-time Bilderberg-attendee, and member of the Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David R ...'s Executive Committee. References External links ''Illustreret Bunker'', October 2004 (interview with Seidenfaden, "En moderat ekstremist", pp. 18-19) Hvilket Europa? 1957 births 2011 deaths Deaths from cancer in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |