''Berliner Morgenpost'' is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in

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, 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 Funke Mediengruppe (formerly ''WAZ-Mediengruppe'') is Germany's third-largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered i ...

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.

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

External links

* {{Authority control 1898 establishments in Germany Daily newspapers published in Germany German-language newspapers German news websites Newspapers published in Berlin Newspapers established in 1898