Östgöta Correspondenten

Östgöta Correspondenten, commonly known as Corren, is a daily Swedish language newspaper in Linköping, Sweden.

Östgöta Correspondenten

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Norrköpings Tidningar AB
Founder(s)	Henrik Bernhard Palmær
Publisher	Correspondenten i Linköping AB
Founded	24 September 1838; 186 years ago (1838-09-24)
Language	Swedish
Headquarters	Linköping
Circulation	39,900 (2019)
Website	Corren

History and profile

Östgöta Correspondenten was first published in Linköping in 1838.^[1][2] The founder of the paper was Henrik Bernhard Palmær.^[1] Corren was controlled by the Ridderstad family for 168 years, but was sold to Norrköpings Tidningar AB in 2008^[3] for SEK 700 million.^[4] The publisher of the paper is Correspondenten i Linköping AB.^[5]

The paper was published in broadsheet format until 1 February 2005 when it switched to tabloid format.^[6][7] The stated position of the editorial page is liberal.^[8]

Circulation

In 1998 the circulation of Östgöta Correspondenten was 67,000 copies.^[9] The paper had a circulation of 67,200 copies in 2000^[8] and 63,000 copies in 2003^[10] and 62,000 copies in 2004.^[11] The circulation of the paper was 48,900 copies in 2012 and 39,900 copies in 2019.^[12]

See also

• List of Swedish newspapers

References

1. Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015.
2. "Sweden: historical and statistical handbook". Runeberg. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
3. Mart Ots (2011). "Competition and collaboration between Swedish newspapers – an overview and case study of a restructuring market" (Conference paper). University of Akkureyri. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
4. Based on an article in Swedish
5. David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
6. "11 Swedish dailies become tabloids". Media Culpa. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
7. "Newspapers Next Generation" (PDF). Boström Design and Development. 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
8. Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 30 November 2002. p. 628. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
9. Stig Hadenius; Lennart Weibull (1999). "The Swedish Newspaper System in the Late 1990s. Tradition and Transition" (PDF). Nordicom Review. 1 (1).
10. "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
11. "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
12. Frank Eriksson Barman (2014). "In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten" (Report). Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

External links

• Official website