| Type | Free daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Det Berlingske Officin A/S |
| Editor | Steen Breiner |
| Founded | 16 August 2006 |
| Language | Danish |
| Ceased publication | 19 April 2007 |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Dato (Danish: date) is a defunct Danish free daily newspaper published in Denmark between 2006 and 2007.
History and profile
Launched on 16 August 2006,[1] Dato was Berlingske's offering in the "newspaper war" initiated by Dagsbrún's Nyhedsavisen. dato was, however, the first of the recent free dailies delivered to people's homes to begin publishing. The paper was owned by Det Berlingske Officin. It was distributed in Metropolitan Copenhagen and the suburbs of Århus.
The 2006 circulation of the paper was 200,000 copies in 2006.[2] It had a circulation of 400,000 copies in March 2007.[2]
Dato closed on 19 April 2007[1][3] and merged with another Danish free daily newspaper, Urban, also owned by Det Berlingske Officin. Det Berlingske Officin paid over 250 million DKK to publish the newspaper.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Dato 2nd victim of Danish Free paper war". Newspaper Innovation. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- 1 2 Piet Bakker (2007). "Free daily journalism – anything new?". Journalistika. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Henrik Søndergaard; Rasmus Helles (October 2010). "Media policies and regulatory practices in a selected set of European countries, the EU and the Council of Europe: The case of Denmark" (PDF). MEDIADEM. Archived from the original (Background information report) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Danish)
- Berlingske Tidende article about the launch of dato (in Danish)
- News story at Det Berlingske Officin (in Danish)
- Gratisaviser kommer ikke ud (video) (in Danish) – story from TV 2/Østjylland on the missing distribution on some editions of dato as well as 24timer (broadcast 25 August 2006)