Barometern

Barometern OT
Type Newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Gota Media
Founded 1841 (1841)
Language Swedish
Headquarters Kalmar
Circulation 40,300 (2013)
Website Barometern OT

Barometern OT is a Swedish language local newspaper published in Kalmar, Sweden. It is the leading paper in its circulation area.[1]

History and profile

Barometern offices in Kalmar

Barometern OT was established in 1841.[2] The paper was published by the Tidningen Barometerns AB from 1903 to 1989.[2] Then it was published by the stock corporation, Barometern-OT AB, between 1990 and 2002.[2] In 2003 the paper merged with three newspapers, namely Blekinge Läns Tidning, Borås Tidning and Smålandsposten, to create the joint holding company Gota Media.[3] The company is the owner of Barometern OT[4] which is based in Kalmar.[5] Since 1963 another local paper, Oskarshamns-Tidningen, has been published as an edition of the paper.[2]

Barometern OT has been published in tabloid format since 24 April 2001.[6] Toge Forsberg served as the editor-in-chief of the paper[5] which is published six times per week.[1]

Circulation

In 2010 Barometern OT had a circulation of 42,300 copies.[3] The circulation of the paper was 41,000 copies in 2012 and 40,300 copies in 2013.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Anna Timchenko (November 2011). "The Image of Ethnic Conationals abroad" (PDF). University of Tampere. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jonas Ohlsson (2012). The Practice of Newspaper Ownership (PDF). Bohus: University of Gothenburg. ISBN 978-91-88212-98-6. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Mart Ots (2011). "Competition and collaboration between Swedish newspapers – an overview and case study of a restructuring market" (Conference Paper). University of Akkureyri. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. "Gota Media AB". G2Mi. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 The Rotarian. Rotary International. July 1971. p. 23. ISSN 0035-838X. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. Ole Munk (Spring 2002). "Redefining the whole process" (PDF). Design Journal (82). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. Frank Eriksson Barman (2014). "In search of a profitability framework for the local daily newspaper industry. A case study at Göteborgs-Posten" (Report). Gothenburg: Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

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