Hallandsposten is a Swedish local morning newspaper printed in Halmstad, Sweden. It is the major newspaper of Halmstad, Hylte and Laholm municipalities
 Headquarters in Halmstad | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Mediebolaget Västkusten, MBVK |
| Editor-in-chief | Herman Nikolic |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Political alignment | Independent liberal |
| Language | Swedish |
| Headquarters | Halmstad, Sweden |
| Circulation | 29,900 (2013) |
| Sister newspapers | Hallands Nyheter |
| ISSN | 1103-9361 |
| Website | Hallandsposten |
History and profile edit
Hallandsposten was established in 1850.[2] The first issue appeared on 30 July 1850.[3] The paper became daily in 1900, before that it was printed two times a week. One of the editors of the paper was Eric Hägge who served in the post in the early 1940s.[4]
Hallandsposten is part of the Mediebolaget Västkusten, MBVK, which also owns Hallands Nyheter.[3] Hallandsposten was published in broadsheet format until 2007 when it switched to tabloid format.[5] The paper has an independent liberal leaning.[3]
Hallandsposten was the first newspaper in Sweden to make old prints available to the public.[6] The newspaper has digitalised all print editions since 1931.[7] They are scanned, OCR-processed and available to the public.[8][9] Older prints were excluded because original quality was too low to OCR-process.
Circulation edit
The circulation of Hallandsposten was 32,200 copies in 1996.[2] It was 30,900 copies in 2010.[10] Next year the paper reached 120,000 readers.[3] The paper had a circulation of 29,100 copies in 2012 and 29,000 copies in 2013.[11]
References edit
- ^ Aili, Anders (30 July 2010). "Hallandsposten fyller 160 år i dag". hallandsposten.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b Western Europe 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 628. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ a b c d "The art of charging for content". adeprimo. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Rikard Westerberg (2020). Socialists at the Gate. Swedish Business and the Defense of Free Enterprise, 1940–1985 (PDF) (PhD thesis). Stockholm School of Economics. p. 72. ISBN 978-91-7731-180-5.
- ^ Ulrika Andersson (2013). "From Broadsheet to Tabloid: Content changes in Swedish newspapers in the light of a shrunken size". Observatorio (OBS) Journal. 7 (4).
- ^ "Hallandsposten är först i Sverige med att erbjuda läsarna ett 80 års digitalt tidningsarkiv". Newsdesk (in Swedish). 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Ahlberg, Ulrika (30 November 2013). "Allt i HP från 1931 fram till i går finns nu i arkivet". hallandsposten.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Nesser, Johannes (4 December 2013). "Hallandsposten öppnar digitalt arkiv". Journalisten (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Äldre årgångar av Hallandsposten i digitalt arkiv". Föreningen Gamla Halmstad (in Swedish). 22 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Hallandsposten". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ 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.