dato (newspaper)
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| Type | Free daily newspaper |
| Format | Compact |
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| Owner | Det Berlingske Officin A/S |
| Editor | Steen Breiner |
| Founded | August 16, 2006 |
| Language | Danish |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Website: None. Defunct paper. | |
dato (Danish: date) was a Danish free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. Launched on August 16, 2006, the newspaper is 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. It was currently distributed in Metropolitan Copenhagen and the suburbs of Århus. [1] dato closed April 19, 2007 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.
[edit] See also
- Nyhedsavisen
- 24timer
- Centrum Aften
- MetroXpress
- URBAN
[edit] External links
- Official website (Danish)
- Berlingske Tidende article about the launch of dato (Danish)
- News story at Det Berlingske Officin (Danish)
- Gratisaviser kommer ikke ud (video) (Danish) – story from TV 2/Østjylland on the missing distribution on some editions of dato as well as 24timer (broadcasted August 25, 2006)
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