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

Barometern
Barometern offices in Kalmar
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Gota Media
Founded1841; 183 years ago (1841)
LanguageSwedish
HeadquartersKalmar
CountrySweden
WebsiteBarometern OT

History and profile

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Barometern was established in 1841.[2][3] The paper was published by the Tidningen Barometerns AB from 1903 to 1989.[2] Then it was published by a 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.[2][4] The company is the owner of Barometern OT[5] which is based in Kalmar.[6] 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.[7] Toge Forsberg served as the editor-in-chief of the paper[6] which is published six times per week.[1]

Circulation

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In 2010 Barometern OT sold 42,300 copies.[4] The circulation of the paper was 41,000 copies in 2012 and 40,300 copies in 2013.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anna Timchenko (November 2011). The Image of Ethnic Conationals abroad (MA thesis). University of Tampere. hdl:10024/83044.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jonas Ohlsson (2012). The Practice of Newspaper Ownership (PDF). Bohus: University of Gothenburg. ISBN 978-91-88212-98-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ Eric C. Bellquist (1941). "Emergency Regulations and the Press in Sweden". Journalism Quarterly. 18 (4): 356. doi:10.1177/107769904101800402. S2CID 151984104.
  4. ^ a b Mart Ots (2012). "Competition, Collaboration and Cooperation: Swedish Provincial Newspaper Markets In Transition". Journal of Media Business Studies. 9 (2): 48. doi:10.1080/16522354.2012.11073543.
  5. ^ "Gota Media AB". G2Mi. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b The Rotarian. Rotary International. July 1971. p. 23. ISSN 0035-838X.
  7. ^ Ole Munk (Spring 2002). "Redefining the whole process" (PDF). Design Journal (82).
  8. ^ 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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