- Hamburger Abendblatt
The "Hamburger Abendblatt" (English: "Hamburg Evening Newspaper") is a daily newspaper in
Hamburg ,Germany , published byAxel Springer AG . The paper used to appear Monday through Saturday only, but sinceOctober 29 ,2006 it has also published a Sunday edition to compete with the "Hamburger Morgenpost 's" introduction of a Sunday edition beginningNovember 5 ,2006 .The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and area, and produces regional supplements with news from
Norderstedt ,Ahrensburg ,Harburg , andPinneberg . Politically the paper is mildly conservative, but usually pro-government, including during SPD administrations.History
Four previous Hamburg newspapers had the word "Abendblatt" ("Evening Newspaper") in their title, including one named the "Hamburger Abendblatt", founded on
May 2 ,1820 .This incarnation of the "Hamburger Abendblatt", however, was first published after
World War II beginning onOctober 14 ,1948 , with an initial edition of 60,000 copies. It received a publishing license from the Hamburg Senate and MayorMax Brauer , making it the first daily paper of post-war Germany to receive a license from German rather than Allied occupation authorities. After about six months of operation, its circulation increased to 170,000 copies daily. Until the 1970s it was delivered in the afternoon, but it is now delivered in the early morning.References
*de icon cite web|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2002/10/18/82674.html|title = Hamburger Abendblatt - Wie alles begann . . .41: Die Serie über die Anfänge des Abendblatts | publisher = Hamburger Abendblatt | date =
November 18 ,2002 | accessdate = 2007-02-10 (The newspaper's own summary of its history.)External links
* [http://www.abendblatt.de/ Official website]
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