Jyllands-Posten
Jyllands-Posten is one of Denmark's largest daily newspapers, published in Danish and headquartered in the Aarhus area. It offers broad national and international news coverage and is generally regarded as following an economically liberal, centre-right editorial line. The paper attracted worldwide attention in 2005 when it published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, sparking widespread controversy.
Jyllands-Posten at a glance
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1871
- Owner
- JP/Politikens Hus
- Published from
- Aarhus
- Website
- jyllands-posten.dk ↗
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How Crosswire groups Jyllands-Posten
Crosswire groups Jyllands-Posten as Right-leaning for comparisons within Denmark's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Denmark, Information is listed as Left-leaning, while Politiken and DR are listed as Centrist — so you can open Jyllands-Posten beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Jyllands-Posten sits in Denmark's press
Jyllands-Posten was founded in 1871, is published from Aarhus and is owned by JP/Politikens Hus. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Denmark, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Politiken, Berlingske and Information. By outlets tracked, Denmark ranks 11th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Jyllands-Posten outside Denmark, starting with Northern Europe, are Aftenposten (Norway), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) and Postimees (Estonia). Opening one of them beside Jyllands-Posten is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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