Östra Småland

Östra Småland, also known as Östran, was a local newspaper based in Kalmar, Sweden. The paper was in circulation between 1928 and 2019.

Östra Småland
TypeLocal newspaper
FormatTabloid format
Owner(s)Swedish Social Democratic Party
PublisherÖstra Småland AB
Founded1928
Political alignmentSocial democracy
LanguageSwedish
Ceased publication2019
HeadquartersKalmar
CountrySweden
ISSN1104-0416
OCLC number185290443

History and profile

Östra Småland was started in 1928.[1][2] The paper was owned by the Swedish Social Democratic Party.[3] It was published by Östra Småland AB, a subsidiary of Gota Media AB which acquired the company in 2011.[4][5][6] The paper had a social democratic political stance.[7] It was published in tabloid format.[8]

In the second half of the 1950s Östra Småland enjoyed higher levels of circulation.[1] In December 2019 the paper ceased publication due to low profitability.[4][9] Gunilla Persson was the last editor-in-chief of Östra Småland.[10]

References
  1. Jonas Ohlsson (2012). The Practice of Newspaper Ownership (PhD thesis). University of Gothenburg. hdl:2077/29101.
  2. Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden. Gothenburg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4.
  3. Patrick Jansson (September 2013). "Switching Costs in the Swedish Morning Newspaper Market". Lund University. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. Peter Akinder (25 November 2019). "Gota Media släcker lyset". Sydöstran (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. Mart Ots (2012). "Competition, Collaboration and Cooperation: Swedish Provincial Newspaper Markets In Transition". Journal of Media Business Studies. 9 (2): 43–63. doi:10.1080/16522354.2012.11073543.
  6. "Company Overview of Östra Småland AB". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. Anna-Sara Lind; Mia Lövheim; Ulf Zackariasson (2016). Reconsidering Religion, Law, and Democracy: New challenges for Society and Research. Nordic Academic Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-91-88168-23-8.
  8. "Newspapers Next Generation World wide trends" (PDF). Boström Design and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2015.
  9. Lovisa Åkesson (25 November 2019). "Tidningarna Östra Småland och Nyheterna läggs". Kvallsposten (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  10. Daniel Hultqvist (25 November 2019). "Gota Media lägger ner tidningar i Småland – så många drabbas". Smålands Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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