Editing Odense (section)

==Media==
[[File:Denmark-Odense-Fyens Stiftstidende.jpg|thumb|The publishing house of ''[[Fyens Stiftstidende]]'']]
Odense is the centre for media activity on Funen, and the hub of the regional network. Its principal newspaper is ''[[Fyens Stiftstidende]]'', a daily broadsheet owned by [[Den Fynske Bladfond]] and published by [[Fyens Stiftstidende A/S]], which was established on 3 January 1772.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fyens.dk/koncernen|title=Fyens Stiftstidende Om Fyens Stiftstidende-koncernen|publisher=Fyens.dk|language=da|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813203220/http://www.fyens.dk/koncernen|archive-date=13 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 1841 the newspaper was known as ''Kongelig Priviligerede Odense Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger'', and on 13 April 1993 the newspaper changed its 221-year-old tradition as a midday newspaper, to a morning paper. In 2013, it had an average circulation of 47,738, down from some 60,500 in 2005.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Massemedier/Medier_og_dagblade,_Danmark/Fyens_Stiftstidende|title=Fyens Stiftstidende|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=6 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> The editor in chief, [[Per Westergård]], chairs the board of the [[Centre for Journalism (University of Southern Denmark)|Centre for Journalism]] at the University of Southern Denmark, one of the two university journalism departments in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danskemedier.dk/nyhed/publicistpris-til-per-westergard-fynske-medier/|title=Publicistpris til Per Westergård, Fynske Medier|publisher=Danske Medier|access-date=6 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediawatch.dk/Navne/article5186992.ece|title=Per Westergård fylder 60 år|date=5 July 2012 |publisher=Media Watch|access-date=6 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> Denmark's largest [[university press]], the [[University Press of Southern Denmark]], is also based in Odense. It was founded in 1966 as ''Odense University Press'' (''Odense Universitetsforlag''), and its authors are mainly academics from the University of Southern Denmark.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.universitypress.dk/shop/profile.html|title=Om Syddansk Universitetsforlag|publisher=Syddansk Universitetsforlag|access-date=6 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

The television station [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]], fully owned by the state since 2003, is based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988 as a privately owned company, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ([[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Massemedier/Tv-stationer_og_institutioner,_danske/TV_2|title=TV2 |encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=6 July 2014 |language=da}} With 13 channels since 2013, the station now broadcasts over 40,000 hours per year.</ref> Since 2007, TV 2 has had about 1,000 employees. Now operating six channels, TV 2 now broadcasts over 40,000 hours of television programmes per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://omtv2.tv2.dk/index.php?id=1300|title=25 år med TV 2|publisher=TV 2|access-date=6 July 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235457/http://omtv2.tv2.dk/index.php?id=1300|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>