''Õhtuleht'' (''Evening Paper'') is the largest daily newspaper in

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. It is a tabloid

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. The newspaper is published in

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in the

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History and profile

''Õhtuleht'' was established in 1944. On 3 July 2000 two rival tabloid papers in Estonia, ''Õhtuleht'' and ''

Sõnumileht ''Sõnumileht'' was an Estonian tabloid newspaper between 1995 and 2000. The newspaper was published in the Estonian language, and was one of the country's most popular tabloid-style productions. It was first published in 1995. At first it was a ...

'' (''The Messenger''), merged, becoming ''SL Õhtuleht''. Since 6 October 2008 the name was shortened back to ''Õhtuleht''. The paper has a liberal-conservative political stance. It is owned by Eesti Meedia which also owns ''

Postimees ''Postimees'' () is an Estonian daily newspaper established on 5 June 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In 1891, it became the first daily newspaper in Estonia. Its current editor-in-chief is Priit Hõbemägi. The paper has approximately 250 ...

'' and which in turn is owned by

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, a Norwegian media group, and by

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. ''Õhtuleht'' is available online at Ohtuleht.ee. Initially, at first the online version was just a copy of the paper, but now is turning into an online news stream and an entertainment centre with approx. 150,000 users.

References

External links

Õhtuleht online
Newspapers published in Estonia Estonian-language newspapers Mass media in Tallinn Publications established in 1944 1944 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Estonia-newspaper-stub