Bulletin (online newspaper)

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Bulletin is a Swedish online newspaper founded in 2020. The stated position of the editorial page is libertarian conservative, and the newspaper has frequently been characterized as politically right-wing.[1][2][3][4] In 2021, Bulletin recruited Andrew Rosenthal, a former editor of The New York Times, as editor-in-chief, as well as Pelle Zachrisson from right-wing populist site Nyheter Idag as operative editor-in-chief.[5][1][6]

Since its start in late 2020, the site has mainly drawn attention for its internal conflicts, which have been extensively covered in Swedish media. In the site's first three months, several of its founders, original financiers, and the first two editors-in-chief, the political editor, and the cultural editor all resigned in protest amid leaked emails and video conference calls, a charge of anti-Semitism, police reports, plagiarism, and legal confusion.[7][8][9][10]

In October 2021, Bulletin's CEO Jannik Svensson was criticized for employing convicted triple murderer Ricard Nilsson as a legal representative at the newspaper's annual meeting of shareholders.[11]

In December 2021, owners Tino Sanandaji and Pontus Tholin each reported the other to the Swedish police for various types of fraud. Tholin stated that the paper should file for bankruptcy and that it was "a shadow of its former self".[12]

In February 2022, Bulletin was declared bankrupt by Stockholm District Court due to unpaid debts.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Amerikanen som ska leda Bulletin: Jag har ägnat hela mitt arbetsliv åt att hantera chefer". DN.SE. April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Paulina Neuding blir chefredaktör för ny högersajt – flera profiler värvas". DN.SE. November 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nu lanseras Bulletin. Nyhetssajt med högerprofil". Feber / Samhälle.
  4. ^ "Nu rustar högern och vänstern för strid om medierna". DN.SE. December 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Klein, Charlotte (7 April 2021). ""I Know Exactly What They Need": An Ex-Times Editor Plans to Whip a Struggling Swedish Start-Up Into Shape". Vanity Fair.
  6. ^ "Andrew Rosenthal ny chefredaktör för Bulletin: "Högst på min drömlista"". bulletin.nu.
  7. ^ "Bulletin inifrån: hån, hat och fem förtalsanmälningar (Bulletin from the inside: mockery, hatred and five police reports)". Journalisten. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Bulletins profiler lämnar nättidningen (Bulletin's profiles exit the news site)". Swedish Radio. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ Brännström, Leif (12 March 2021). "Hör när redaktionsmötet på Bulletin urartar i bråk (Listen to Bulletin's editorial meeting deteriorating into a fight)". Expressen. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ Ewald, Hugo; Laurell, Agnes (23 March 2021). "Tjugotal artiklar på Bulletin var plagierade (About twenty articles at Bulletin were plagiarised)". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Senaste turen i Bulletin – tar hjälp från trippelmördare".
  12. ^ "Bulletins storägare om hur de ska lösa konflikten". Dagens Opinion. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Bulletin AB försätts i konkurs". Stockholms tingsrätt (in Swedish). 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-02-18.