Õhtuleht

Õhtuleht (Evening Paper) is the largest daily newspaper in Estonia. It is a tabloid newspaper. The newspaper is published in Tallinn in Estonian.^[2]

Õhtuleht

Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Schibsted and Ekspress Grupp
Founded	1944
Language	Estonian
Headquarters	Tallinn, Estonia
Circulation	31,700 (as of February 2024)[1]
Website	ohtuleht.ee

History and profile

Õhtuleht was established in 1944.^[3] On 3 July 2000 two rival tabloid papers in Estonia, Õhtuleht and Sõnumileht (The Messenger), merged, becoming SL Õhtuleht.^[4] On 6 October 2008 the name was shortened back to Õhtuleht.^[3]

The paper has a liberal-conservative political stance.^[3] It is owned by Eesti Meedia, which also owns Postimees and which in turn is owned by Schibsted,^[5] a Norwegian media group, and by Ekspress Grupp.

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 approximately 150,000 users.