Ostsee_Zeitung

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Ostsee-Zeitung

German regional daily newspaper

The Ostsee-Zeitung (abbreviated OZ) is a German language regional daily newspaper published in Rostock, Germany. It was launched in East Germany in 1952 and has been in circulation since then.

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History and profile

Ostsee-Zeitung HQ in Rostock, Mecklenburg

Founded in 1952,[1] Ostsee-Zeitung was one of the newspapers published in East Germany before the German reunification.[2][3] The paper was owned the Socialist Unity Party during this period.[2][4] As of 1959 the paper had thirteen local editions.[5] The paper is based in Rostock[6][7] and is published in Rheinisch format.[8]

Ostsee-Zeitung was part of the Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH, a subsidiary of the Axel Springer group, until 2008.[2][9] The group acquired the shares in the paper in 1990.[10] The Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH, a subsidiary of the Madsack group, bought the Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH in February 2009.[2][11] The Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH is a subsidiary of the Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH.[12] The Madsack group also owns Freie Presse, Göttinger Tageblatt, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Kieler Nachrichten, Leipziger Volkszeitung, and Lübecker Nachrichten.[13]

The publisher of Ostsee-Zeitung is the Ostsee Zeitung publishing house.[6] The paper has ten local editions.[9][11]

Ostsee-Zeitung is regarded as part of the regional identity of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[14]

Circulation

The circulation of Ostsee-Zeitung was 232,100 copies in the mid-1990s before the unification.[3] In 2001 the paper sold 191,000 copies.[8] Its circulation was 181,046 copies in the second quarter of 2003.[15]

References

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    "Ostsee Zeitung". University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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    Andrea Czepek; Ulrike Klinger (2010). "Media Pluralism Between Market Mechanisms and Control: The German Divide". International Journal of Communication. 4: 820–843. doi:10.5167/uzh-39473.
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    Pierre Musso; Philippe Souêtre; Lionel Levasseur (1995). The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. p. 86. ISBN 978-92-871-2807-2.
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    Duncan Smith (1988). Walls and Mirrors: Western Representations of Really Existing German Socialism in the German Democratic Republic. Lanham, MD; London: University Press of America. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8191-6710-1.
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    John Brown Mason (June 1959). "Government, Administration, and Politics in East Germany: A Selected Bibliography". American Political Science Review. 53 (2): 516. doi:10.2307/1952161. JSTOR 1952161. S2CID 251095627.
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    "New façade for Ostsee Zeitung newspaper publishing house in Rostock/Germany". Inros Lackner. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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    Knut Hickethier (2014). "The Media in Germany". In Anthony Weymouth; Bernard Lamizet (eds.). Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media. London; New York: Routledge. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-317-88969-4.
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    Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". Campaign. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Triple-width newspaper presses also on the advance in Germany". König and Bauer. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Axel Springer Group: landmarks". Ketupa. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. [11]
    Michael Spinner-Just (26 September 2011). "Ostsee-Zeitung stays on course in the mailroom". WAN IFRA. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. [12]
    "Ostsee Zeitung GmbH". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  13. [13]
    Martin Pelzl (14 November 2010). "Leipzig? Never heard of it!". Goethe-Institut. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  14. [14]
    Sonja Kleinke (2000). "Women and Headline-Policy in German and English Local Daily Newspapers". In Friedrich Ungerer (ed.). English Media Texts, Past and Present: Language and Textual Structure. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 68. ISBN 90-272-5099-5.
  15. [15]
    David Ward (2004). "A mapping study of media concentration and ownership in ten European countries" (PDF). Commissariaat voor de Media. Hilversum. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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