''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily

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. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, since

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. ''Der Tagesspiegel'' is a liberal newspaper that is classified as

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media in the context of German politics.

History and profile

Founded on 27 September 1945 by Erik Reger, Walther Karsch and Edwin Redslob, ''Der Tagesspiegel'' main office is based in Berlin at Askanischer Platz in the locality of

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, about from Potsdamer Platz and the former location of the Berlin Wall. For more than 45 years, ''Der Tagesspiegel'' was owned by an independent trust. In 1993, in response to an increasingly competitive publishing environment, and to attract investments required for technical modernisation, such as commission of a new printing plant, and improved distribution, it was bought by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Its current publisher is Dieter von Holtzbrinck with editors in chief Stephan-Andreas Casdorff and . Pierre Gerckens,

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and Hermann Rudolph are editors of the newspaper. Some of the notable writers include Bas Kast and

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. The paper's main readership is in the western half of the city, due to the 1948 blockade having stopped its circulation in East Berlin and

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. The paper has recently been redesigned, introducing more colour and a clearer

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. In 2005 it was awarded the ''World's Best-Designed Newspapers'' Award by the '' Society for News Design'' in New York. It is owned by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, a member of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, and associated with the '' Wall Street Journal''. In 2009, Dieter von Holtzbrinck bought ''Der Tagesspiegel'' and ''

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'' from Holtzbrinck. From 2005 to 2008, American journalist Michael Scaturro edited the English-language version of ''Der Tagesspiegel'', which was known as '' The Berlin Paper''. In 2007 and 2008 ''Der Tagesspiegels Washington D.C. correspondent, Christoph von Marschall, was noted in both Germany and the United States for his coverage of

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's presidential campaign. He wrote a book entitled '' Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy''. The literal translation of its German title is "Barack Obama – the Black Kennedy". His book was a bestseller in Germany, where other commentators had also compared the two Americans.Germany's Got a Crush on Obama
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References

External links

Official website

Society for News Design Tagesspiegel World's Best-Designed Detail Page
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