The ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (KStA) is a German
daily newspaper
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published in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
, and has the largest circulation in the
Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide network of correspondents for local and regional news reporting.
History
The ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' first appeared in 1876 as a local equivalent of the national ''Kölnische Zeitung'' (''Cologne Gazette''). Toward the end of
World War II
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, both newspapers had to cease publication.
In October 1949 the ''Cologne Stadt-Anzeiger'' published again. Under fierce competition, it developed by the late 1950s into the leading newspaper of the Cologne region. Since 1960, Professor Alfred Neven DuMont of
M. DuMont Schauberg has been the sole editor of the newspaper. Since 2004, Konstantin Neven DuMont has been its managing director. Chief editor of the paper is Peter Pauls.
See also
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List of newspapers in Germany
The number of national daily newspapers in Germany was 598 in 1950, whereas it was 375 in 1965. Below is a list of newspapers in Germany, sorted according to printed run as of 2015, as listed aivw.dewhich tracks circulations of all publications in ...
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Irene Meichsner
Irene Meichsner (born 1952 in Bonn) is a German science journalist and author. She works for Kölner Stadtanzeiger, a newspaper in Cologne and as a freelance journalist and book author.
Background
Meichsner has studied philosophy and history a ...
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Gerhard Fauth
Gerhard Walter Fauth (April 19, 1915 – November 6, 2003) was a German journalist.
Life and work
Fauth was born in Dresden. As a school student, he gravitated to left-wing socialist circles close to the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany. In ...
References
* M. Manfred Pohl, M. DuMont Schauberg. DuMont Schauberg. The struggle for the independence of the newspaper publishing under the Nazi dictatorship, Frankfurt, New York,
Campus Verlag
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2009
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German-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Germany
Newspapers published in Cologne
Publications established in 1876
1876 establishments in Germany
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