''Neue Freie Presse'' ("New Free Press") was a
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newspaper
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founded by
Adolf Werthner together with the journalists
Max Friedländer and
Michael Etienne on 1 September 1864 after the staff had split from the newspaper ''
Die Presse
''Die Presse'' is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria.
History and profile
''Die Presse'' was first printed on 3 July 1848 as a liberal (libertarian)-bourgeoi ...
''. It existed until January 31, 1939.
Werthner was president of ''Oesterreichischen Journal-Aktien-Gesellschaft'', the business entity behind the newspaper.
In 1879,
Eduard Bacher became the editor-in-chief of the paper. The editor from 1908 to 1920, and eventual owner, was
Moriz Benedikt
Moriz Benedikt (sometimes spelled Moritz) (27 May 1849 – 18 March 1920), was a long-time editor of Neue Freie Presse and a powerful figure in Austrian politics and society.
Raised in a Jewish family in Krasice, he was the magazine's subedito ...
.
Journalists employed by the paper included "
Sil-Vara Gustav A. "Geza" Silberer (1 December 1876 – 5? 8? April 1938) was an Austrian journalist and author of Jewish extraction born in Werschetz who wrote in German under the pseudonym Sil-Vara.
Biography
Gustav Silberer (aka G. Sil-Vara) was a jour ...
" (pseudonym of Geza Silberer) and
Felix Salten
Felix Salten (; 6 September 1869 – 8 October 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian author and literary critic in Vienna.
Life and death
Salten was born Siegmund Salzmann on 6 September 1869 in Pest, Austria-Hungary. His father was Fülöp Salzmann, t ...
.
In Paris, its correspondent was
Raphael Basch,
Max Nordau, and from 1891,
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl; hu, Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah: Binyamin Ze'ev (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern po ...
, both founders of the
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
movement. Its music critics included
Eduard Hanslick
Eduard Hanslick (11 September 18256 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian. Among the leading critics of his time, he was the chief music critic of the '' Neue Freie Presse'' from 1864 until the end of his life. H ...
(1864–1904) and
Julius Korngold
Julius Leopold Korngold (24 December 1860 – 25 September 1945) was an Austrian music critic. He was the leading critic in early twentieth century Vienna, serving as chief music critic of the '' Neue Freie Presse'' from 1904 to 1934. His son w ...
(1904–1934).
Neue Freie Presse
''Schenker Documents Online''.
The paper was the frequent target of satirist Karl Kraus.
See also
*List of newspapers in Austria
The first newspaper was published in Austria in 1605. Until 1940 there were 16 newspapers in Vienna, Austria, but six of them were shut down, leaving ten. The number of national daily newspapers in Austria was 35 in 1950. It decreased to 17 in 196 ...
References
External links
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Some quotations
Neue Freie Presse online
1864 establishments in the Austrian Empire
1938 disestablishments in Austria
Defunct newspapers published in Austria
German-language newspapers published in Austria
Newspapers published in Vienna
Daily newspapers published in Austria
Publications established in 1864
Publications disestablished in 1938
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