''Südwest Presse'' is a German daily newspaper based in

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

, which is distributed in Ulm,

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, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Landkreis Neu-Ulm. It is also the name of a regional cooperative venture (called a ''Zeitungsverbund'' – newspaper composite) of over 20 local publications that share regional and national features. All of these newspapers together cover about a third of

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. Südwest's publishing house Neue Pressegesellschaft prints most of them.

History

Circulation

The paid circulation of all regional imprints in 2012 was 294,251 (excluding ''Bietigheimer Zeitung'' and ''Eberbacher Zeitung''), while the paid circulation of the ''Südwest Presse'' newspaper was 59,959. The distribution area of Ulm, Neu-Ulm and Alb-Donau-Kreis overlaps with several other dailies, including ''

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'', the '' Augsburger Allgemeinen'' and the '' Stuttgarter Nachrichten'', and so there is a competitive relationship despite their correspondent and economic co-operation, detailed below. ''Südwest Presse'', along with most of its sister newspapers, is printed in

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format. A few of the smaller affiliated newspapers use

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style.

Regional News Network

The main office of Neue Pressegesellschaft in Ulm issues ''Südwest Presse''-produced national and regional stories for a large number of local publishers. The sections produced are ''Internationale und Bundes-Politik'' (international and federal politics), ''Wirtschaft'' (economy), ''Südwest-Umschau'' (Southwestern sights), ''Feuilleton'' (features), ''Kulturspiegel'' (cultural mirror), ''Brennpunkt'' (focus), ''Blick in die Welt'' (worldview), ''überregionaler Sport'' (sports in the region), ''Wochenendbeilage'' (weekend supplement), and ''Sonderveröffentlichungen'' (Special publications). Associated newspapers may use and adapt any of these sections in their own daily newspaper, which they combine with their own local news. The ''Südwest Presse'' daily prints almost all of these sections. It is one of the only local newspapers that operates (partly with other newspapers) its own correspondent offices (for instance, in Berlin, Moscow, Washington DC, Paris, London, Rome, and Stuttgart). A total of 18 publishers are behind the correspondent group, located in a region from Bad Mergentheim in the north to Villingen-Schwenningen in the southwest.

Other ventures

Neue Pressegesellschaft (NPG) has a 50 percent stake in the Märkisches publishing company, which produces

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. The other 50 percent is owned by ''Stuttgarter Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH'', which prints the ''

Stuttgarter Zeitung The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language daily newspaper (except Sundays) edited in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a run of about 200,000 sold copies daily. History and profile It was first edited ...

'' and the '' Stuttgarter Nachrichten''. ''Südwest'' has invested in some of the other local papers, including the ''Bietigheimer Zeitung'', the ''Hohenloher Tagblatt'' (69.2%), the ''Geislinger Zeitung'' (50%) and the ''

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'' (49%). They print a weekly

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for Ulm,

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and

Crailsheim Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Incorporated in 1338, it lies east of Schwäbisch Hall and southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district. The city's main attractions include two Evangelical churches, ...

, which includes classifieds. The company also owns ''Südwest Mail'', a local postal service.

Regional issues and associated newspapers

References

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