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''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a
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by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the '' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', the ''
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...
'' and the ''
Frankfurter Rundschau The ''Frankfurter Rundschau'' (FR) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition (see link below) as well as an e-pa ...
''. The modern paper takes a self-described "liberal
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" position in editing, but it is generally considered to be conservative."The World from Berlin"
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Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
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As of 2016, the average circulation of ''Die Welt'' is about 180,000. The paper can be obtained in more than 130 countries. Daily regional editions appear in Berlin and Hamburg. A daily regional supplement also appears in
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. The main editorial office is in Berlin, in conjunction with the '' Berliner Morgenpost''. ''Die Welt'' was a founding member of the European Dailies Alliance, and has a longstanding co-operation with comparable daily newspapers from other countries, including '' The Daily Telegraph'' (UK), '' Le Figaro'' (France), and ''
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'' (Spain). From 2004 to 2019, the newspaper also published a
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edition entitled ''Welt Kompakt'', a 32-page cut-down version of the main
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targeted to a younger public. The paper does not appear on Sundays, but the linked publication '' Welt am Sonntag'' takes its place.


History

''Die Welt'' was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on '' The Times''. It originally carried news and British-viewpoint editorial content, but from 1947 it adopted a policy of providing two leading articles on major questions, one British and one German. The newspaper was bought by Axel Springer in 1953. The 1993 circulation of the paper was 209,677 copies. At its peak in the occupation period, it had a circulation of around a million. In 2002 the paper experimented with a Bavarian edition. In November 2010, a redesign for the newspaper was launched, featuring a new logo with a dark blue globe, a reduced number of columns from seven to six, and typography based on the Freight typeface designed by Joshua Darden. ''Welt Kompakt'' was also redesigned to use that typeface. In 2009, the Sunday edition '' Welt am Sonntag'' was recognized as one of the "World's Best-Designed Newspapers" by the Society for News Design, along with four other newspapers. On 2 May 2014, the Swiss German business magazine ''
BILANZ ''Bilanz'' is a German language biweekly business magazine published in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2014, the magazine started its edition published in Germany. History and profile ''Bilanz'' was established in 1977 as a successor of ''Wirtschaft ...
'' began to be published as a monthly supplement of ''Die Welt''. On 18 January 2018 the German TV channel N24 changed its name to
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Bans

The paper was banned in Egypt in February 2008 due to the publication of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.


''Welt''-Literaturpreis

Since 1999, the ''Die Welt'' book supplement ''Die Literarische Welt'' ("The Literary World") has presented an annual literature prize available to international authors. The award is in honor of Willy Haas who founded ''Die Literarische Welt'' in 1925.


Recipients

* 1999
Bernhard Schlink Bernhard Schlink (; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel ''The Reader'', which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Earl ...
* 2000 Imre Kertész * 2001 Pat Barker * 2002
Leon de Winter Leon de Winter (born 24 February 1954) is a Dutch writer and columnist. Early life Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in a Jewish orthodox family and attended City Grammar Schoo ...
* 2003 Jeffrey Eugenides * 2004 Amos Oz * 2005 Yasmina Reza * 2006 Rüdiger Safranski * 2007 Daniel Kehlmann * 2008
Hans Keilson Hans Alex Keilson (; 12 December 1909 – 31 May 2011) was a German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an active member of the Dutch re ...
* 2009 Philip Roth * 2010 Claude Lanzmann * 2011 * 2012
Zeruya Shalev Zeruya Shalev ( he, צרויה שלו, born 13 May 1959) is a bestselling Israeli author. Biography Zeruya Shalev was born on Kibbutz Kinneret. She has an MA in Bible studies and works as a literary editor at Keshet publishing house. On 29 Ja ...
* 2013 Jonathan Franzen *2014
Murakami Haruki is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his ...
*2015
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
*2016 Zadie Smith *2018
Virginie Despentes Virginie Despentes (; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Work Despentes' work is an inventory of ...
*2019 Salman Rushdie


Editors

* Rudolf Küstermeier (1946–1953) * Bernhard Menne (1950) * Paul Bourdin (1950) * Hans Scherer, Adalbert Worliczek, Adolf Helbig (1950–1952) * Albert Komma (1952–1953) * Hans Zehrer (1946 / 1953–1966) * Herbert Kremp (1969–1985) * Manfred Schell (1985–1992) * Peter Gillies (1985–1988)/(1992–1995) * Claus Jacobi (1993–1995) * Thomas Löffelholz (1995–1998) *
Mathias Döpfner Mathias Döpfner (born 15 January 1963) is a German businessman and journalist. He is the CEO and 22% owner of media group Axel Springer SE, and president of the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV). Early li ...
(1998–2000) * Wolfram Weimer (2000–2002) * Jan-Eric Peters (2002 – 31 December 2006) * Thomas Schmid (1 January 2007 – 2010) * Jan-Eric Peters (since 2010)''Thomas Schmid wird Herausgeber der WELT-Gruppe/ BERLINER MORGENPOST''
Axel Springer SE press release


See also

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William Denholm Barnetson William Denholm Barnetson, Baron Barnetson (born 21 March 1917, Edinburgh – 12 March 1981, Westminster, London) was a newspaper proprietor and television executive. Early life and education He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh ...
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Media of Germany Mass media in Germany includes a variety of online, print, and broadcast formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. History The modern printing press developed in Mainz in the 15th century, and its innovative technology sprea ...


References


Further reading

* Merrill, John C., and Harold A. Fisher. ''The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers'' (1980) pp. 353–60


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Welt 1946 establishments in Germany Axel Springer SE Centre-right newspapers Conservative media in Germany Daily newspapers published in Germany German-language newspapers German news websites Liberal conservatism Newspapers published in Hamburg Newspapers published in Berlin Publications established in 1946