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

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. It has regional correspondent offices in

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and

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. 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

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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

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...

, about from

Potsdamer Platz Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corne ...

and the former location of the

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. For more than 45 years, ''Der Tagesspiegel'' was owned by an independent

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. 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 Holtzbrinck Publishing Group () is a privately held German company based in Stuttgart which Holding company, owns publishing companies worldwide. Through Macmillan Publishers, it is one of the Publishing#Book publishing, Big Five English-langu ...

. Its current publisher is Dieter von Holtzbrinck with

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Stephan-Andreas Casdorff and . Pierre Gerckens,

Giovanni di Lorenzo Giovanni di Lorenzo (; born 9 March 1959) is an Italian-German journalist. Editor-in-chief (since 2004) of German nationwide weekly newspaper '' Die Zeit'' and former editor-in-chief of Berlin's liberal daily newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (19 ...

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

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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

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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 ''

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'' in New York. It is owned by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, a member of the

, and associated with the ''

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''. In 2009,

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Dieter von Holtzbrinck (born 29 September 1941 in Stuttgart) is one of the heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire, founded by his father Georg von Holtzbrinck (1909–1983) in 1948. In 2006, his wealth was estimated at around US$1 billion. He ...

bought ''Der Tagesspiegel'' and ''

Handelsblatt The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Du ...

'' 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 ''The Berlin Paper'' was the English-language version of the Berlin-based newspaper, ''Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. a ...

''. In 2007 and 2008 ''Der Tagesspiegels

correspondent,

Christoph von Marschall Christoph von Marschall (born 1959) is a German journalist working for the daily Berlin newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel.'' He is currently titled the diplomatic correspondent of the newspaper's editorial offices. During the period 2005 to 2013 he was ...

, was noted in both Germany and the United States for his coverage of

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...

's presidential campaign. He wrote a book entitled ''

Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy ''Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy'' ( en, Barack Obama – The black Kennedy) is a best-selling German-language biography of President of the United States Barack Obama by journalist Christoph von Marschall. The book was written by Marschall ...

''. 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
The Caucus: New York Times politics blog, 6 January 2008

References

External links

Official website

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