The ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' is a local

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for

Lüdenscheid Lüdenscheid () is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region. Geography Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers whic ...

and the surrounding area in the southern part of the

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, Germany. It is the largest newspaper in Lüdenscheid. It is published every day except Sunday, sometimes even on public holidays. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004. The ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' is published by ''Märkischer Zeitungsverlag'', which also publishes the ''Meinerzhagener Zeitung'', the ''Altenaer Kreisblatt'', the ''Allgemeine Anzeiger'' (

Halver Halver () is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History Around 950 the ''Oberhof Halvara'' was first mentioned in the ''Werdener Probsteiregister''. For more than 500 years Halver was the seat of a Leagu ...

) and the ''Süderländer Volksfreund'' (

Werdohl Werdohl () is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Werdohl is located in the hills of the Sauerland, at a double meander of the river Lenne and its confluent, the Verse. The highest elevation is ...

). The ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' cooperates editorially and technically with the ''Süderländer Tageblatt'' (

Plettenberg Plettenberg (; Westphalian: ''Plettmert'') is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Plettenberg is located to the west of the Sauerland hills. The highest elevation of the town area is in the Ebbe Mount ...

) and the ''Mendener Zeitung''. The total circulation of all the above, printed in

Meinerzhagen Meinerzhagen (; sometimes spelled Meinertzhagen) is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Meinerzhagen is located in the hills of the Sauerland. The highest elevation is the Nordhelle with 652 m above sea l ...

, is approximately 48,000 copies. The ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' is a local newspaper that takes all its regional news from the ''Westfälische Anzeiger'', which is published in

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and also supplies the regional news for a number of other newspapers. The ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' belongs to Dirk Ippen's media group, which also includes the ''Münchner Merkur'', the tabloid newspaper ''tz'' (

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), the ''Kreiszeitung'' in Syke, the ''Oranienburger Generalanzeiger'', the ''Altmark-Zeitung'', the ''Fehmarnsche Tageblatt'', the ''Offenbach-Post'' in

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, and the ''

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'' in

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. The chief editor of the ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' is Hans Willems.

Restructuring

As with many other newspapers, restructuring measures have also cost the ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' jobs in recent years. In 2004, the online edition and accounting were taken over by the editorial staff of the ''Westfälischer Anzeiger in

, resulting in the loss of jobs in

. In 2006, the ''Lüdenscheider Nachrichten'' dismissed its photo editors, the work being taken over by the editors of the respective departments or freelancers. The companies left the

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, and new employees are no longer paid according to collective bargaining agreements. A large part of the reporting now comes from freelancers.

People at LN

* Dirk Ippen, owner * Volker Griese, journalist

External links

Website of the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten

Main page: Westfälischer Anzeiger

Restructuring

People at LN

External links

See also