Berliner Tageszeitung

Berliner Tageszeitung
Type Daily newspaper
Founded 30 March 2004
Political alignment Liberal conservatism
Headquarters Berlin, Germany, Dallas, USA
Website BerlinerTageszeitung.com
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Berliner Tageszeitung (styled BERLINER TAGESZEITUNG and also known colloquially as BTZ) is a German daily online newspaper. It is liberal conservative in its editorial approach, which is determined not by the chief editor, but by the licensing society publishing this newspaper under the license issued on contractual basis for a fixed term. The licenser, BASILISK Inc., is located in the United States and has a subsidiary in Russia. The newspaper covers the following topics: politics, economics, science, sport, culture, media, Internet and entertainment. Since 2007, the newspaper has revived the name of the former Berliner Tageblatt as an alternate trademark.

Editorial board

Berliner Tageszeitung employs editors in such fields as politics, economy, sports, entertainment, culture, travel, media, science and the Internet. The articles it publishes include both reports written by the editors, reports from various news agencies, and purchased texts. Simon Rowles and Raiko Opitz act as Editor-in-chief.[1]

Publication

The newspaper has been published online seven days a week since 1 December 2004. A paywall is planned to be introduced at the end of 2014.[2]

Since March 30, 2004, Berliner Tageszeitung has also produced a daily podcast.

Names

Since July 31, 2007, the Berliner Tageszeitung has used the name of the defunct Berliner Tageblatt (published 1872–1939) as an alternate trademark. On that date the owner of the Berliner Tageszeitung trademark, Rosemarie Opitz, registered the use of the Berliner Tageblatt title with the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office). Both names are legally registered.[3][4]

Beginning April 1, 2014, the Berliner Tageblatt is a separate online publication from the Berliner Tageszeitung.

The publisher of the Berliner Zeitung, Berliner Verlag GmbH, considered the similarity of names between Berliner Zeitung and Berliner Tageszeitung a hindrance to the activities of their newspaper, and therefore asked the Berliner Tageszeitung to end use of the name. On 19 December 2007 the Landgericht Berlin found in favour of the claim and issued a prohibiting court order; this was subsequently reversed on 22 January 2008 by resolution of the Regional Court of Berlin.[5] Berliner Verlag appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Berlin (Kammergericht), but withdrew the appeal in a letter dated 7 August 2008. In a statement dated 22 July 2008 the Supreme Court of Berlin further explained that the appeal was denied pursuant to paragraph 2 sentence 1 of § 522 of the Code of Civil Procedure on the ground that it is unreasonable. On this basis the resolution of the Regional Court of Berlin of 22 January 2008 entered into force with urgency for the subsequent issuance of a court order providing the claims of the party.[6]

Editorial positions

Berliner Tageszeitung has been criticized for its liberal-conservative politics.

Many journalists at the Berliner Tageszeitung were initially critical of the 1996 German spelling reform. After the reform went into effect in 1999, the newspaper decided in 2004 to adopt its own company spelling, based on the "classical system of spelling". In October 2006, this system of spelling was amended with 350 pages. At the same time, a public campaign against the reform of spelling called Schlechtschreibreform was initiated.

Business

After the collapse of the dot-com bubble of the New Economy, the newspaper encountered problems. New sources of income were needed in addition to the traditional sources such as advertising, web banners, pop-savers and subscriptions. Thus, since 2006, the editorial board has published information data of enterprises in the economics and media segment.

According to the owner of the brand name, since according to well known legal practice the term of existence of publishing houses rarely exceeds a century, Berliner Tageszeitung has only two options for further sustainable development: an increased online presence or internationalisation. BASILISK Inc., the licensor, plans to continue its publication operations exclusively outside the US. In addition, increased focus will be placed on the development of such fields of activity as digitisation of printed products. In the online sector, the company plan to position the Berliner Tageszeiting as the "leading service-oriented news web page". Along with this, the E-Commerce sector should bring additional turnover. The separation of the Berliner Tageszeitung, Berliner Tageblatt and Berliner Wochenzeiting brands is part of the company's strategic planning to take advantage of their position as an online publisher with no large permanent staff or other trappings such as traditional paper newspapers have.[7][8]

Auberge Award

Since 2008, the Berliner Tageszeitung has awarded the Auberge Award to hotels and famous figures worldwide who are chosen by a jury based on readers' online votes.[9] The award ceremony takes place under the supervision of the notary on the basis of the choice of spectators. The inspiration for the award was taken from the ideas of hairdresser David Lowe, who on 25 January 1774 opened the world's first Grand Hotel in London's Covent Garden.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Impressum". BerlinerTageszeitung.com.
  2. ↑ "Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen [Terms and Conditions of Berliner Tageszeitung]". Retrieved 31 December 2012. Paywall, Point 11.
  3. ↑ "Registerauskunft: Berliner Tageblatt". Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Registerauskunft: Berliner Tageszeitung". Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Case number 103 O 298/07, Landgericht Berlin, Berliner Zeitung and Berliner Tageszeitung are not confused - Judgment by Landgericht Berlin - Archive: "The titles of Berliner Zeitung and Berliner Tageszeitung are not confusing."
  6. ↑ Supreme Court of Berlin - Kammergericht Case number 5 U 51/08: "Original Judgment, Landgericht Berlin - Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines - Berliner Tageszeitung vs Berliner Zeitung". 22 January 2008. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Reproduced at De Jure.org
  7. ↑ A. Lange (8 September 2011). "Gedruckte Zeitungen sind Nachrichten von gestern". Berliner Wochenzeitung.
  8. ↑ P. Hansen (27 July 2013). "Der leise Untergang der Printmedien". Berliner Tageszeitung.
  9. ↑ "Muscat Hyatt restaurant wins 2 awards". 25 May 2010. - from Oman Daily Observer.
  10. ↑ "Anh Quan Saken wird von BERLINER TAGESZEITUNG mit dem Auberge Award 2013 ausgezeichnet". Newsmax.de. 16 July 2013.

External links

  1. Official website
  2. Impressum
  3. Archive
  4. Twitter
  5. 167 Press Releases by Berliner Tageszeitung, externally reported by Newsmax Media
  6. 236 Press Releases by Berliner Tageszeitung, externally reported by INAR news Agency