Lausitzer Rundschau

Lausitzer Rundschau
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Publisher LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH
Founded 20 May 1946
Language German
Headquarters Cottbus
Website Lausitzer Rundschau

Lausitzer Rundschau is a German language daily regional newspaper published in Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany.

History and profile

Lausitzer Rundschau was first published on 20 May 1946.[1] In 1952 the offices of the paper moved to Görlitz and the paper was consisted of eight pages.[1] The paper was owned by the Socialist Unity Party before German reunification.[2][3] On 5 August 1952 the paper moved to its current headquarters in Cottbus.[1][4]

Following the unification the owner of the daily became Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.[2][5][6] The company also owns other newspapers, including Saarbrücker Zeitung.[7][8]

Lausitzer Rundschau is published in tabloid format by a subsidiary of the Saarbrücker Zeitung Group,[9][10] LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH.[11] In September 2012 the majority share of Saarbrücker Zeitung Group was acquired by Rheinische Post Mediengruppe.[12]

The paper serves the states of Brandenburg and Saxony,[9] and has 13 editions.[6][13] Since 2 March 2006 LR-Woche, a free weekly tabloid, has been delivered with the paper.[14]

Lausitzer Rundschau was called Lügenrudi (meaning Liar Tom in English) when it was published in East Germany.[3] The daily publishes extensive reports on neo-nazi activity in the region.[9] The offices of Lausitzer Rundschau has been target for the attacks by right-wing extremists in Lübbenau and Spremberg.[9][15]

The circulation of Lausitzer Rundschau was 100,000 copies in January 1954.[1] In the second quarter of 2003 the paper had a circulation of 136,259 copies.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Geschichte". Lausitzer Rundschau. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "United Germany Today: Clearly Western, Still Divided, or Still Searching?" (PDF). New York University. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dominic Boyer (1 December 2005). Spirit and System: Media, Intellectuals, and the Dialectic in Modern German Culture. University of Chicago Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-226-06891-6. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tabloid Format Used to Counter Falling Circulation". Muller Martini USA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Andrea Czepek; Ulrike Klinger (2010). "Media Pluralism Between Market Mechanisms and Control: The German Divide" (PDF). International Journal of Communication 4. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lausitzer Rundschau to join Saarbrücker Zeitung´s CCI editorial system" (PRESS RELEASE). CCI Europe. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 David Ward (2004). "A mapping study of media concentration and ownership in ten European countries" (PDF). Commissariaat voor de Media. Hilversum. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Anthony Weymouth; Bernard Lamizet (3 June 2014). Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media. Taylor & Francis. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-317-88969-4. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Catherine Stupp (15 September 2014). "Vandals lash out against local newspaper for reporting on right-wing extremists". XIndex. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rheinische Post Media Group" (PRESS RELEASE). euroscript. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lausitzer Rundschau" (PDF). Zeitungslandschaft. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rheinische Post Mediengruppe acquires majority shareholding in the Saarbrücker Zeitungsgruppe". Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Lausitzer Rundschau". Rheinische Post Medien Gruppe. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "The march of the non-dailies" (PDF). FDN Newsletter (15). March 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Neo-Nazis Suspected in Torching of Journalist's Car". Reporters without Borders. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

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