Die Zeit
Die Zeit (German pronunciation: [diː ˈtsaɪt], lit. 'The Time') is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany.[3][4] The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles.[5]
For the Czechoslovakian newspaper (1935–1938), see Die Zeit (Prague).Type
Zeit-Verlag Gerd Bucerius GmbH & Co. KG
(Holtzbrinck family through DvH Medien GmbH 50%, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group 50%)
21 February 1946
574,492 (Print, 2020)
186,062 (Digital, 2020)[2]
History[edit]
The first edition of Die Zeit was first published in Hamburg on 21 February 1946.[6][7] The founding publishers were Gerd Bucerius, Lovis H. Lorenz, Richard Tüngel and Ewald Schmidt di Simoni. Another important founder was Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, who joined as an editor in 1946. She became publisher of Die Zeit from 1972 until her death in 2002, together from 1983 onwards with former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, later joined by Josef Joffe and former German federal secretary of culture Michael Naumann.
The paper's publishing house, Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius in Hamburg, is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Media. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays.[8]
As of 2018, Die Zeit has additional offices in Brussels, Dresden, Frankfurt, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Istanbul, Washington, D.C., and Vienna. In 2018, it re-opened an office in Beijing.[9]
Orientation[edit]
The paper is considered to be highbrow.[10] Its political direction is centrist and liberal[7] or left-liberal.[11]
Die Zeit often publishes dossiers, essays, third-party articles and excerpts of lectures of different authors emphasising their points of view on a single aspect or topic in one or in consecutive issues. It is known for its very large physical paper format (Nordisch) and its long and detailed articles.
Zeitmagazin International[edit]
Die Zeit has published Zeitmagazin International (sometimes also referred to as The Berlin State of Mind) twice a year since 2013. It contains articles from the weekly magazine which accompanies the newspaper, translated into English.
Controversy[edit]
Big Brother Award[edit]
In June 2019, the Zeit Online was awarded with the Big Brother Award in the category consumer protection.[16]
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