Die Welt Explained

Type:Daily newspaper
Foundation:2 April 1946
Publisher:Stefan Aust
Headquarters:Berlin, Germany
Issn:0173-8437

("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group, and considered a newspaper of record in Germany. Its leading competitors are the, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Frankfurter Rundschau.The modern paper takes a self-described "liberal cosmopolitan" position in editing, but it is generally considered to be conservative.[1] [2] [3]

As of 2014, the average circulation of is about 180,000.[4] The paper can be obtained in more than 130 countries. Daily regional editions appear in Berlin and Hamburg. A daily regional supplement also appears in Bremen. The main editorial office is in Berlin, in conjunction with the Berliner Morgenpost.

was a founding member of the European Dailies Alliance, and has a longstanding co-operation with comparable daily newspapers from other countries, including The Daily Telegraph (UK), (France), and ABC (Spain).[5]

From 2004 to 2019, the newspaper also published a compact edition entitled Welt Kompakt, a 32-page cut-down version of the main broadsheet targeted to a younger public. The paper does not appear on Sundays, but the linked publication Welt am Sonntag takes its place.

History

was founded in Hamburg in 1946[6] by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times. It originally carried news and British-viewpoint editorial content, but from 1947 it adopted a policy of providing two leading articles on major questions, one British and one German. The newspaper was bought by Axel Springer in 1953.

The 1993 circulation of the paper was 209,677 copies.[7] At its peak in the occupation period, it had a circulation of around a million.[8]

In 2002 the paper experimented with a Bavarian edition.

In November 2010, a redesign for the newspaper was launched, featuring a new logo with a dark blue globe, a reduced number of columns from seven to six, and typography based on the Freight typeface designed by Joshua Darden. Welt Kompakt was also redesigned to use that typeface.[9] [10] In 2009, the Sunday edition Welt am Sonntag was recognized as one of the "World's Best-Designed Newspapers" by the Society for News Design, along with four other newspapers.[11]

On 2 May 2014, the Swiss German business magazine BILANZ began to be published as a monthly supplement of .[12] [13]

On 18 January 2018 the German TV channel N24 changed its name to Welt.[14]

Bans

The paper was banned in Egypt in February 2008 due to the publication of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[15] [16]

Welt-Literaturpreis

Since 1999, the book supplement Die Literarische Welt ("The Literary World") has presented an annual literature prize available to international authors. The award is in honor of Willy Haas who founded Die Literarische Welt in 1925.

Recipients

Editors

Criticism

Die Welt has repeatedly been criticized for publishing climate-sceptic articles. A study published in 2017, which examined the publications of various newspapers over a period of one year from June 2012 to May 2013, found that 43% articles included in the sample were climate-sceptical, the highest value of all German newspapers.[37]

During the COVID-19-pandemic, the newspaper was criticized by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation for adopting right-wing populist talking points and misinformation about COVID-19.[38]

Liz Fekete criticized the newspaper in 2024 for uncritically adopting Israel's talking points on the Middle East conflict, to the disadvantage of Palestinians, and spreading false information about the prevalence of antisemitism among immigrants.[39]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,669254,00.html "The World from Berlin"
  2. https://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2010/10/germany_celebrates_reunification "Divided on unification"
  3. Book: Heimy Taylor, Werner Haas . German: A Self-Teaching Guide . ... They represent different political opinions—for instance, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (liberal), the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (conservative-liberal), or Die Welt (conservative). Add to that (literally: to that, come) political ... . 2007 . 243 . John Wiley & Sons . 9780470165515 .
  4. Web site: Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V.. 28 September 2014. 11 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042441/http://www.ivw.eu/aw/print/qa/titel/6751?quartal%5B20161%5D=20161&quartal%5B20162%5D=20162. dead.
  5. News: 10 May 2001 . Quatre quotidiens conservateurs scellent une alliance européenne . Four conservative dailies seal a European alliance . live . fr . . https://archive.today/20240324142843/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/05/10/quatre-quotidiens-conservateurs-scellent-une-alliance-europeenne_4176421_1819218.html . 24 March 2024 . 24 March 2024.
  6. Web site: European News Resources. NYU Libraries. 24 January 2015. 28 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112921/http://guides.nyu.edu/content.php?pid=74313&sid=704214. dead.
  7. Book: Peter Humphreys. Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. 1996. Manchester University Press. 82. 9780719031977 . 29 October 2014.
  8. Patricia Meehan, A Strange Enemy People: Germans Under the British 1945–50. London: Peter Owen, 2001, pp. 176–9. .
  9. Web site: WELT-Redesign: größere Schrift, weniger Bilder . 22 November 2010. Fontblog.
  10. Web site: Joshua Darden . MyFonts.
  11. http://www.snd.org/2009/02/snd30-five-papers-named-worlds-best-designed/ Five papers named world's best designed
  12. News: Markus Knöpfli. Die Bilanz geht in die Welt. 30 April 2015. Medien Woche. 2 May 2014. de.
  13. News: BILANZ – The German Business Magazine. 30 April 2015 . INMA.org.
  14. Web site: Renner . Kai-Hinrich . N24 wird Welt – Springer sendet News unter neuem Namen . . 19 February 2022 . de-DE . 17 January 2018.
  15. News: Der Spiegel issue on Islam banned in Egypt. 29 September 2013. France24. 2 April 2008.
  16. Web site: Leading German Magazine Banned in Egypt. The Arab Press Network. 9 September 2014. 3 April 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200135/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/articlesv2.php?id=2081. 10 September 2014. dead.
  17. Web site: WELT-Literaturpreis an Imre Kertész in Berlin verliehen . Buch Markt . de . 10 November 2000 . 11 November 2012.
  18. Web site: WELT-Literaturpreis 2001 an Pat Barker. Buch Markt. de . 23 October 2010 . 11 November 2012.
  19. Web site: Leon de Winter erhält WELT-Literaturpreis . Buch Markt. de . 8 November 2002 . 11 November 2012.
  20. Web site: Jeffrey Eugenides erhält WELT-Literaturpreis . Buch Markt . de . 14 October 2003 . 11 November 2012 . 8 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160508081710/http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/9955-jeffrey-eugenides-erhaelt-welt-literaturpreis.htm?hilite=-WELT-Literaturpreis- . dead .
  21. Web site: WELT-Literaturpreis an Amos Oz verliehen . Berliner Morgenpost. de . 13 November 2004 . 11 November 2012.
  22. Web site: Yasmina Reza erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2005 für ihr Lebenswerk . Buch Markt . de . 7 October 2005 . 11 November 2012 . 2 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002191335/http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/18807-yasmina-reza-erhaelt-welt-literaturpreis-2005-fuer-ihr-lebenswerk.htm?hilite=-WELT-Literaturpreis- . dead .
  23. Web site: Rüdiger Safranski erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2006 . Buch Markt . de . 29 September 2006 . 11 November 2012.
  24. Web site: Welt-Literaturpreis für Daniel Kehlmann . . de . 6 October 2007 . 11 November 2012.
  25. Web site: WELT-Literaturpreis 2008 für Hans Keilson . . de . 17 October 2008 . 11 November 2012.
  26. Web site: Philip Roth erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2009 . . de . 1 October 2009 . 11 November 2012.
  27. Web site: Auszeichnung: Claude Lanzmann erhält den "Welt"-Literaturpreis . . de . 2 October 2010 . 11 November 2012.
  28. Web site: Albert Ostermaier beherrscht Kunst der Literatur. . Von Dominique Horwitz . de . 4 November 2012 . 11 November 2012.
  29. Web site: German paper awards J'lem author literary prize . . Benjamin Weinthal . 11 November 2012 . 11 November 2012.
  30. News: Jonathan Franzen erhält den "Welt"-Literaturpreis . de. Die Welt . Richard Kämmerlings . 4 October 2013 . 6 October 2013.
  31. News: Haruki Murakami erhält "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2014 . de. Die Welt . Richard Kämmerlings . 3 October 2014. 13 October 2014.
  32. News: "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2015 an Karl Ove Knausgård . Die Welt . de . 18 September 2015 . 24 September 2015.
  33. News: "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2016 für Zadie Smith . de . Die Welt . 7 October 2016 . 10 October 2016.
  34. Web site: Virginie Despentes erhält den WELT-Literaturpreis . de . Die Welt . 5 October 2018 . 25 March 2018.
  35. News: Salman Rushdie erhält den WELT-Literaturpreis 2019 . de . Die Welt . 11 October 2019 . 18 October 2019.
  36. http://www.axelspringer.de/presse/Thomas-Schmid-wird-Herausgeber-der-WELT-Gruppe-BERLINER-MORGENPOST_1054941.html Thomas Schmid wird Herausgeber der WELT-Gruppe/ BERLINER MORGENPOST
  37. Schmid-Petri . Hannah . 2017-07-04 . Do Conservative Media Provide a Forum for Skeptical Voices? The Link Between Ideology and the Coverage of Climate Change in British, German, and Swiss Newspapers . Environmental Communication . en . 11 . 4 . 554–567 . 10.1080/17524032.2017.1280518 . 1752-4032.
  38. Book: Bals, Gereon . Von „Scheinkatastrophen“, „Klimadiktatur“ und „Seuchensozialismus“ – rechte Erzählungen zur Corona- und Klimakrise . 2021-06-30 . Amadeu Antonio Stiftung . 9 . DE . 10.19222/202102/06.
  39. Fekete . Liz . 2024-05-24 . Anti-Palestinian racism and the criminalisation of international solidarity in Europe . Race & Class . en . 10.1177/03063968241253708 . 0306-3968.

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