Die Tageszeitung Explained

Die Tageszeitung
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Berliner
Publisher:taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG
Editor:Barbara Junge,
Ulrike Winkelmann
Political:New left, green left, new social movements, anti-capitalism, feminism, left-wing[1]
Language:German
Headquarters:Berlin
Issn:0931-9085
Website:taz.de

Die Tageszeitung (pronounced as /de/, "The Daily Newspaper"), stylized as die tageszeitung and commonly referred to as taz, is a German daily newspaper. It is run as a cooperative – it is administered by its employees and a co-operative of shareholders who invest in a free independent press, rather than to depend on advertising and paywalls.[2]

Founded in 1978 in Berlin as part of an independent, progressive and politically left-leaning movement, it has focused on current politics, social issues such as inequality, ecological crises both local and international, and other topics not covered by the more traditional and conservative newspapers. It mostly supports the alternative green political sphere and the German Green Party, but Die Tageszeitung has also been critical of the SPD/Greens coalition government (1998 - 2005).[3] It is one of Germany's most important newspapers and amongst the top seven.[4] It is being described as "alternative-left" and critical of existing current structures (German: systemkritisch).[5] [6]

The newspaper's logo, a paw print, derives from the similarity of the name "taz" to a German word for paw, Tatze. Its position in the media landscape varies between the fifth and the sixth most read newspaper of Germany. In 2021 taz overtook for the first time the conservative Die Welt as the fifth most read daily newspaper of Germany.[7]

History

Die Tageszeitung was established in 1978.[8] From the beginning, Die Tageszeitung was intended to be an alternative to the mainstream press, in its own words: "irreverent, commercially independent, intelligent and entertaining." One expression of its alternative approach to journalism was the payment of unified salaries for all employees until 1991. Nowadays, employees in highly responsible positions receive bonuses. Still, salaries of managers paid by Die Tageszeitung are considerably lower than what is paid in the rest of the industry.[9]

Since 1995, the WOZ Die Wochenzeitung (formerly WoZ) and Die Tageszeitung have included a German-language edition of the monthly Le Monde diplomatique to supplement the newspapers.[10] [11] Most of the articles in the monthly supplement are translations of the French-language edition of the Le Monde diplomatique. When it existed, taz also added the Turkish language newspaper of Germany Perşembe.[12]

Since 1992, Die Tageszeitung has been owned by more than 22,214 paying members (as of August 2022).[13] Its circulation has dropped in recent years, with subscriptions including e-paper now down to 42,000.[14] In 1995, it was the first German national newspaper to make all of the content of issue available online. Die Tageszeitung considers to phase out its printed daily edition,[15] but has not (as of December 2023).From the beginning, Die Tageszeitung appeared in a nationwide edition as well as in a Berlin local edition. Over the years, local editorial offices for North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Hamburg and Bremen were added. While the latter two were merged to "taz nord" (North) the NRW offices were closed as of July 2007.

In the 2013 elections the magazine was among the supporters of the Social Democratic Party.[16] Taz was the first and only newspaper to have an independent Turkish-language edition online, known as taz.gazete between 2017 and 2020.[17] [18] It also was amongst the first to have articles in simple German for neuro-diverse people.[19] It publishes from time to time in English as taz in English.

Structure

The newspaper is supported by a cooperative under German law. Many readers help finance the newspaper.[20] taz employees are paid under the collective agreement for newspapers in Germany.[21]

"Potato Affair"

On 26 June 2006 Die Tageszeitung published a satirical article on its last page, headlined Die Wahrheit (the truth) that is reserved for satire and nonsense. It was titled "The new potato of Poland. Rogues who want to rule the world. Today: Lech 'Katsche' Kaczynski".[22] This article ridiculed President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and Prime Minister of Poland Jarosław Kaczyński. Lech Kaczyński then cancelled talks that were scheduled between Germany, Poland and France (the Weimar Triangle), officially for reasons of sickness.

Headlines

The taz is noted for its tongue-in-cheek headlines,[23] such as:

On 5 June 2008, the paper published a picture headlined "Onkel Baracks Hütte" (Uncle Barack's Cabin) with a picture of the White House below the headline as part of an article about then-Senator Barack Obama. That headline, which made reference to the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, was perceived as racist by some of its readership.[24]

taz Panter Foundation

The taz Panter Foundation is a legally capable foundation based in Berlin. The legal form of a foundation makes it possible to separate non-profit activities from the business activities of taz and to further expand them with the help of supporters. It was established in 2008 to award the taz Panter Prize, which has been presented since 2005 [25] [26]

The taz Panter Foundation is currently working on three goals: Firstly, it´s regularly holds international workshops to qualify foreign colleagues, who mainly come from countries where press freedom is under threat.[27] [28] Secondly, the Panter Foundation provides journalistic trainings and further education programs, especially for younger people.[29] And thirdly, the foundation promotes democracy and civic engagement, for example by awarding the annual taz Panter prize.[30]

See also

Literature

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ross Beveridge . A Politics of Inevitability: The Privatisation of the Berlin Water Company, the Global City Discourse and Governance in 1990s Berlin . Fitch's search of the left-wing newspaper Die Tageszeitung as well as the centre-right Die Welt revealed no articles ... . 2011 . 143 . . 9783531940564 . 31 December 2021 . 6 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806225609/https://books.google.com/books?id=_YrDjrStTwoC&dq=centre-right+%22Die+Welt%22&pg=PA143 . live .
  2. News: Patrick . Kingsley . October 1, 2012 . The newspaper saved by its readers . The Guardian . live . August 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220724034350/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/01/german-newspaper-saved-readers . 24 July 2022.
  3. News: Brown . Kate . Richter . Christoph . c. 2019 . The anti-press . DW-Learn German . August 6, 2022 . 6 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806225611/https://learngerman.dw.com/en/at-30-germanys-liberal-daily-taz-has-grown-up/a-4186124 . live .
  4. Web site: Fazit Communication GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. . CULTURE & THE MEDIA: Newspapers and magazines . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220407044828/https://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/media-and-communication/newspapers-and-magazines . 7 April 2022 . August 6, 2022 . Facts about Germany.
  5. Web site: May 4, 2012 . IFM Mediendatenbank . August 6, 2022 . 3 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103082102/https://www.mediadb.eu/forum/zeitungsportraets/die-tageszeitung-taz.html . live .
  6. Web site: August 14, 2012 . Zeitungen in Deutschland . August 6, 2022 . deutschland.de . 25 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925165547/https://www.deutschland.de/de/topic/kultur/kommunikation-medien/die-zeitungen-im-medienland-deutschland . live .
  7. News: Schröder . Hens . 21 January 2021 . Zeitungs-Auflagen: "Zeit" wächst massiv mit Print und Digital, "taz" überholt "Welt" . Meedia . August 6, 2022 . 8 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308161546/https://meedia.de/2021/01/21/zeitungs-auflagen-zeit-waechst-massiv-mit-print-und-digital-taz-ueberholt-welt/ . live .
  8. 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. live.
  9. News: November 6, 2013 . Die niedrigen Gehälter der taz . taz blogs . June 6, 2022 . 12 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015024/https://blogs.taz.de/hausblog/die-niedrigen-gehaelter-der-taz/ . live .
  10. Web site: WochenZeitung (WOZ). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Bernard Degen. de. 20 November 2013. 6 November 2014. 7 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107012715/http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D43057.php. live.
  11. Bolz. Lisa. 2016-07-19. Die deutsche Ausgabe von Le Monde diplomatique zwischen national und international – Rekonfiguration einer journalistischen Alternative. Recherches Germaniques. de. HS 11. 231–245. 10.4000/rg.857. 0399-1989. 20 September 2021. 18 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618135250/https://journals.openedition.org/rg/857. live. free.
  12. Web site: Meier-Brown . Karl-Heinz . Migranten in Deutschland: Gefangen im Medienghetto? . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012300/http://www.mediendaten.de/fileadmin/Migration/Texte/Medienghetto.pdf . 3 December 2013 . August 6, 2022 . bot: unknown .
  13. Web site: August 6, 2022 . taz Genossenschaft . taz Genossenschaft . 6 August 2022 . 9 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200409182519/https://taz.de/Genossenschaft/!p4271/ . live .
  14. Web site: IVW-Blitz-Analyse Tages- und Wochenzeitungen: Zeit gewinnt erneut Auflage, Welt bricht völlig ein | MEEDIA. 22 April 2020. 6 June 2020. 6 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152515/https://meedia.de/2020/04/22/ivw-blitz-analyse-tages-und-wochenzeitungen-zeit-gewinnt-erneut-auflage-welt-bricht-voellig-ein/. live.
  15. Web site: Golem.de: IT-News für Profis. 6 June 2020. 6 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152459/https://www.golem.de/news/nur-noch-wochenende-taz-stellt-ihre-printausgabe-wohl-bis-2022-ein-1808-135981.html. live.
  16. Web site: Juan P. Artero. Political Parallelism and Media Coalitions in Western Europe. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. 8 April 2015. Working paper. February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416100348/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Political%20Parallelism%20and%20Media%20Coalitions.pdf. 16 April 2015. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: January 13, 2017 . "taz" startet deutsch-türkisches Internetportal . August 6, 2022 . evangelisch.de . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321081234/https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/141739/13-01-2017/taz-startet-deutsch-tuerkisches-internetportal . live .
  18. News: taz.gazete . July 31, 2020 . Das ende von taz.gazete: Wir sagen Tschüss . taz.gazete .
  19. News: July 3, 2017 . taz.die tageszeitung in Leichter Sprache . www.bundesfachstelle-barrierefreiheit.de/ . August 6, 2022 . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416234706/https://www.bundesfachstelle-barrierefreiheit.de/SharedDocs/Kurzmeldungen/DE/taz-leichte-sprache.html . live .
  20. Web site: taz.Genossenschaft . 2023-11-11 . berlin.imwandel.net . de.
  21. Web site: taz, die tageszeitung . 2023-11-11 . eurotopics.net . de.
  22. http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/06/26/a0248.1/text Polens neue Kartoffel.
  23. News: Happy Birthday, taz!. 17 April 2009. Die Zeit. de. 17 April 2009. 18 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090418205308/http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/17/bg-taz. live.
  24. News: Is "Uncle Barack's Cabin" racist? . Die Tageszeitung: Taz . 6 June 2008 . 30 October 2008 . 6 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806225627/https://taz.de/!5180952/ . live . Johnson . Dominic .
  25. Web site: 2023-11-13 . Gemma Terés Arilla leitet taz-Panter-Stiftung - Aktuelle Meldungen - News - newsroom.de . 2024-04-09 . www.newsroom.de . de-DE.
  26. Web site: taz Panter Stiftung - INVITRUST . 2024-04-09 . de-DE.
  27. Web site: e.V . Reporter ohne Grenzen . Rest & Resilience Fellowship . 2024-04-09 . Reporter ohne Grenzen für Informationsfreiheit . de-DE.
  28. Web site: Marquardt . Erik . 2022-05-13 . African journalists visiting Brussels . 2024-04-09 . Erik Marquardt . en-GB.
  29. Web site: Wandelstiftung Vorstellung der einzelnen Stiftungen taz panterstiftung . 2024-04-09 . wandelstiften.de.
  30. Web site: Welt . Haus der Kulturen der . 2018-10-05 . taz Panter Prize 2008 . 2024-06-17 . HKW . en.

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