Die Tageszeitung TAZ, Berlin, Germany
N 52° 30.400 E 013° 23.495
33U E 390835 N 5818609
The TAZ is one of the most social critical newspapers in Germany.
Waymark Code: WMR9TP
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 05/28/2016
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Die Tageszeitung (English: “The daily newspaper”, often displayed as die tageszeitung and commonly referred to as taz), was founded in 1978 in Berlin. It is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper which is administrated by a workers' self-management. Rising out of the midst of a progressive and politically left-leaning movement in the 1970s, its main focus has been on current politics and societal issues such as inequality and ecological crises both at the local and global scale and not covered by the more traditional and conservative newspapers at the time. It has often supported the German Green Party, but the taz has also been critical of the SPD/Greens coalition government (1998–2005).
Die Tageszeitung was established in 1978. From the beginning, the taz 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 paid by the taz are considerably lower than what is paid in the rest of the industry.[citation needed]
WOZ Die Wochenzeitung (former WoZ] and taz are joint editors of the German-language edition of Le Monde diplomatique as a supplement of the newspapers.
Since 1992, the Tageszeitung has been owned by currently more than 13,500 paying members. It has a circulation of more than 60,000, with almost 50,000 subscriptions. In 1995, it was the first German national newspaper to make all of the content of issue available online. In 2009, Ines Pohl became editor in chief.
From the beginning, the Tageszeitung appeared in a nationwide edition as well as in a Berlin local edition. Over the years, local editorial offices for North Rhine-Westphalia, 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 SPD.
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Area Served: Germany
What is (later, was) its physical address?: Rudi-Dutschke-Str. 23 Berlin, Berlin Germany 10969
Does it now just provide an internet read?: Yes
Internet address: [Web Link]
Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: I still am one of their subscribers!
Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: Not listed
If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed
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