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Die Welt

German national daily newspaper

Die Welt

German national daily newspaper

FieldValue
nameDie Welt
image[[File:Die Welt front page.jpg260pxborder]]
captionThe 1 September 2020 front page of Die Welt
typeDaily newspaper
formatBroadsheet
founded2 April 1946
political_positionConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Centre-right
ownersAxel Springer SE
editorDagmar Rosenfeld
chief_editor
publisherStefan Aust
headquartersBerlin, Germany
website
ISSN0173-8437
Note

the German newspaper published by Axel Springer SE

Liberal conservatism Centre-right

Previous logo (2010 – 29 November 2015)

Die Welt (, ) is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. Die Welt is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group and it is considered a newspaper of record in Germany. Its leading competitors are the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 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.

During 2014, the average circulation of Die Welt was approximately 180,000. The paper may 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.

Die Welt 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), Le Figaro (France), and ABC (Spain).

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

Die Welt was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modeled 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. At its peak in the occupation period, it had a circulation of approximately a million.

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.

On 2 May 2014, the Swiss German business magazine Bilanz began to be published as a monthly supplement of Die Welt.

On 18 January 2018, the German television channel N24 changed its name to Welt.

was forced to resign as editor in chief in January 2026; he was replaced by .

Ban

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

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From 1999 to 2019, the Die Welt book supplement Die Literarische Welt ("The Literary World") 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

  • 1999 Bernhard Schlink
  • 2000 Imre Kertész
  • 2001 Pat Barker
  • 2002 Leon de Winter
  • 2003 Jeffrey Eugenides
  • 2004 Amos Oz
  • 2005 Yasmina Reza
  • 2006 Rüdiger Safranski
  • 2007 Daniel Kehlmann
  • 2008 Hans Keilson
  • 2009 Philip Roth
  • 2010 Claude Lanzmann
  • 2011
  • 2012 Zeruya Shalev
  • 2013 Jonathan Franzen
  • 2014 Haruki Murakami
  • 2015 Karl Ove Knausgård
  • 2016 Zadie Smith
  • 2018 Virginie Despentes
  • 2019 Salman Rushdie

Editors

The ''Weltballon''<!-- correct German spelling --> over [[Berlin
  • Rudolf Küstermeier (1946–1953)
  • Bernhard Menne (1950)
  • Paul Bourdin (1950)
  • Hans Scherer, Adalbert Worliczek, Adolf Helbig (1950–1952)
  • Albert Komma (1952–1953)
  • Hans Zehrer (1946 / 1953–1966)
  • Herbert Kremp (1969–1985)
  • Manfred Schell (1985–1992)
  • Peter Gillies (1985–1988)/(1992–1995)
  • Claus Jacobi (1993–1995)
  • Thomas Löffelholz (1995–1998)
  • Mathias Döpfner (1998–2000)
  • Wolfram Weimer (2000–2002)
  • Jan-Eric Peters (2002 – 31 December 2006)
  • Thomas Schmid (1 January 2007 – 2010)
  • Jan-Eric Peters (since 2010 – 2015)
  • Stefan Aust (1 January 2016 – 5 September 2016)
  • Ulf Poschardt (6 September 2016 – 28 February 2019)
  • Dagmar Rosenfeld (1 March 2019 – 31 December 2021)
  • Jennifer Wilton (1 January 2022 – January 2025)
  • (January 2025 – January 2026)
  • (January 2026 – present)

Criticism

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

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

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.

In December 2024, opinion department chief Eva Marie Kogel left Die Welt protesting the publication of an op-ed by Elon Musk that supports AfD.

References

References

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  11. (22 November 2010). "WELT-Redesign: größere Schrift, weniger Bilder".
  12. "Joshua Darden". MyFonts.
  13. Markus Knöpfli. (2 May 2014). "Die Bilanz geht in die Welt". Medien Woche.
  14. "BILANZ – The German Business Magazine".
  15. (17 January 2018). "N24 wird Welt – Springer sendet News unter neuem Namen".
  16. (January 18, 2026). "Top Editor at Axel Springer Is Ousted After Workplace Investigation". [[The New York Times]].
  17. (2 April 2008). "Der Spiegel issue on Islam banned in Egypt". France24.
  18. (3 April 2008). "Leading German Magazine Banned in Egypt". The Arab Press Network.
  19. (10 November 2000). "WELT-Literaturpreis an Imre Kertész in Berlin verliehen". Buch Markt.
  20. (23 October 2010). "WELT-Literaturpreis 2001 an Pat Barker". Buch Markt.
  21. (8 November 2002). "Leon de Winter erhält WELT-Literaturpreis". Buch Markt.
  22. (14 October 2003). "Jeffrey Eugenides erhält WELT-Literaturpreis". Buch Markt.
  23. (13 November 2004). "WELT-Literaturpreis an Amos Oz verliehen". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  24. (7 October 2005). "Yasmina Reza erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2005 für ihr Lebenswerk". Buch Markt.
  25. (29 September 2006). "Rüdiger Safranski erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2006". Buch Markt.
  26. (6 October 2007). "Welt-Literaturpreis für Daniel Kehlmann". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  27. (17 October 2008). "WELT-Literaturpreis 2008 für Hans Keilson". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  28. (1 October 2009). "Philip Roth erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2009". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  29. (2 October 2010). "Auszeichnung: Claude Lanzmann erhält den "Welt"-Literaturpreis". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  30. Von Dominique Horwitz. (4 November 2012). "Albert Ostermaier beherrscht Kunst der Literatur". [[Berliner Morgenpost]].
  31. Benjamin Weinthal. (11 November 2012). "German paper awards J'lem author literary prize". [[The Jerusalem Post]].
  32. Richard Kämmerlings. (4 October 2013). "Jonathan Franzen erhält den "Welt"-Literaturpreis". Die Welt.
  33. Richard Kämmerlings. (3 October 2014). "Haruki Murakami erhält "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2014". Die Welt.
  34. (18 September 2015). ""Welt"-Literaturpreis 2015 an Karl Ove Knausgård". Die Welt.
  35. (7 October 2016). ""Welt"-Literaturpreis 2016 für Zadie Smith". Die Welt.
  36. (5 October 2018). "Virginie Despentes erhält den WELT-Literaturpreis". Die Welt.
  37. (11 October 2019). "Salman Rushdie erhält den WELT-Literaturpreis 2019". Die Welt.
  38. [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''] {{Webarchive. link. (18 July 2011 : Axel Springer SE press release)
  39. 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.
  40. Bals, Gereon. (2021-06-30). "Von "Scheinkatastrophen", "Klimadiktatur" und "Seuchensozialismus" – rechte Erzählungen zur Corona- und Klimakrise". Amadeu Antonio Stiftung.
  41. Fekete, Liz. (2024-05-24). "Anti-Palestinian racism and the criminalisation of international solidarity in Europe". Race & Class.
  42. (2024-12-28). "Nach Musk-Beitrag: "Welt"-Meinungschefin kündigt".
  43. Dobkin, Rachel. (2024-12-28). "Elon Musk's opinion article leads newspaper editor to resign".
  44. (2024-12-28). "Elon Musk digs in on German far right plug, sparking row".
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