Welt am Sonntag
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 Sample front page of Welt am Sonntag | |
| Type | Sunday newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Axel Springer AG |
| Publisher | Stefan Aust |
| Editor-in-chief | Dagmar Rosenfeld |
| Editor | Johannes Boie |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Website | welt.de |
Welt am Sonntag (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛlt ʔam ˈzɔntaːk], lit. 'World on Sunday') is a German Sunday newspaper published in Germany.
History and profile
Welt am Sonntag was established in 1948. The paper is published by Axel Springer SE.[1] Its head office is in Berlin. It has local editions for Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Düsseldorf.
It is the Sunday edition of the daily Die Welt. It includes sections on politics, sport, economics, finance, culture, style, travel, and real estate.
In 2009, 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.[2] In 2012, the paper was named European Newspaper of the Year in the category of nationwide newspapers.[3] In 2013, Welt am Sonntag won the same award, but this time in the category of weekly newspapers.[4]
During the second quarter of 1992, Welt am Sonntag had a circulation of 420,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 381,000 copies in 1997,[5] and 532,000 in 2014.[6][7][8]
Editor-in-chief terms
- 1948–1968: Bernhard Menne
- 1975–1976: Hans Bluhm
- 1976–1988: Claus Jacobi
- 1979–1994: Manfred Geist
- 1995–1996: Günter Böddeker
- 1998–2001: Kai Diekmann
- 2001–2003: Thomas Garms
- 2004–2008: Christoph Keese
- 2008–2010: Thomas Schmid
- 2010–2015: Jan-Eric Peters
- 2016–2017: Stefan Aust
- 2017–2019: Peter Huth
- 2019–2021: Johannes Boie
- 2022-2024: Dagmar Rosenfeld
Notable editor terms
- 2004–2008: Alan Posener
References
- ^ a b Georg Hellack (1992). "Press, Radio and Television in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Report). Inter Nationes. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Steve Dorsey (18 February 2009). "SND30: Five papers named World's Best-Designed – The Society for News Design". SND. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "14th European Newspaper Award" (PDF). Editorial Design. 2013. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "15th European Newspaper Award". Adnative. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Frank Esser (September 1999). "'Tabloidization' of News". European Journal of Communication. 14 (3). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Welt am Sonntag". eurotopics.net. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party". The Guardian. 28 December 2024.
- ^ "German chancellor candidate Merz slams Musk over AfD stance – DW – 12/29/2024". dw.com.
External links
- Welt am Sonntag website