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Germany courier
Logo Deutschland-KURIER.jpg
Headquarters Hamburg
First edition July 12, 2017
attitude 19 Dec 2018 (print)
Frequency of publication irregular
Editor-in-chief David Bendels
editor Conservare Communications GmbH

Neuer Wall 80
20354 Hamburg Hamburg

Web link deutschland-kurier.org
ZDB 2042578-8

The Deutschland-Kurier is a right-wing populist publication that has been appearing in Germany since July 2017 and was initially published in print by the AfD- affiliated association for the preservation of the rule of law and civil liberties . The last documented print edition is from December 19, 2018. Since October 2018, a Conservare Communications GmbH based in Hamburg has been named as the publisher. The company's managing director and editor-in-chief of the publication is David Bendels .

Profile and content evaluation

The publication is considered a supporter newspaper for the AfD . The editor announced it as a "conservative tabloid". The new publisher from 2018, Conservare Communications , names among other things "political consulting, management consulting, political communication, political marketing, corporate communication, strategic communication" as fields of activity.

The media scientist Lutz Frühbrodt said on Deutschlandfunk that the selection of the columnists was an indication that the Deutschland-Kurier was connected to the AfD, even if it was not institutionally linked to the party. The tone and content are definitely close to the AfD, if not to be assigned to the völkisch-nationalist “ wing ” of the party. In terms of content, “it is primarily about“ opinion and campaign journalism ”.” Frühbrodt assumes that the Deutschland-Kurier will open up and bind older voters for the AfD who are “not quite as internet-savvy”.

The media branch service Meedia assesses the publication as a "prime example of a medium with" colored "news", since opinion contributions are not marked as such and are not presented clearly separated from news. Nothing is offered that goes “beyond clumsy regulars' table level”. The online lexicon Lobbypedia operated by Lobbycontrol assesses the Deutschland-Kurier “as a continuation of the election campaign for the AfD by other means”. Apart from politics, it does not contain any other topics. According to Welt , the newspaper falls under the category of “right-wing national extreme boulevard ”, the headlines were similar to those of a satirical magazine, but were meant seriously. The NZZ am Sonntag described the Deutschland-Kurier as a "" picture "for AfD voters", while the Wirtschaftswoche called it a "mixture of Breitbart and picture ".

The Correctiv Research Center has demonstrated that claims presented as facts in the first edition were incorrect. In addition, the figures given were excessive or already out of date.

editor

The Deutschland-Kurier was published by the Association for the Preservation of the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties until October 2018 . He had previously published the free pamphlet Extrablatt as campaign aid for the AfD and supported the party with campaigns worth millions. The chairman and spokesman for the association is PR consultant David Bendels , who is also the publication's editor-in-chief .

Since October 2018, Conservare Communications GmbH , whose managing director is David Bendels, has been named as the new publisher . As with the predecessor Extrablatt, the design, graphics and typesetting were conceived by PR consultant Alexander Segert's Swiss Goal AG , which is also responsible for campaigning for the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party .

history

For the first time, the Deutschland-Kurier in Berlin was distributed free of charge in July 2017 in two stages with a total circulation of 600,000. It was originally planned to bring the paper to the market later as a regular weekly newspaper and to offer subscriptions. The Deutschland-Kurier was distributed several times as a supplement to advertising papers before election campaigns.

The last print edition recorded in the journal database of the German National Library was dated December 19, 2018. Since then, the Deutschland-Kurier has appeared at least online.

authors

The following well-known people are named as employees on the Deutschland-Kurier website :

The editorial team called Die Zeit an "editorial staff of the alumni".

Columnists

The following people, among others, write columns for the Deutschland-Kurier:

financing

The former publisher, the Association for the Preservation of the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties , was financed, according to editor-in-chief David Bendels, from donations from over 14,000 supporters of the association. However, there are indications that AfD-affiliated donors such as August von Finck and the Swiss PR agency Goal AG from Alexander Segert are involved. The club denies that; The AfD filed a main action against the association to stop advertising for the AfD. Lobby Control estimated the value of the association's pro-AfD campaigns to be in the double-digit millions.

The German Council for Public Relations rebuked the end of 2016 including the non-transparent financial management of the then unincorporated association, goes out "from a deliberate obfuscation" and provides several breaches of codes for communications professionals, public affairs consultants and lobbyists determined. They are obliged to "disclose their clients and their and their interests in each case".

No information has yet been given about the financing of the new newspaper publisher, Conservare Communications .

The online edition does not contain any advertising, so the editorial content, hosting and operation of the website must be financed by other means.

Litigation

Since the Deutschland-Kurier's logo and layout are too similar to those of its Berliner Kurier , the Berlin publisher , which belongs to the DuMont media group , announced legal action in the summer of 2017. The Cologne Regional Court dealt with the legal dispute, which rejected an injunction against the Deutschland-Kurier . The Cologne Higher Regional Court also rejected an interim injunction in September 2017 because it “did not consider the title to be a trademark infringement” and the newspaper titles themselves are sufficiently distinguishable.

References

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcus Bensmann, Justus von Daniels, Ulrich Stoll: The AfD and the Deutschland-Kurier: All just isolated cases or a donation affair? In: Correctiv , June 18, 2019, accessed September 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ Deutschland-Kurier: Independent - Unconventional - Affordable. Association for the Preservation of the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties , archived from the original on September 26, 2017 ; accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Conservare Communication GmbH . In: Northdata, accessed September 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Media scientist on "Deutschland-Kurier" "There are indications of AfD proximity" . In: Deutschlandfunk , July 12, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b c Stefan Winterbauer: AfD-close weekly newspaper Germany Kurier: colored real satire below the regular table edge . In: Meedia , July 11, 2017, accessed September 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ Deutschland-Kurier , entry in Lobbypedia (permalink of the version from May 20, 2019), accessed on September 20, 2019
  7. ^ A b c Christian Fuchs: Deutschland-Kurier ": Redaktion der Former . In: Die Zeit , July 12, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b "Deutschland-Kurier" Like the "Titanic". Just meant seriously . In: Die Welt , July 12, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b The AfD receives support from Switzerland . In: NZZ on Sunday , July 1, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Deutschland-Kurier" A mixture of Breitbart and picture . In: Wirtschaftswoche , July 12, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ Karolin Schwarz: Fact check: Five times next to it: The "Deutschland-Kurier" and its numbers . In: Correctiv , July 21, 2017, accessed September 20, 2019.
  12. ↑ Sebastian Pittelkow, Nicolas Richter, Katja Riedel: AfD donation scandal: Weidels Helferkreis . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 21, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  13. ↑ a b New right-wing conservative weekly newspaper "Deutschland-Kurier" starts in Berlin . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 10, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  14. ^ "Prima Sonntag": Massive headwinds stop right-wing "Deutschland Kurier" . In: W&V , August 28, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  15. ↑ Deutschland Kurier , entry in the journal database of the German National Library, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  16. ^ Daniel Dillmann: Free hate speech on Sunday . In Frankfurter Rundschau , August 27, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2019.
  17. ^ Ingrid Brodnig , Jakob Winter: Die Volksempfänger . In: Übermedien , February 23, 2018, accessed September 20, 2019.
  18. ↑ Thomas Schmelzer: "Deutschland-Kurier": A mixture of Breitbart and picture. Wirtschaftswoche , accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  19. ↑ AfD supporter association: trace to Munich billionaire? tagesschau.de, November 23, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Matthias Kamann: Questionable campaign support: The AfD is suing against advertising for the AfD. Die Welt , October 20, 2018, accessed on May 20, 2019 . ;
    AfD cooperation with donation tarn association must be clarified. In: LobbyControl. November 21, 2018, accessed May 20, 2019 .
  21. ↑ a b AfD-near Germany courier: Berliner Kurier has lodged a complaint with the Cologne Regional Court . In: Meedia , July 26, 2017, accessed September 20, 2019.
  22. ↑ DRPR procedure 02/2016: Political complaints committee: “Extra sheet” and large posters in the state election campaign in 2016 . In: German Council for Public Relations , December 2, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2019 (PDF, 771.76 kB).
  23. ^ "Right-wing populist appropriation of the Berliner Kurier": DuMont takes action against AfD-affiliated Deutschland Kurier . In: Meedia , July 11, 2017, accessed September 20, 2019.
  24. ↑ Similarities with Berliner Kurier: DuMont fails with an injunction against Deutschland Kurier . In: Meedia , September 20, 2017, accessed September 20, 2019