The bell (daily newspaper)
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| Area of Expertise | Regional daily newspaper |
| language | German |
| publishing company | E. Holterdorf GmbH & Co. KG |
| First edition | May 14, 1880 |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Sold edition | 48,764 copies |
| ( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Fried Gehring |
| Web link | www.die-glocke.de |
The Glocke is a regional daily newspaper published by E. Holterdorf GmbH & Co. KG in Oelde , Westphalia . The managing partners are Fried Gehring and Dirk Holterdorf. The sold circulation is 48,764 copies, a decrease of 24.4 percent since 1998.
distribution
With its six local editions, Die Glocke has a sold circulation of 48,764 copies in the Gütersloh , Warendorf and Soest districts . Advertisers can choose between twelve different booking units for the newspaper, the advertising paper Wersekurier and for the weekend magazine Echo on Saturday to cover the remaining budget . The subscriber share is 95 percent.
In the northern part of the Warendorf district, Die Glocke competes with the Westfälische Nachrichten and Münsterschen Zeitung in Münster, with the Ahlener Zeitung in Ahlen , with the Neue Westfälische and Westfalen-Blatt in the Gütersloh district and with the Soester Anzeiger in the Soest district .
Edition
The bell , like most German newspapers in recent years to rest lost. The number of copies sold has fallen by an average of 1.3% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 2.2%. It is currently 48,764 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 89.2 percent.
Development of the number of copies sold
Development of the number of subscribers
Publishing products
In the publisher's own printing center in Oelder's industrial area Am Landhagen, Die Glocke is produced in four colors on a rotary printing press (König & Bauer) six days a week. The printing of the advertising paper Wersekurier, which is distributed free of charge with a circulation of 53,000 in the Warendorf district, is also done on the printing press that went into operation in 1996. The same applies to the magazine Echo on Saturday, which is distributed free of charge in the newspaper's core circulation area with a circulation of 56,400 copies. Special publications for selected target groups complete the offer, including supplements and extra pages on the “Newspaper in primary school” project for fourth grades.
editorial staff
At the headquarters in Oelde, the editorial team , which works according to the news desk principle, provides readers with news from politics, business, culture, Westphalia, sport, advice and from all over the world. The bell has five local editorial offices: Gütersloh , Rheda-Wiedenbrück , Warendorf , Beckum and Oelde . The editor-in-chief of the bell is Fried Gehring. A total of 62 permanent editors and five volunteers create the pages with local, regional and national news. They are supported by 600 freelancers and three Berlin correspondents.
In Ahlen the newspaper appears under the title Ahlener Tageblatt . However, the local editorial office there was closed at the end of February 2020, and since March 2020 the Ahlener Tageblatt has been getting its content from the competing Ahlener Zeitung .
Online and mobile
The publisher sees its Internet offering as a regional news portal. Information from the newspaper's circulation area can be found there, as well as advice topics and registration for ePaper, the electronic 1: 1 image of the printed bell . In 2018, the news portal recorded an average of 560,000 visits and 2.7 million hits per month. Since March 2014, the newspaper has been easy to read via an app developed for the iOS and Android operating systems.
Holdings
The publisher E. Holterdorf GmbH & Co. KG holds a majority stake in the local radio stations Radio WAF (Warendorf district) and Radio Gütersloh ( Gütersloh district), which broadcast their programs in the main distribution area of the bell . The publisher also holds shares in the service provider for local radio stations, audio media service (ams, Bielefeld).
history
The first edition of the newspaper founded by Engelbert Holterdorf (* 1858 in Bockum-Hövel ; † 1925 in Oelde) appeared on May 14, 1880 under the title Oelder Zeitung . The newspaper has had the name Die Glocke since 1884. The choice of the publishing house in Oelde was favored by the connection to the Cologne-Mindener railway, and the central location in the vicinity of the cities of Münster , Hamm , Paderborn and Bielefeld promised rapid growth of the young company. After the death of the founder Engelbert Holterdorf in 1925, his sons Joseph (1882–1961) and Paul (1892–1959) took over the management. The only interruption in production occurred during this period: the rotary press was idle between 1944 and 1949. In 1949 Die Glocke received a new license and the first post-war edition appeared on November 2, 1949. In the third generation, Engelbert Holterdorf (1926–2010) and Karl-Friedrich Gehring (1914–1993) were responsible for the fate of the publisher. Today Fried Gehring (* 1946) and Dirk Holterdorf (* 1960) are managing partners at the head of the publishing house with a total of around 230 permanent employees and around 800 newspaper deliverers.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
- ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ according to IVW ( online )
- ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )
- ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )
- ↑ End of an era: local editorial staff of the "Ahlener Tageblatt" leaves Ahlen press release of the city of Ahlen on February 28, 2020