Darmstadt echo
| Darmstadt echo | |
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| description | German daily newspaper |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Echo Newspapers GmbH |
| First edition | November 21, 1945 |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Sold edition | 36,890 copies |
| ( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Lars Oliver Hennemann |
| editor | Hans Georg Schnücker |
| executive Director | Kurt Pfeiffer (Mainz) |
| Web link | Echo Online |
| ZDB | 958162-5 |
The Darmstädter Echo is a regional newspaper for the city of Darmstadt and the Darmstadt-Dieburg district .
The newspaper is published by Echo Newspapers GmbH , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Echo Medien GmbH , which has been 100% owned by VRM since summer 2015 , with which Echo Medien GmbH established the Rüsselsheim printing center in the Rhein-Main joint venture in 2010 Pressure had established.
Until the takeover by VRM, the Echo newspapers included six headers , including the Rüsselsheimer Echo (since 1956), the Groß-Gerauer Echo (1977, formerly Heimat-Zeitung for the Groß-Gerau district ), the Odenwälder Echo (since 1986 , former Odenwälder Heimatzeitung ), the Starkenburger Echo (since 1985, formerly Südhessische Post ) and the Ried Echo (since 2004). According to the antitrust approval of the takeover by VRM, the Rüsselsheimer Echo had to be handed over to the Frankfurter Neue Presse of the Frankfurter Societät group. The distribution area covers almost the entire southern Hessian area. Since 1999, readers have also found a wide range of news from southern Hesse and the world on the Internet.
Regional competitors with their regional editions include the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Frankfurter Rundschau and, in the south, the Mannheimer Morgen . The regional sections of the Frankfurter Rundschau for Darmstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg and the Groß-Gerau district were written from 2009 to September 2016 by editors from Echo Newspapers GmbH. Since autumn 2016, the Frankfurter Rundschau has been reporting with its own editors from Darmstadt and the two districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg and the district of Groß-Gerau.
The sold circulation is 36,890 copies, a decrease of 45.4 percent since 1998.
history
The Darmstädter Echo was the first journalistic re-establishment in the badly destroyed city after the Second World War . Its first edition appeared on November 21, 1945. The politically innocent writer Johann Sebastian Dang and the publicist Paul Rodemann , who was persecuted during the Nazi era , had previously received a license from the American administration to publish a politically independent newspaper. Rodemann brought in the printing specialist Max Bach as operations manager. In 1947 Hans J. Reinowski became the third licensee. In the years that followed, he built up the editorial team as publisher, and in 1949 Max Bach became a partner, later managing director of the publishing house and the printing company.
In 1950, the publishing house acquired an old barracks building on Holzhofallee, which - after many renovations - is still the headquarters of the publishing house and Darmstadt's editorial offices. All of the publisher's print products have been produced in the new RheinMain printing center in Rüsselsheim am Main since October 2010 .
In 1986 the "Darmstädter Echo Verlag und Druckerei GmbH" bought the ailing newspaper competitor, the Darmstädter Tagblatt , which was the third oldest German newspaper at the time.
The chief editor was initially Hans J. Reinowski. He was followed by Kurt W. Reinhold as editor-in-chief. He was initially chief of staff and deputy editor-in-chief and from 1970 editor-in-chief. Reinhold has been a partner in the newspaper since 1965; In 1986 he left. His successor as editor-in-chief was his longtime deputy Roland Hof. From June 2005 to November 2012 Jörg Riebartsch was editor-in-chief. He left the company on November 7, 2012. Michael Horn - deputy editor-in-chief since August 2007 - became his successor. In August 2015 he was replaced by Lars Oliver Hennemann from VRM.
Until 2009 the partners were the brothers Horst Bach and Hans-Peter Bach. Since Horst Bach's death, his brother was the sole publisher. The newspaper is economically and politically independent. The main parts of politics, business, sport and features are also produced in Darmstadt.
In February 2015, the Echo media group was sold to the Rhein Main publishing group, subject to the approval of the Federal Cartel Office. In the course of the cartel proceedings, the Echo media group announced on June 11, 2015 that it would sell the Rüsselsheimer Echo to the media group Frankfurter Societät . On July 6, 2015, the takeover of the Echo media group to the Rhein Main publishing group was approved. On the same day, the redesigned website in the corporate design of the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz went online at echo-online.de .
In March 2016, the Echo editorial team moved to the Wella campus on Berliner Allee .
Searched for an online comment
In June 2014, the Darmstadt public prosecutor obtained a search warrant against the publishing house in order to determine the identity of a user who had published an apparently disparaging comment about executives of the Mühltaler office on the Echo's website . After Hans-Peter Bach had released the data in order to prevent the corresponding computers , which were essential for newspaper operation, from being taken, judges at the regional court found formal deficiencies and the resulting illegality of the search in September 2014 . This had previously caused a nationwide media response, as there seemed no proportionality for this interference with the freedom of the press .
Edition
The Darmstädter Echo has lost a lot of its circulation in recent years . The number of copies sold has fallen by an average of 3.3% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 4%. It is currently 36,890 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 89.7 percent.
Development of the number of copies sold
The total circulation of all Echo newspapers is also falling. The circulation sold has fallen by an average of 2% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 4.9%. It is currently 71,634 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 90.6 percent.
Development of the number of copies sold
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Imprint “Darmstädter Echo” from April 1, 2016. Information on the ownership structure in accordance with Section 5 of the Hessian Press Act
- ↑ a b Histori. In: echomedien.de. Echo Medien GmbH, December 2015, accessed on December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Darmstädter Tagblatt. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; Retrieved September 26, 2015 .
- ^ Sale of the Rüsselsheimer Echos. In: Allgemeine-zeitung.de. Retrieved July 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Darmstädter Tagblatt: Cartel Office approves takeover of the "Darmstädter Echo". ( Memento from 7 July 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: darmstaedter-tagblatt.de.
- ↑ Alexander Schneider: "Echo Online" presents itself in a new way. In: Echo Online. July 6, 2015, accessed September 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Alexander Schneider: Court declares ECHO search unlawful. In: echo-online.de. September 2, 2014, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 .
- ^ Raid on "Darmstädter Echo" illegal. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. September 3, 2014, accessed September 26, 2015 .
- ↑ 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 ( 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 )
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '52.6 " N , 8 ° 38' 10.2" E