Extra sheet (press)

Extra sheet of the Cöpenick steam boat from the evening of October 16, 1906 with a representation of the " Köpenickiade "

An extra sheet is a special edition of a (daily) newspaper about a special, current event. Typically these editions are of a smaller size than the regular ones and are sold by criminals in public places. However, the term extra sheet can also refer to a free newspaper.

The electronic media have made this form of news dissemination much less important. However, it is still used occasionally, for example in the year Erich Honecker resigned in 1989 or in Japan when an heir to the throne was born in 2006.

literature

• Günter Bentele , Hans-Bernd Brosius , Otfried Jarren (ed.): Lexicon of communication and media studies. Springer VS, 1st edition, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-13535-9 .

Web links

Commons : Extrablatt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christoph Dieckmann : Germany's jubilation, Conny child. Big and small autumn story 1989. In: EAST. On record. For the record. Steidl, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86521-929-9 .