Free word
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| description | Daily newspaper in South Thuringia |
| publishing company | Suhler Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.KG |
| First edition | 1952 |
| Frequency of publication | working days |
| Sold edition | 55,684 copies |
| ( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Walter Hörmann |
| editor | Suhler Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.KG |
| Web link | www.insüdthüringen.de |
Free Word is a regional daily newspaper in southern Thuringia . It appears in the independent city of Suhl , in the districts of Hildburghausen and Sonneberg and in parts of the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen , Ilm-Kreis and Wartburgkreis . Their circulation , including the Meininger Tageblatt, is 55,684 copies, a decrease of 51.4 percent since 1998. The publisher is Suhler Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, based in Suhl.
Founded Free Word as an organ of the SED -Bezirksleitung the East German district Suhl . The newspaper was created on August 15, 1952 with the establishment of the districts in the GDR as The Free Word and was renamed Free Word on March 9, 1956 . With a circulation of 157,400 copies, Freie Wort was the smallest SED district newspaper with eight local editorial offices at the time.
When it was privatized after reunification , Freie Wort was taken over in 1991 by Süddeutscher Verlag in Munich (70 percent) and the SPD media holding Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbh (ddvg) in Hamburg (30 percent).
Walter Hörmann is the editor-in-chief, Markus Ermert is the deputy.
Edition
In the past few years, Freie Wort - like most regional newspapers - has lost a lot of its circulation . The circulation sold has decreased by an average of 3.7% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 4.3%. It is currently 55,684 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 92.8 percent.
Development of the number of copies sold
Local newsrooms
There are eight local editorial offices with the following individual requirements:
| Name of the local edition | Sold edition |
|---|---|
| Suhl | 7133 |
| Zella Mehlis | joint edition with Suhl |
| Ilm district | 5258 |
| Sonneberg | 6935 |
| Hildburghausen | 7868 |
| Bad Salzungen with Südthüringer Zeitung (STZ) | 11,098 |
| Schmalkalden with STZ | 8279 |
The editorial team of the independent Meininger Tageblatt publishes the local edition for the city and old district of Meiningen (see cooperations) in addition to the common cover pages .
Cooperations
Together with the titles Neue Presse (Coburg) , Südthüringer Zeitung ( Bad Salzungen ) and Frankenpost ( Hof ), which belong to the same owners, Free Word forms the "Regional newspaper group Hof / Coburg / Suhl" of the Süddeutscher Verlag , which belongs to the Südwestdeutsche Medienholding GmbH ( SWMH ) heard in Stuttgart . For the supraregional coat, Freie Wort is collaborating editorially with the Stuttgarter Nachrichten .
Free Word also cooperates with Meininger Mediengesellschaft mbH (MMG), which publishes the daily Meininger Tageblatt . In Meininger Mediengesellschaft mbH, Suhler Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.KG and WPV Gesellschaft für Werbung, Presse und Vertrieb mbH in Meiningen held 50 percent each ; the latter is a full subsidiary of KVG Kissinger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG ( Saale Newspaper ). In 2010 the Upper Franconian media group took over the share from the UPU.
Meininger Tageblatt and Südthüringer Zeitung take over the entire cover section of Freie Wort.
Editors-in-chief
Editors-in-chief of the organ of the SED district leadership Free Word (1952 to 1990):
| Period | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1952-1959 | Yvonne Freyer |
| 1959-1965 | Gerhard Fuchs |
| 1965-1972 | Helmut Linke |
| 1972-1974 | Klaus Kleine |
| 1974-1989 | Helmut Linke |
| 1989-1990 | Heinz Escher |
Editor-in-chief since 1990:
| Period | Surname |
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| until January 9, 2009 | Gerd Schwinger |
| April 2009 - January 2012 | Herbert Wessels |
| Since February 1, 2012 | Walter Hörmann [1] |
Web links
- Joint web portal of Freie Wort, Südthüringer Zeitung and Meininger Tageblatt for southern Thuringia
- Süddeutscher Verlag: Information about the regional newspaper group Hof, Coburg, Suhl
- BStU , topic contribution: Millet porridge for the general director
Individual evidence
- ↑ Including Meininger Tageblatt
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ Edition Suhllaut IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ^ Edition Ilm-Kreis according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Sonneberg edition according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Hildburghausen edition according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Bad Salzungen edition according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Edition Schmalkalden: according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )