Karlsruher Rundschau

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The Karlsruher Rundschau (KR) was a regional weekly newspaper for the Karlsruhe area from 1982 to 1984 , which was founded on the model of the Kieler Rundschau and the Hamburger Rundschau .

history

The first zero number of the Karlsruher Rundschau appeared on May 14, 1982. As with the model in Kiel, there was also only a conservative monopoly newspaper in Karlsruhe at that time, the Badische Neuesten Nachrichten ; The initiators of the KR wanted to counter this situation with a critical corrective that felt obliged to “progressive and democratic principles”. In a kick-off event, the former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, Martin Hirsch , saw the appearance of the Karlsruher Rundschau “again a bit more free ground” and questioned the control function of the press: “Who controls the controller when a monopoly newspaper like in Karlsruhe can believe that due to lack of competition, to have the sole claim to truth ”.

After further zero numbers, the first regular edition of the alternative paper appeared in October 1982. The journalists Josef-Otto Freudenreich and Peter Turi as well as the Karlsruhe dialect author Harald Hurst were there . Contrary to the initial euphoria regarding the need for a second newspaper for Karlsruhe (after all, over 3,000 visitors came to the opening event) and its financial feasibility, a disillusionment soon set in. Only around 5,000 copies could be sold on average each week. The last monthly deficit of around 30,000 DM made it necessary to stop publishing the KR on June 2, 1984.

In addition to the Kieler Rundschau and the Hamburger Rundschau , the Heidelberger Rundschau and the NaNa - Hannoversche Wochenschau were sister papers .

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