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The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung is a German-language foreign publication and one of the oldest newspapers in the United States of America . It is also known as "The Staats" and first appeared on December 24, 1834. The first editor was Stephan Molitor .

history

The paper was founded by German immigrants who were supporters of the Democrats and Andrew Jacksons . After several changes of ownership, it was sold to Jakob Uhl in 1845, who developed it into one of the most respected newspapers until his death in 1852. His wife Anna had also familiarized herself with the publishing industry, so that - despite her six children - she was able to decline all offers for sale. In 1850 Uhl had hired Oswald Ottendorfer as editor, who married the widow in 1859. Under his leadership, the Staats became a daily newspaper, and Caspar Stürenburg became an editorialist. The Ottendorfers had no children. Uhl's children, including Edward Uhl , who owned the majority of the shares, were not interested in the newspaper publisher. In 1906, in order to keep the newspaper, they decided to sell to Herman Ridder . Ridder had owned 1/10 of the shares since 1890 and was managing director. He ran the newspaper until his death in 1915. After that, it was jointly run by his sons Bernard H. Ridder and Victor F. Ridder.

Despite the competition, The Staats became the third largest daily newspaper in New York. In 1886 the largest, NY World , sold 149,000 copies daily, followed by the NY Tribune at 80,000, and then the NY State newspaper at 60,000. Then came the NY Times with 40,000, the German-Republican Herald with 35,000, the English NY Evening Post with 17,000 and the socialist NY People's newspaper with 10,000 copies. In addition, there was a variety of weekly newspapers in German, trade and advertising newspapers, as well as the newspaper Freie Presse in Brooklyn (see also German-language newspapers in the USA ). When Germany and Austria began the First World War , the editors took their side and printed patriotic readers' mail from Germany with verve.

With the purchase of Long Island Press and the Journal of Commerce in 1926/27, the Ridders laid the foundation for the later Knight-Ridder media conglomerate . The Staats merged with the Herold in 1934 ; In 1991 the name Herold disappeared from the newspaper head. The newspaper was still selling 80,000 copies a day in 1938, but World War II did great damage. Suddenly the Americans were against everything German.

In 1953 the Staats was sold to the Steuer family , who published the newspaper first three times a week and then once a week. In 1989 the Steuer family sold the Staats to Jes Rau, a former American correspondent of the German period , in Hamburg. The circulation sank slowly but steadily.

Still, the state remains the only German-American newspaper in New York, Florida, and Philadelphia because the English-language press does not cover their interests. In 1995 she reported z. For example, from the Steuben Parade in New York, where Governor George Pataki and Senator Alfonse D'Amato marched knowingly around their constituencies.

Originally the paper appeared daily, from 1953 three times a week and now weekly. The newspaper tries to convey historical awareness, informs about events of the German-American community in the tri-state region of New York ( New York , New Jersey , Connecticut ) as well as about current events in Germany and practices critical examination of the German-American relations.

There are still about eight German-language newspapers in the United States. From 1968 to 1969 Herbert Feuerstein was editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

From 1934 to 1991, after a merger with the equally German-speaking Herold , the newspaper bore the title Staatszeitung und Herold . In the 19th century, the newspaper was one of the highest-circulation print media in New York.

literature

  • Herman Ridder : Hyphenations. A collections of Articles on the World War of 1914 which have appeared from Time to Time in the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung. Max Butterfly, New York 1915 (digitized) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Image 3 of World War history: daily records and comments as appeared in American and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (New York), October 2, 1914, (1914 October 2-5). Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Jes Rau from New York ... then comes the moral. In: The time . May 20, 1977. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
  3. ^ Eva Schweitzer : Neighborhood Report: New York Newspapers; At 158 ​​Years and Counting, A German Paper Pushes On. In: The New York Times . May 27, 2001, accessed July 28, 2018 .
  4. ^ History of a New York City Institution. In: New York State Newspaper. 1977, accessed July 28, 2018 .