North Bavarian courier

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North Bavarian courier
North Bavarian Courier Logo
description Regional daily newspaper
publishing company Nordbayerischer Kurier Zeitungsverlag GmbH
Headquarters Theodor-Schmidt-Strasse 17, 95448 Bayreuth
First edition 2nd January 1968
Frequency of publication working days
Sold edition 28,416 copies
( IVW 2/2020, Mon-Sat)
Editor-in-chief Otto Lapp (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)
editor Laurent Fischer
executive Director Serge Schäfers
Web link www.nordbayerischer-kurier.de

The North Bavarian Courier is a daily newspaper that appears in the city and district of Bayreuth . With several local editions, it achieved a sold circulation of 28,416 copies, a decrease of 33.1 percent since 1998.

history

The newspaper was founded on January 2nd, 1968. At that time, the Bayreuther Tagblatt and the Fränkische Presse merged to form the North Bavarian Courier . The editors are Wolfgang Ellwanger and Laurent Fischer, whose fathers were already involved in the production of the previous newspapers. The Ellwanger family has a 37.5 percent stake in the Nordbayerischer Kurier publishing house , while the heirs of Julius Steeger and Walter Fischer, who founded the Franconian Press in 1945 as a licensed newspaper, hold 62.5 percent . The North Kurier newspaper publisher GmbH & Co. KG is one of 62.5% of the printing house publishing Bayreuth mbH , at the 47.5% that of the SPD owned German Print and Publishers Society mbH (DDVG) is involved.

At the beginning of April 2016, the publisher announced that the Ellwanger family was selling their share to Druckhaus Bayreuth Verlagsgesellschaft mbH , which would then become the sole shareholder. Because of the ongoing antitrust proceedings , Wolfgang Ellwanger, who resigned as publisher and co-editor on April 1, 2016, initially did not comment on this. On June 23, 2016, Nordbayerischer Kurier announced on its own account that Frankenpost would take over the shares in DDVG , subject to approval by the Federal Cartel Office . This would mean that Frankenpost would hold 65 percent of the shares in Nordbayerischer Kurier in the future, the rest would remain with Laurent Fischer. A close cooperation between the two newspapers is planned.

From March 1, 2011 until the end of January 2016, Joachim Braun was editor-in-chief of Nordbayerischer Kurier . On February 1, 2016, he moved to the Frankfurter Neue Presse , his successor being Christina Knorz. On March 1, 2018, Torsten Geiling took over the position of editor-in-chief, from whom the Nordbayerischer Kurier separated again at the beginning of September of that year. Deputy editor-in-chief is Otto Lapp.

In November 2018 it was announced that the Nordbayerischer Kurier would cease printing operations in Bayreuth on April 30, 2019. From May 2019 the newspaper will be printed in the Hof printing center .

Acquisition of national content

The shell sides moved into the North Kurier by the end of 2012 from Nordbayerischer ring dailies (RNT) , based in Bayreuth. After the sale of the Obermain-Tagblatt in Lichtenfels, co-partner of RNT, to Main-Post Würzburg, which belongs to the Media Group Pressedruck ( Augsburger Allgemeine ) , the RNT was completely integrated into the Kurier editorial team. There has been a service contract with Main-Post since 2009. The North Bavarian Courier has access to their supraregional material.

Advertising papers

The Blickpunkt on the weekend of the Nordbayerischer Kurier is distributed every Saturday to the so-called non-reader households, the households that have not subscribed to the Nordbayerischer Kurier , with a circulation of 47,000.

In mid-2007, Neue Bayreuther Werbung Verlags GmbH, which published the Bayreuther / Pegnitzer Anzeiger advertising paper, was taken over by the Nordbayerischer Kurier . After a complete relaunch, the advertising paper has been published since October 15, 2008 under the name FZ Fränkische Zeitung with a circulation of around 95,600 copies. The distribution organization VSO - Distribution Service Upper Franconia, which is connected to the advertising paper, takes on the distribution of FC household direct deliveries to almost 700,000 households per week throughout Upper Franconia and the northern Upper Palatinate.

From October 2009 to December 2012 the free Sunday newspaper Sonntag appeared in Franconia , which was published by the Neue Bayreuther Werbung Verlag GmbH. It was distributed to all accessible households in the city and district of Bayreuth, in the Fichtelgebirge, in Franconian Switzerland and in the southern district of Kulmbach with a circulation of 95,000 copies.

further activities

The Kurier-Card has existed since May 2003 - the shopping, discount and club card for subscribers to the North Bavarian Courier . With this card, subscribers get discounts from local retailers and service providers and enjoy advantages at various events.

More than 20 years ago, the North Bavarian Courier founded the aid organization Menschen in Not , which was converted into a foundation at the end of 2007. The relief organization is used exclusively for charity. The donations benefit fellow citizens who are in need through no fault of their own who live in Bayreuth or in a municipality in the district.

Edition

The North Kurier , like most German newspapers in recent years to rest lost. The number of copies sold has fallen by an average of 2.4% per year over the past 10 years. Last year it decreased by 3.3%. It is currently 28,416 copies. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 91.3 percent.

Development of the number of copies sold

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  2. ^ Annual report 2008 of the Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH ( Memento of July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ The publisher sells Kurier shares in: Nordbayerischer Kurier from 2./3. April 2016, p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Frankenpost" takes over majority of the courier in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of June 23, 2016, p. 2.
  5. ↑ Joachim Braun becomes the new editor-in-chief. In: kress. Retrieved November 24, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Nordbayerischer Kurier of September 8, 2018, p. 2.
  7. ↑ Kurier ceases printing operations in Bayreuth in: Nordbayerischer Kurier from November 29, 2018, p. 11.
  8. ↑ Susanne Stracke-Neumann: Great renunciation for workforce In: M - Menschenmachen Medien , edition 8/9 2009, p. 12.
  9. ↑ Media data of the North Bavarian Courier
  10. ^ Information from the Nordbayerischen Kurier publishing house
  11. ↑ Kurier-Hilfswerk people in need
  12. ↑ according to IVW ( online )
  13. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020, Mon-Sat ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
  14. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )