The German Times
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| description | Monthly newspaper |
| publishing company | Times Media GmbH |
| First edition | January 17, 2007 |
| Sold edition | 60,000 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Peter Köpf |
| editor | Theo summer |
| Web link | The German Times online |
| ISSN (print) | 1864-3973 |
The German Times (GT) is a monthly newspaper for Europe that has been published in English since 2007 by the Times Media publishing house and is aimed at readers in the 28 member countries of the European Union (EU) as well as Switzerland, Norway and Turkey. The German Times has also been available in parts of Russia and Australia since 2009 . The main focus is on politics, economics and culture. The circulation is 60,000 copies per month. The newspaper is editorially produced in Berlin and printed near Frankfurt in Mörfelden-Walldorf by Dogan Media in US broadsheet format . The German Times is largely ad-funded and politically independent. It is the European equivalent of The Atlantic Times , which is published by the same publisher.
The first edition of the German Times came out on January 17, 2007 at the start of the German EU Council Presidency 2007 and was presented in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in the presence of Chancellor Angela Merkel , Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering and the Chairman of the Group of the Party of European Socialists , Martin Schulz . At the evening gala concert to celebrate the German EU Council Presidency, the German Times was presented in the British capital in the presence of the British European Minister Geoff Hoon and the German Ambassador in London, Wolfgang Ischinger .
Editor of the German Times is Theo Sommer , longtime publisher of the Hamburg weekly Time . The editor-in-chief is Peter Köpf . Rainer Bieling is responsible for the special supplements.
The publishing house, editor and editorial team aim to bring out the diversity of voices from Germany in Europe. Editor Theo Sommer said at the presentation in London: "We thought the time had come to create a platform to discuss controversial to European issues." The German Times subtitled For Europe and wants loud online self-expression "our common Europe" move forward in order to “gain more and more acceptance in the hearts and minds of people”.
Addressees
Regular recipients of the German Times are, according to the publisher, members of parliament in the 28 EU member states, in Switzerland, Norway, Turkey and also in Russia, all members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the members of the EU Commission in Brussels. Executives from business, politics, research, science and culture in the European countries mentioned receive The German Times by direct mail. The German Federal Chancellery, all federal ministries and members of the Bundestag and Bundesrat are also regular recipients of the newspaper.
The German Times is also available in Lufthansa machines on flights between the European capitals, as well as at newspaper kiosks at airports and train stations in major European cities. It costs 2 euros in individual sales across Europe.
Web links
- "The German Times" is launched . Press release from the publisher on presseportal.de for the first issue
- Report on: Europe for decision-makers - A new paper aims to promote European opinion-forming . NZZ Online
- Times Media GmbH - website of the publisher
Individual evidence
- ^ Report “Newspaper for Europe. The 'German Times' introduces itself ”. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, feature section, January 19, 2007
- ^ Matthew Beard on January 29, 2007 in The Independent Online: The German Times: It scored with the World Cup. Now for a new goal
- ^ The German Times Online: What does this newspaper want? ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
