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 The 30 October 2018 front page ofDie Tageszeitung | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Publisher | taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG |
| Editor | Barbara Junge, Ulrike Winkelmann |
| Founded | 1978; 47 years ago (1978) |
| Political alignment | New left,green left,new social movements,anti-capitalism,feminism,left-wing[1] |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| ISSN | 0931-9085 |
| Website | taz.de |
Die Tageszeitung (German:[diːˈtaːɡəsˌtsaɪtʊŋ], "The Daily Newspaper"), stylized asdie tageszeitung and commonly referred to astaz, is a German dailynewspaper. It is run as acooperative – it is administeredby its employees and a co-operative of shareholders who invest in a free independent press, rather than to depend on advertising and paywalls.[2]
Founded in 1978 inBerlin as part of an independent, progressive and politicallyleft-leaning movement, it has focused on current politics, social issues such as inequality, ecological crises both local and international, and other topics not covered by the more traditional and conservative newspapers. It mostly supports the alternative green political sphere and theGerman Green Party, butDie Tageszeitung has also been critical of theSPD/Greens coalition government (1998–2005).[3] It was for a long time described as "alternative-left" and critical of existing current structures (systemkritisch) but became more moderate/liberal under new editors in-chief from 2010.[4][5]
The newspaper's logo, apaw print, derives from the similarity of the name "taz" to aGerman word for paw,Tatze. It ranks among Germany's top seven newspapers.[6] In 2021 taz overtook for the first time the conservativeDie Welt as the fifth most read daily newspaper of Germany.[7]
At the general meeting of the taz publishing cooperative in 2024, the management announced that the daily newspaper will publish its last paper print on 17 October 2025. After that it will only appear online; the columnistic weekend edition will remain in print.[8]
Barbara Junge and Ulrike Winkelmann are editors-in-chief; vice-editor-inchief is Katrin Gottschalk, chief reporterPeter Unfried.
Die Tageszeitung was established in 1978.[9] From the beginning,Die Tageszeitung was intended to be an alternative to the mainstream press, in its own words: "irreverent, commercially independent, intelligent and entertaining." One expression of its alternative approach to journalism was the payment of unified salaries for all employees until 1991. Nowadays, employees in highly responsible positions receive bonuses. Still, salaries of managers paid byDie Tageszeitung are considerably lower than what is paid in the rest of the industry.[10]
Since 1995, theWOZ Die Wochenzeitung (formerlyWoZ) andDie Tageszeitung have included a German-language edition of the monthlyLe Monde diplomatique to supplement the newspapers.[11][12] Most of the articles in the monthly supplement are translations of theFrench-language edition of theLe Monde diplomatique.[12] When it existed, taz also added the Turkish language newspaper of GermanyPerşembe.[13]
Since 1992,Die Tageszeitung has been owned by more than 22,214 paying members (as of August 2022).[14] Its circulation has dropped in recent years, with subscriptions including e-paper now down to 42,000.[15] In 1995, it was the first German national newspaper to make all of the content of issue available online.Die Tageszeitung considers to phase out its printed daily edition,[16] but has not (as of December 2023).
From the beginning,Die Tageszeitung appeared in a nationwide edition as well as in a Berlin local edition. Over the years, local editorial offices forNorth Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),Hamburg andBremen were added. While the latter two were merged to "taz nord" (North) the NRW offices were closed as of July 2007.
In the2013 elections the magazine was among the supporters of theSocial Democratic Party.[18] Taz was the first and only newspaper to have an independentTurkish-language edition online, known as taz.gazete between 2017 and 2020.[19][20] It also was amongst the first to have articles in simple German for neuro-diverse people.[21] It publishes from time to time in English astaz in English.
At the general meeting of the taz publishing cooperative in 2024, the management announced that the daily newspaper will publish its last paper print on 17 October 2025. After that it will only appear online; the columnistic weekend edition will remain in print.[8]
The newspaper is supported by acooperative under German law. Many readers help finance the newspaper.[22] taz employees are paid under thecollective agreement for newspapers in Germany.[23]
In its founding years, the taz covered the political spectrum of theextra-parliamentary opposition (APO) in the Federal Republic of Germany in its advisory meetings and opinions. Their political stance was mostly close toThe Greens, the SPD and later thePDS. The newspaper identified less with its successor party,The Left. In the 2000s, the newspaper became closer to the more center A90/Greens.
In 2023, long-time taz-journalist Ulrich Schulte switched sides and became head of the press office of theFederal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (BMUV), led bySteffi Lemke (A90/Greens).[24]
On 26 June 2006Die Tageszeitung published asatirical article on its last page, headlinedDie Wahrheit (the truth) that is reserved forsatire andnonsense. It was titled "The new potato of Poland. Rogues who want to rule the world. Today: Lech 'Katsche' Kaczynski".[25] This article ridiculed Polish presidentLech Kaczyński and prime ministerJarosław Kaczyński. Lech Kaczyński then cancelled talks that were scheduled between Germany, Poland and France (theWeimar Triangle), officially for reasons of sickness.
Die Tageszeitung has been noted to have a pro-Israel stance in its reporting on theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict.[26]
In November 2023, Palestinian authorAdania Shibli applied for a preliminaryinjunction inHamburg againstDie Tageszeitung after it published an article calling her a "committedB.D.S. activist." The injunction was dismissed by the court, which noted she had signed a 2007 open letter urgingThe Rolling Stones not to play in Israel and a 2019 open letter criticizing the organizers of a literary prize derailed by BDS activists.[27]
Die Tageszeitung was one of several German media outlets that had published false stories about theOctober 7 attacks without subsequent corrections.[28][29] In August 2025,Die Tageszeitung was cited by German journalist Hanno Hauenstein among a host of German media outlets that have helped pave the way forkilling Palestinian journalists in Gaza by the Israeli army.[30]
Thetaz is noted for itstongue-in-cheek headlines,[31] such as:
On 5 June 2008, the paper published a picture headlined"Onkel Baracks Hütte" (Uncle Barack's Cabin) with a picture of the White House below the headline as part of an article about then-SenatorBarack Obama. That headline, which made reference to the bookUncle Tom's Cabin, was perceived as racist by some of its readership.[32]
The taz Panter Foundation is a legally capablefoundation based inBerlin. The legal form of afoundation makes it possible to separatenon-profit activities from the business activities of taz and to further expand them with the help of supporters. It was established in 2008 to award the taz Panter Prize, which has been presented since 2005.[33][34]
The taz Panter Foundation is currently working on three goals: Firstly, it regularly holds international workshops to qualify foreign colleagues, who mainly come from countries wherepress freedom is under threat.[35][36] Secondly, the Panter Foundation provides journalistic trainings and further education programs, especially for younger people.[37] And thirdly, the foundation promotes democracy and civic engagement, for example by awarding the annual taz Panter prize.[38]
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