Moriz Benedikt (sometimes spelled Moritz) (27 May 1849 – 18 March 1920), was a long-time editor of theNeue Freie Presse and a powerful figure in Austrian politics and society.

Raised in a Jewish family inKrasice, he was the magazine's subeditor from 1872 to 1880, then associate editor and editor-in-chief from 1908 to the day he died.^[1]

The satiristKarl Kraus was a persistent critic of Benedikt ("the Lord of all Hyenas") and his paper, i.a., for their aggressive militaristic stance in the wake ofWorld War I.^[2]

He died in Vienna.

• 1849 births
• 1920 deaths
• Austrian Jews
• 19th-century Austrian journalists
• Austrian newspaper editors
• 20th-century Austrian journalists
• Austrian male journalists
• 20th-century male journalists
• Burials at Döbling Cemetery
• Journalists from Austria-Hungary