Freie Erde (German: Free Earth) was a German-language daily newspaper published in the German Democratic Republic. Its title was changed to Nordkurier following the unification in 1990.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | German |
| Ceased publication | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Neubrandenburg |
| Country | German Democratic Republic |
| ISSN | 0427-5187 |
| OCLC number | 724281908 |
History and profile
editFreie Erde was established in 1952 as one of the newspapers published in the German Democratic Republic.[1][2][3] The paper was the organ of the provincial branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.[4][5] Although it was originally started to serve for Neubrandenburg, it was first published in Neustrelitz, and in April 1974 its headquarters moved to Neubrandenburg.[2][3] As of 1959 the paper had editions in fourteen smalls towns in the Berlin area.[6]
Freie Erde was published in broadsheet format and consisted of eight pages.[7]
Following the unification of Germany the paper ceased publication in 1990[1] and was renamed as Nordkurier which was owned by Kurierverlag GmbH in 2009.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Die Zeitung Freie Erde ist entziffert". Foto Community (in German). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Andrea Czepek; Ulrike Klinger (2010). "Media Pluralism Between Market Mechanisms and Control: The German Divide". International Journal of Communication. 4: 820–843. doi:10.5167/uzh-39473.
- ^ a b "Vom Parteiorgan zur seriösen Tageszeitung". Nordkurier (in German). 1 October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Bestandsverzeichnis. Zeitungen" (PDF). Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Bonn. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Jörg Becker (1988). Paper technology and the third world. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit.
- ^ John Brown Mason (June 1959). "Government, Administration, and Politics in East Germany: A Selected Bibliography". American Political Science Review. 53 (2): 516. doi:10.2307/1952161. JSTOR 1952161. S2CID 251095627.
- ^ Philip Barker (4 June 2009). "Erich Honecker: My part in his downfall". SJA. Retrieved 19 December 2014.