Ostsee-Zeitung

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Ostsee-Zeitung
Type Daily newspaper
FormatRheinisch
Owner(s)Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH
PublisherOstsee-Zeitung publishing house
Founded1952;71 years ago (1952)
Language German
Headquarters Rostock
Website OZ

The Ostsee-Zeitung (abbreviated OZ) is a German language regional daily newspaper published in Rostock, Germany. It was launched in East Germany in 1952 and has been in circulation since then.

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History and profile

Ostsee-Zeitung HQ in Rostock, Mecklenburg Rostock Ostsee-Zeitung.jpg
Ostsee-Zeitung HQ in Rostock, Mecklenburg

Founded in 1952, [1] Ostsee-Zeitung was one of the newspapers published in East Germany before the German reunification. [2] [3] The paper was owned the Socialist Unity Party during this period. [2] [4] As of 1959 the paper had thirteen local editions. [5] The paper is based in Rostock [6] [7] and is published in Rheinisch format. [8]

Ostsee-Zeitung was part of the Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH, a subsidiary of the Axel Springer group, until 2008. [2] [9] The group acquired the shares in the paper in 1990. [10] The Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH, a subsidiary of the Madsack group, bought the Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH in February 2009. [2] [11] The Ostsee-Zeitung GmbH is a subsidiary of the Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH. [12] The Madsack group also owns Freie Presse, Göttinger Tageblatt , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , Kieler Nachrichten , Leipziger Volkszeitung , and Lübecker Nachrichten . [13]

The publisher of Ostsee-Zeitung is the Ostsee Zeitung publishing house. [6] The paper has ten local editions. [9] [11]

Ostsee-Zeitung is regarded as part of the regional identity of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. [14]

Circulation

The circulation of Ostsee-Zeitung was 232,100 copies in the mid-1990s before the unification. [3] In 2001 the paper sold 191,000 copies. [8] Its circulation was 181,046 copies in the second quarter of 2003. [15]

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