Göttinger Tageblatt
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The Göttinger Tageblatt is the single printed local daily newspaper to circulate in Göttingen
in the south of the state of Lower Saxony
in Germany. The coverage area of the paper includes the city of Göttingen
and surrounding towns and villages.
it has become increasingly nationalist and it supported the Nazi movement even before it came to power in 1933. Since 1973 it is part of the Madsack publishing group from the capital city of the state of Lower Saxony, Hanover
. National and statewide issues are taken from Madsack's Hanover Daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
with its right of center alignment since then, while the editorial department of the Göttinger Tageblatt confines itself on local affairs only.
stronghold and a purported concealment of this past by current editors. The current coverage of local affairs is sometimes said to be onesidedly loyal towards the interests of local business, especially the retail sector that submits a crucial part of the paper's turnover by buying advertisement spaces. The quality of the editorial contents is usually estimated as being that of a "local rack".
There have also been efforts towards establishing local periodicals as alternative local news sources in the past years, but until now they all failed because of lacks of revenue and because of onesided left wing and alternative editorial alignments so that these papers haven't been able to reach sufficient acceptancies and therefore circulations.
The local radio station, Stadradio Göttingen, has been established in 1997. It is indirectly founded by the state of Lower Saxony. It broadcasts local news bulletins several times a day but its audience is quite low due to a considerable lack of professionalism.
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
in the south of the state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
in Germany. The coverage area of the paper includes the city of Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
and surrounding towns and villages.
Background
It was founded in 1889. Since World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
it has become increasingly nationalist and it supported the Nazi movement even before it came to power in 1933. Since 1973 it is part of the Madsack publishing group from the capital city of the state of Lower Saxony, Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
. National and statewide issues are taken from Madsack's Hanover Daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung is a German newspaper with a circulation of 158.000 and a widespread resonance all over Germany. It is distributed in Hanover and in all Lower Saxony.Ulrich Neufert leads the HAZ as chief journalist...
with its right of center alignment since then, while the editorial department of the Göttinger Tageblatt confines itself on local affairs only.
Controversy
A part of the significant educated and progressive community around the famous local university criticizes the crucial contributions of the editors of the paper towards the establishment of Göttingen as an early and lasting HitlerAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
stronghold and a purported concealment of this past by current editors. The current coverage of local affairs is sometimes said to be onesidedly loyal towards the interests of local business, especially the retail sector that submits a crucial part of the paper's turnover by buying advertisement spaces. The quality of the editorial contents is usually estimated as being that of a "local rack".
Alternatives
The current main sources of local news for the people of Göttingen are provided by the local Stadtradio Göttingen, the regional HNA newspaper and the regional newscasts of the radio stations NDR 1, Hitradio Antenne Niedersachsen and FFN radio:There have also been efforts towards establishing local periodicals as alternative local news sources in the past years, but until now they all failed because of lacks of revenue and because of onesided left wing and alternative editorial alignments so that these papers haven't been able to reach sufficient acceptancies and therefore circulations.
The local radio station, Stadradio Göttingen, has been established in 1997. It is indirectly founded by the state of Lower Saxony. It broadcasts local news bulletins several times a day but its audience is quite low due to a considerable lack of professionalism.