Der Freitag (literally The Friday, stylized der Freitag) is a German weekly national newspaper, established in 1990 and published in Berlin. It focuses on politics, culture and the economy, and is published in Rhenish format. The newspaper's publisher is Jakob Augstein, who was also editor from 2013 to 2022. Augstein and other family members control 24% of German news magazine Der Spiegel. The newspaper has won several awards, such as European Newspaper of the Year and World's Best Designed Newspaper. The newspaper was founded on 9 November 1990 as simply Freitag. One of its predecessors, Sonntag ("Sunday"), was established in 1946. The paper originally described itself as "the East West Weekly", having been established in the year of German reunification, but underwent a substantial rebranding in 2009: the name was changed to "der Freitag" and the slogan "das Meinungsmedium" (roughly "the medium for opinions") was added. In Jakob Augstein 2008 acquired the paper. The Society for News Design judged it one of the three "World's Best Designed Newspapers" in 2010. Starting with edition 36 on September 5, 2019 der Freitag was published with the new slogan „Die Wochenzeitung" („the weekly newspaper") and a redesigned front page. The paper's logo was placed higher up and the front-page picture enlarged. According to the publishing house the new slogan aims to emphasise der Freitag's „strength as a weekly paper and as a medium for background reporting and analysis". More information...
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