Format Rhenish Publisher Jürgen Todenhöfer Political alignment social liberalism | Owner(s) Jakob Augstein Founded 1946 | |
Type weekly (print) and
daily (online) | ||
Der Freitag (Friday) is a German weekly newspaper established in 1946.
History and profile
The newspaper was established in 1946 under the name of Sonntag which was used until 1990 when its name was switched to its current name, Freitag. The paper originally described itself as "the East West Weekly", being established in the year of German reunification, but underwent a substantial rebranding in 2009, including the addition of the definite article (it was previously just Freitag). The rebranding was judged a success by the Society for News Design, judging it one of the three "World's Best Designed Newspapers" in 2010. This followed the 2008 acquisition of the paper by Jakob Augstein. Der Freitag publishes online daily, as well as weekly in print. It has a syndication agreement with the British newspaper The Guardian, publishing a number of German translations of Guardian content in every issue.