Type Daily newspaper Language German | Format Tabloid | |
Owner(s) Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Publisher LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH Founded 20 May 1946; 70 years ago (1946-05-20) | ||
Lausitzer Rundschau is a German language daily regional newspaper published in Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany.
History and profile
Lausitzer Rundschau was first published on 20 May 1946. In 1952 the offices of the paper moved to Görlitz and the paper consisted of eight pages. On 5 August 1952 the paper moved to its current headquarters in Cottbus.
The paper was owned by the Socialist Unity Party before German reunification. Following the unification the owner of the daily became Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. The company also owns other newspapers, including Saarbrücker Zeitung.
Lausitzer Rundschau is published in tabloid format by a subsidiary of the Saarbrücker Zeitung Group, LR Medienverlag und Druckerei GmbH. In September 2012 the majority share of Saarbrücker Zeitung Group was acquired by Rheinische Post Mediengruppe.
The paper serves the states of Brandenburg and Saxony, and has 13 editions. Since 2 March 2006 LR-Woche, a free weekly tabloid, has been delivered with the paper.
Lausitzer Rundschau was called Lügenrudi (meaning Liar Tom in English) when it was published in East Germany. The daily publishes extensive reports on neo-nazi activity in the region. The offices of Lausitzer Rundschau has been target for the attacks by right-wing extremists in Lübbenau and Spremberg.
The circulation of Lausitzer Rundschau was 100,000 copies in January 1954. In the second quarter of 2003 the paper had a circulation of 136,259 copies.