Type Daily newspaper Political alignment conservative | Editor Bettina Bäumlisberger | |
Owner(s) Dirk Ippen, Alfons Döser Publisher Münchener Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Founded 13 November 1946 (1946-11-13) | ||
The Münchner Merkur ( [ˈmy:nxne:r me:rku:r], literally "Munich Mercury") is a German Bavarian daily subscription newspaper, which is published from Monday to Saturday. It is located in Munich and belongs to the Müncher Merkur/tz media group. The paid circulation of the Münchner Merkur is 271.335 copies.
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History
The Merkur was the second newspaper after the Süddeutsche Zeitung which was allowed to be published in Munich. 1968 the subsidiary tz was brought as a tabloid newspaper onto the market.
The first edition of the initially named Münchner Mittag ("Munich Noon"), was released on 13 November 1946 through a licence of the American military government. One of the founding members and publishers was Felix Buttersack.
In 1982, the Westphalian publisher Dirk Ippen purchased the Munich newspaper group including the newspapers Münchner Merkur and tz.
The readers of the Münchner Merkur vote since 1996 every year for the winner of the Merkur-Theaterpreis (Merkur-theatre-prize).
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Readership
Münchner Merkur counts with 971.000 total readers, 488.000 of them male and 483.000 female readers.