Berliner Börsen-Courier
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Newspaper front page of Berliner Börsen-Courier as of 7 May 1857, weekly supplement of Berliner Börsen-Zeitung (1855–1944)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Founder(s) | George Davidsohn |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Political alignment | Left-liberal |
| Language | German |
| Ceased publication | 1933 |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Circulation | 40,000 (as of 1927) |
The Berliner Börsen-Courier (Berlin stock exchange courier, BBC) was a German left-liberal daily newspaper published from 1868 to 1933. It focused primarily on prices of securities traded on the stock exchanges and securities information about the mortgage market, but also featured news and reports from industry, commerce, politics and culture. It was subtitled: moderne Tageszeitung für alle Gebiete (modern daily paper for all areas).
The first issue appeared as a sample issue on 12 September 1868, while regular distribution began in October 1868. The daily issue appeared in the late afternoon, matching the trading hours on the stock exchange. On Sunday evening, the newspaper appeared under the name Station and was primarily a feuilleton. The daily paper had one page of political news and three pages of news and reports from trade and industry. In addition, there were four supplements: the Courszettel (stock list), advertising, the Station and a weekly supplement of real estate news.
Beginning on 1 January 1869, the paper came with a morning and an evening edition. The evening edition consisted mainly of the stock data, while the morning edition had mainly news and reports from the fields of politics, entertainment and culture. In the following years, the evening edition also was expanded with news and reports, also reports from the local area.
The founder of the paper, George Davidsohn (1835–1897), was trained as a banker and was a journalist at the (BBZ, Berlin stock exchange newspaper). He thus managed to make the Börsen-Courier economically stable. He also raised the bar in newspaper quality when it came to the speed of publication and the level of reporting. He was connected to Berlin's artistic scene and made the paper "an influential force in Berlin culture". The Börsen-Courier was "freisinnig", leftist-liberal, and stood against Anti-Semitism. When the economic crisis reached the Börsen-Courier in the years 1875 to 1877, Davidsohn's brother (1853-1937) took over the business of the newspaper and converted it into a public company in 1884.
The increased demands for timely news led to the introduction of flexible working hours and the installment of a night editor. From the 1880s, reports of foreign exchanges were published and reports were accompanied by statistics and forecasts. The paper incorporated as a supplement the Berliner Wespen, a paper Julius Stettenheim had created for humor and satire. The Börsen-Courier was the first newspaper in Berlin reporting from the Reichstag. It was also the first newspaper that had a reporter for sport, from 1885, who developed a sports section.
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