Die Weltwoche
| Type | Magazine |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Weltwoche Verlag AG |
| Editor | Roger Köppel, publisher and editor-in-chief since November 2006 |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Political alignment | Classical liberalism, conservatism |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Zürich |
| Circulation | 77,800 (2011) |
| ISSN | 0043-2660 |
| Website | www.weltwoche.ch |
Die Weltwoche (meaning "The World Week" in English) is a Swiss weekly magazine based in Zürich. Founded in 1933, it has been privately owned by Roger Köppel since 2006.
The magazine's regular columnists of note include the former president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Peter Bodenmann, as well as Christoph Mörgeli MP, a leading figure of the right wing of the nationalist Swiss People's Party, and cultural and social commentator Alexander, Count von Schönburg-Glauchau.
The magazine's editorial stance under Köppel is considered to range between economic liberalism and neo-conservatism - regularly along the lines of the Swiss People's Party as critics allege.
Founded 1933 as a weekly newspaper in the mold of French weeklies, it started off somewhat sympathetic to the Nazi government of Germany, but soon joined the other Swiss media in vigorously opposing it.
During the 1980s, the newspaper was led by Rudolf Bächtold and Jürg Ramspeck and owned by Jean Frey Verlag. Weltwoche remained a fixture of the intellectual environment in Switzerland, publishing articles, columns and interviews on a wide range of topics, including politics, the economy, culture and science, generally from a center-left perspective. In 1987, Jean Frey Verlag was bought up by notorious entrepreneur and fraudster Werner Rey. After the collapse of Rey's holdings in 1991, the publisher was sold to Curti Medien Holding AG, which in 1996 passed to Basler Zeitung. The last editor in chief before the takeover by Köppel was Fredy Gsteiger (1997 to 2001), under whom the newspaper pursued a general political position of center-left liberalism.
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