Frankfurter Allgemeine
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The 17 September 2010 front page of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Nordisch |
| Owner(s) | Fazit-Stiftung |
| Editor |
Werner D'Inka Berthold Kohler Günther Nonnenmacher Holger Steltzner |
| Founded | 1 November 1949 |
| Political alignment | Centre politics, liberal-conservative |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt |
| Website | www |
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁtɐ alɡəˈmaɪnə ˈtsaɪtʊŋ], Frankfurt General Newspaper), abbreviated FAZ, is a centre-right,liberal-conservativeGerman newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. Its Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS).
The F.A.Z. runs its own correspondent network. Its editorial policy is not determined by a single editor, but cooperatively by five editors. It is the German newspaper with the widest circulation abroad, with its editors claiming to deliver the newspaper to 148 countries every day.
The first edition of the F.A.Z. appeared on 1 November 1949; its founding editor was Erich Welter. Some editors had worked for the moderate Frankfurter Zeitung, which had been banned in 1943. However, in their first issue, the F.A.Z. editorial expressly refuted the notion of being the earlier paper's successor or of continuing its legacy:
"Arising from the fact that some of our colleagues previously were members of the Frankfurter Zeitung, it often has been suggested an attempt was being made here to be the successor to that newspaper. Such an assumption misjudges our intentions. Like everyone, we too are astonished at the high quality of that paper; …however, showing respect for an amazing achievement does not imply a desire to copy it."
Until 30 September 1950 the F.A.Z. was printed in Mainz.
Traditionally, many of the headlines in the F.A.Z. were styled in orthodox blackletter format and no photographs appeared on the title page. Some of the rare exceptions were a picture of the celebrating people in front of the Reichstag in Berlin on the German Unity Day on 4 October 1990, and the two pictures in the edition of 12 September 2001 showing the collapsing World Trade Center and the American president George W. Bush.
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