Die Tageszeitung
Die Tageszeitung (German: [diː ˈtaːɡəsˌtsaɪtʊŋ], "The Daily Newspaper"), stylized as die tageszeitung and commonly referred to as taz, is a German daily newspaper. It is run as a cooperative – it is administered by its employees and a co-operative of shareholders who invest in a free independent press, rather than to depend on advertising and paywalls.
The 30 October 2018 front page of Die Tageszeitung | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Publisher | taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG |
| Editor | Barbara Junge, Ulrike Winkelmann |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Political alignment | New left, green left, new social movements, anti-capitalism, feminism, left-wing |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| ISSN | 0931-9085 |
| Website | taz.de |
Founded in 1978 in Berlin as part of an independent, progressive and politically left-leaning movement, it has focused on current politics, social issues such as inequality, ecological crises both local and international, and other topics not covered by the more traditional and conservative newspapers. It mostly supports the alternative green political sphere and the German Green Party, but Die Tageszeitung has also been critical of the SPD/Greens coalition government (1998–2005). It is one of Germany's most important newspapers and amongst the top seven. It is being described as "alternative-left" and critical of existing current structures (systemkritisch).
The newspaper's logo, a paw print, derives from the similarity of the name "taz" to a German word for paw, Tatze. Its position in the media landscape varies between the fifth and the sixth most read newspaper of Germany. In 2021 taz overtook for the first time the conservative Die Welt as the fifth most read daily newspaper of Germany.