New Yorker Staatszeitung
Encyclopedia
The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, nicknamed „The Staats“, is the premier German-language
weekly newspaper
in the United States
.
, who worked as compositor, secretary and general manager, immediately enlarged the sheet and shortly developed it into a daily newspaper. When Jacob Uhl died in 1852, Anna Uhl took over management of the newspaper, with the assistance of Oswald Ottendorfer
, who had been hired in the counting room. In 1858, Ottendorfer became editor, and in 1859 he married Anna Uhl. Anna Ottendorfer continued as business manager until shortly before her death in 1884 when her son Eward Uhl succeeded her. Together Anna and Oswald Ottendorfer developed the Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper. By the 1870s, its circulation was comparable to English-language
newspapers like the New York Tribune
and the New York Times.
In 1879, the property of the paper was changed into a stock company. When Oswald Ottendorfer died in 1900, the newspaper was sold to Herman Ridder. Ridder went on to contribute to the foundation of the Knight Ridder
conglomerate, and the Staats-Zeitung gradually became a side line. It stayed in the Ridder family until 1953, when it was sold to the Steuer family who changed from a daily newspaper to three times a week and finally a weekly. In 1989, it was sold to Jes Rau.
From 1860 to 1864, Franz Umbscheiden
was on the staff.
From 1968 to 1969, the German entertainer and comedian Herbert Feuerstein
was editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
weekly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in the United States
United States
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.
History
The Staats-Zeitung was founded in 1834 by German immigrants. Jacob Uhl purchased the newspaper in 1845, at that point a weekly paper with very limited circulation edited by Gustav Adolph Neuman. Jacob Uhl, with his wife, Anna UhlAnna Ottendorfer
Anna Ottendorfer was a United States journalist and philanthropist. She was associated with the development of the German-language New Yorker Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper....
, who worked as compositor, secretary and general manager, immediately enlarged the sheet and shortly developed it into a daily newspaper. When Jacob Uhl died in 1852, Anna Uhl took over management of the newspaper, with the assistance of Oswald Ottendorfer
Oswald Ottendorfer
Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer was a United States journalist associated with the development of the German-language New Yorker Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper.-Education:...
, who had been hired in the counting room. In 1858, Ottendorfer became editor, and in 1859 he married Anna Uhl. Anna Ottendorfer continued as business manager until shortly before her death in 1884 when her son Eward Uhl succeeded her. Together Anna and Oswald Ottendorfer developed the Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper. By the 1870s, its circulation was comparable to English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
newspapers like the New York Tribune
New York Tribune
The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States...
and the New York Times.
In 1879, the property of the paper was changed into a stock company. When Oswald Ottendorfer died in 1900, the newspaper was sold to Herman Ridder. Ridder went on to contribute to the foundation of the Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold.- History :The corporate ancestors of...
conglomerate, and the Staats-Zeitung gradually became a side line. It stayed in the Ridder family until 1953, when it was sold to the Steuer family who changed from a daily newspaper to three times a week and finally a weekly. In 1989, it was sold to Jes Rau.
From 1860 to 1864, Franz Umbscheiden
Franz Umbscheiden
Franz Umbscheiden was a revolutionary during the revolutions of 1848 who emigrated to the United States and became a journalist.-Biography:...
was on the staff.
From 1968 to 1969, the German entertainer and comedian Herbert Feuerstein
Herbert Feuerstein
Herbert Feuerstein is a German comedian and entertainer.Feuerstein studied music at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1956 to 1958, majoring in piano, cembalo and composition. However, he never graduated and in 1960, he followed his first wife to New York...
was editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
Current status
The newspaper aims to promote historical awareness, inform about current events and encourage critical thinking about German-American relationships. Today, there are eight German-language newspapers in the United States.See also
- Anzeiger des WestensAnzeiger des WestensThe Anzeiger des Westens was the first German-language newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, and, along with the Westliche Post and the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, one of the three most successful German-language papers in the United States Midwest serving the German-American population with news and...
The German language daily paper in St. Louis founded one year later, that became the largest newspaper of any language in the state
Further reading
- Karl J. R. Arndt and May E. Olson, The German Language Press of the Americas, Volume I: "History and Bibliography, 1732 to 1955", 3rd revised edition, 1976.
- Carl Wittke, The German Language Press in America, 1957.