Süddeutsche Zeitung
 Süddeutsche Zeitung  (newspaper)   | |
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| Type | file of unspecified type |
| Founder(s) | August Schwingenstein, Edmund Goldschagg, Franz Josef Schöningh, Werner Friedmann |
| Founded | 6 October 1945 |
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, the largest German national subscription daily newspaper, was licensed by the US military administration five months after the end of World War II and published its first edition on 6 October 1945.[1]
It is one of the most important transatlantic media in Germany.
Overview
SZ came close to bankruptcy in October 2002 but was rescued by a 150 million euro investment from the regional newspaper chain Südwestdeutsche Medien.
In early 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung received a huge (2.6TB) data set from an anonymous source which contained confidential information of a law firm, Mossack Fonseca, offering the management of offshore companies. The newspaper in conjunction with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reviewed the data from the Panama Papers for over a year before publishing it on 3 April 2016.[2]
On 14 April 2016, in a televised Q and A session, President Vladimir Putin claimed that Süddeutsche Zeitung belonged to the US bank Goldman Sachs.[3] Putin's claim was swiftly dismissed by SZ managing director Stefan Hilscher, who said in a statement the newspaper “has no relationship under corporate law with Goldman Sachs”, adding the paper’s ownership was publicly available information. Goldman Sachs referred to Hilscher’s statement and declined further comment.[4] Kremlin press spokesman Dmitry Peskov later retracted President Putin's claim.[5]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Kornelius | Washington correspondent | 1996 | 1999 | |
| Stefan Kornelius | Head of the foreign policy department | 2000 | 2021 | One of the most closely networked journalists, functioning as a "transmission belt for American foreign policy thinking"<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> |
| Stefan Kornelius | Head of the politics department | 2012 | ||
| Christoph von Marschall | Journalist | 1988 | 1991 | |
| Bastian Obermayer | Head of Investigation | January 2018 | April 2022 | |
| Barbara von Ow-Freytag | Foreign Editor | January 1987 | July 1989 |
References
- ↑ "First edition of Süddeutsche Zeitung" 6 October 1945
- ↑ http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56febff0a1bb8d3c3495adf4/
- ↑ "Putin Sees U.S., Goldman Sachs Behind Leak of Panama Papers"
- ↑ "Panama Papers details are correct but do not implicate me, says Putin"
- ↑ "Kremlin says sorry to Goldman Sachs, German paper over Panama Papers slip-up"
