Deutsches Sportecho

Deutsches Sportecho
TypeDaily sports newspaper
PublisherSportverlag (de)
Founded1947
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication1991
HeadquartersEast Berlin
Circulation185,000 (pre-German reunification)
ISSN0323-8628

Deutsches Sportecho was an East German daily sports newspaper of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB).

History

Deutsches Sportecho was first published on 5 May 1947.[1] The paper had a circulation of 185,000 copies.[2] The paper sponsored the association football competition DFV-Supercup (Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos) in 1989.[3] The paper was published by the East German publishing house Sportverlag at the Neustädtische Kirchstraße 15 in Berlin. Sportverlag also published the weekly football paper Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) of the East German Football Association (DFV).

The paper was acquired by West German publishing group Axel Springer in 1990.[4] The paper would now be published by Sportverlag GmbH. The circulation of Deutsches Sportecho rapidly declined after the German reunification.[2] The circulation had fallen to 34,000 copies by 1991.[5] The paper subsequently ceased publication on 3 April 1991.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kalenderblatt 2017: 5. Mai" (in German). zeit.de. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Pürer, Heinz; Raabe, Johannes (2007). Presse in Deutschland (in German). Konstanz: UVK. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-8252-8334-6.
  3. ^ "East Germany 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Die Quelle ist zuverlässig" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Das Sport-Echo verhallt" (in German). Die Tageszeitung. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Medien: Den täglichen Sport gib uns heute" (in German). Welt am Sonntag. Retrieved 30 July 2017.