Otto Schulmeister

Austrian journalist

Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism.^[1] He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989.^[2] He was the father of former ORF correspondent Paul Schulmeister, and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.^[1]

Awards

1979: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik
1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

Works

Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
Ernstfall Österreich, 1995

Literature

Theodor Venus (2007), "Schulmeister, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686; (full text online)

References

^ ^a ^b "• PROFIL Online • Ex-"Presse"-Chef im Dienste der CIA: Otto Schulmeister agierte für den Geheimdienst • Politik, Inland". www.profil.at. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22.
^ "Styria Media Group".