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The ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' (''WAZ'') is a commercial newspaper from
Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Do ...
, Germany, published by Funke Mediengruppe.


History and profile

''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' was founded by Erich Brost and first published 3 April 1948.Biography of Erich Brost
/ref> The paper has its headquarters in Essen. During the third quarter of 1992 ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'' had a circulation of 626,000 copies.


See also

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List of newspapers in Germany The number of national daily newspapers in Germany was 598 in 1950, whereas it was 375 in 1965. Below is a list of newspapers in Germany, sorted according to printed run as of 2015, as listed aivw.dewhich tracks circulations of all publications in ...


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* * 1948 establishments in Germany German-language newspapers Mass media in Essen Daily newspapers published in Germany Publications established in 1948 German news websites {{Germany-newspaper-stub