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Claus Strunz (born 29 September 1966) is a German journalist, television host, and media manager.


Biography

Strunz was born in Münchberg. After graduating from high school in
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, he worked as a trainee at the ''Nordbayerischer Kurier''. He then studied
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,
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at the
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from 1989 to 1994. He became editor and head of the news department of the
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''. Strunz was deputy editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper ''
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'' and from October 2000 editor-in-chief of ''
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'', the sunday edition of ''
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'', which he left on 1 August 2008. From October 2008 to mid-2011 Strunz was editor-in-chief of the ''
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''. Since then he has headed the TV and video production division at
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, which was created especially for him. Since 2009 he has been a regular guest lecturer at the ''European Media and Business Academy'' of the Hochschule Mittweida. Strunz appeared on television as host of the discussion programme ''Was erlauben Strunz!?'' (in reference to the famous statement by football coach
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), which was broadcast by N24 ( ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG at that time) until it was discontinued in summer 2010. Previously he had replaced Heinz Eggert on the
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talk show Der Grüne Salon from 2002. From March 2011 to October 2013 Strunz hosted the political debate Eins gegen Eins on Sat.1 and from June to December 2013 ''Deutschland Akut – der WELT Talk'' on N24. On 1 July 2014 Strunz became managing director of ''Maz & More TV Produktion'', which produces the
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of Sat.1 ''(Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen)''. Strunz also appears there regularly as a commentator on current events. After Strunz moderated the program ''Akte – Reporter kämpfen für Sie'' in September 2015 as a representative for Ulrich Meyer, he took over the main presentation of the program on Sat.1 in January 2017. In August and September 2017 he hosted several broadcasts on Sat.1 for the 2017 federal elections. Strunz was married to the journalist and editor-in-chief of the ''
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'' magazine Anne Meyer-Minnemann from 2005 to 2019 and has two daughters with her. Strunz was one of four presenters of the TV duel between
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and
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for the 2017 federal elections. Strunz quoted SPD
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candidate Schulz as follows: "What the refugees bring to us is more valuable than gold." Schulz then fully echoed the quotation used against him by the
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'', retrieved 4 September 2017.
"What the refugees bring to us is more valuable than gold. It is the unwavering belief in the dream of Europe. A dream we lost at some point." Strunz also asked with reference to the 226,000 persons obliged to leave Germany at the end of June 2017: "When will they be gone?" This choice of words and the fact that Strunz did not specifically mention the proportion of tolerated persons (159,678) met with criticism on the internet and in the media. In October 2024, Strunz became CEO and editorial director of
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which came under criticism as their owners are tied to Hungarian prime minister
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. Therefore, rivaling Brussels news outlet
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voiced criticism about Strunz becoming appointed.


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