• September 25.2008

Austria: Publisher using newspaper for his political issues

Posted by Lauren Drablier on September 24, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Austrian tabloid, Kronen Zeitung, has been the subject of content concerns for quite some time.  The paper is currently under fire because publisher and editor in chief, Hans Dichand has been accused of manipulating the public by openly using his paper for pet political issues.

KZ has a daily circulation of three million (42% of the population), which, according to BNET is the highest per capita circulation of any newspaper in the world.

Kronen_Zeitung.pngDichand has now taken on the task of promoting Werner Faymann, the Social Democratic party's leader, to become Austria's next chancellor.

In many cases the paper's campaigns have succeeded which is making some experts nervous. According to the Financial Times, experts fear that Dichand is making other parties too subservient to his wishes.

Sources: Financial Times, Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, BNET


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