Deutsches Sportecho
{{Short description|East German sports newspaper (1947–1991)}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Deutsches Sportecho
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| type = Daily sports newspaper
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| foundation = 1947
| ceased publication = 1991
| owners =
| publisher = Sportverlag (de)
| editor =
| language = German
| circulation = 185,000 (pre-German reunification)
| headquarters = East Berlin
| ISSN = 0323-8628
| website =
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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.{{cite news |url=http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-05/05/geschichte-kalenderblatt-2017-5-mai-05000006 |title= Kalenderblatt 2017: 5. Mai |newspaper= Die Zeit |date= 5 May 2017 |publisher= zeit.de |language= German |accessdate= 30 July 2017}} The paper had a circulation of 185,000 copies.{{cite book | first1 = Heinz | first2 = Johannes | last1 = Pürer | last2 = Raabe | title = Presse in Deutschland | year = 2007 | language = German | publisher = UVK| location = Konstanz| isbn =978-3-8252-8334-6| page = 194 }} The paper sponsored the association football competition DFV-Supercup (Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos) in 1989.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddr89.html |title= East Germany 1988/89 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate= 30 July 2017}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-15083409.html |title= Die Quelle ist zuverlässig |newspaper= Der Spiegel |date= 14 November 1999 |language= German |accessdate= 30 July 2017 |last1= Brinkbäumer |first1= Klaus |last2= Ludwig |first2= Udo |last3= Mascolo |first3= Georg |last4= Purschke |first4= Thomas }} The paper would now be published by Sportverlag GmbH. The circulation of Deutsches Sportecho rapidly declined after the German reunification. The circulation had fallen to 34,000 copies by 1991.{{cite news |url=http://www.taz.de/!1723957/ |title= Das Sport-Echo verhallt |newspaper= Die Tageszeitung: Taz |date= 13 April 1991 |page= 14 |publisher= Die Tageszeitung |language= German |accessdate= 6 August 2017}} The paper subsequently ceased publication on 3 April 1991.{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/print-wams/article133441/Medien-Den-taeglichen-Sport-gib-uns-heute.html |title= Medien: Den täglichen Sport gib uns heute |date= 15 October 2005 |publisher= Welt am Sonntag |language= German |accessdate= 30 July 2017}}
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Category:1947 establishments in Germany
Category:1991 disestablishments in Germany
Category:Sports mass media in Germany
Category:Sports mass media in East Germany
Category:Defunct German-language newspapers
Category:Daily newspapers published in Germany
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Germany
Category:Mass media in East Germany
Category:Sport in East Germany
Category:Newspapers published in Berlin