Freie Erde
{{Short description|East German newspaper (1946–1947)}}
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| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| owners = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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| foundation = 1952
| political = Communist
| language = German
| ceased publication = 1990
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| headquarters = Neubrandenburg
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| publishing_country = German Democratic Republic
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| ISSN = 0427-5187
| oclc = 724281908
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Freie Erde (German: Free Earth) was a German-language daily newspaper published in the German Democratic Republic. Its title was changed to Nordkurier following the unification in 1990.
History and profile
Freie Erde was established in 1952 as one of the newspapers published in the German Democratic Republic.{{cite web|title=Die Zeitung Freie Erde ist entziffert|work=Foto Community|access-date=19 December 2014|language=de|date=21 May 2014|url=http://www.foto-hartig.de/Ansichten/Aktuell/Eintrage/2014/5/21_Jeder_vierte_Redakteur_ein_IM.html}}{{cite journal|author1=Andrea Czepek
|author2=Ulrike Klinger|title=Media Pluralism Between Market Mechanisms and Control: The German Divide|journal=International Journal of Communication|year=2010|volume=4|pages=820–843|doi=10.5167/uzh-39473}}{{cite news|title=Vom Parteiorgan zur seriösen Tageszeitung|work=Nordkurier|url=http://www.nordkurier.de/kultur-und-freizeit/vom-parteiorgan-zur-serioesen-tageszeitung-0110219910.html|access-date=19 December 2014|date=1 October 2014|language=de}} The paper was the organ of the provincial branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.{{cite web|title=Bestandsverzeichnis. Zeitungen|access-date=19 December 2014|location=Bonn|language=de|year=2007|url-status=dead
|url=http://www.hdg.de/fileadmin/_Informationszentrum/Zeitungen2007.pdf|work=Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|archive-date=16 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816065531/https://www.hdg.de/fileadmin/_Informationszentrum/Zeitungen2007.pdf}}{{cite book|author=Jörg Becker|year=1988|title=Paper technology and the third world|publisher=Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
|url=http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00---off-0hdl--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-help---00-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL3.21&d=HASHb48b2d80a95becd009537f.3|location=Eschborn}} Although it was originally started to serve for Neubrandenburg, it was first published in Neustrelitz, and in April 1974 its headquarters moved to Neubrandenburg. As of 1959 the paper had editions in fourteen smalls towns in the Berlin area.{{cite journal|author=John Brown Mason|issue=2
|title=Government, Administration, and Politics in East Germany: A Selected Bibliography|journal=American Political Science Review|date=June 1959|doi=10.2307/1952161|volume=53|page=516|jstor=1952161|s2cid=251095627}}
Freie Erde was published in broadsheet format and consisted of eight pages.{{cite news|author=Philip Barker
|title=Erich Honecker: My part in his downfall|access-date=19 December 2014|work=SJA|date=4 June 2009
|url=http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sports-digest/erich-honecker-my-part-in-his-downfall/}}
Following the unification of Germany the paper ceased publication in 1990 and was renamed as Nordkurier which was owned by Kurierverlag GmbH in 2009.
See also
References
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External links
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Category:1952 establishments in East Germany
Category:1990 disestablishments in East Germany
Category:Daily newspapers published in Germany
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Germany
Category:Mass media in East Germany
Category:German-language communist newspapers