Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse

Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse is a German publishing group formed as an association of three church newspaper publishers. It produces Catholic weekly and biweekly newspapers for dioceses in Germany. The group's central editorial office (Zentralredaktion) is based in Osnabrück and is responsible for the supra-regional section (Mantelteil) of the newspapers, while individual diocesan editorial offices provide regional and local content. The group's online portal, aussicht.online, offers reporting on the Vatican, the global church, and the Catholic Church in Germany, with a critical and constructive approach. The group's shareholders are Bernward Mediengesellschaft mbH (Hildesheim), St. Benno Buch- und Zeitschriftenverlagsgesellschaft (Leipzig), and Verlag Kirchenbote (Osnabrück). Together, the member publishers issue eleven individual diocesan newspapers, including Tag des Herrn, Bonifatiusbote, Neue Kirchenzeitung, KirchenZeitung, Der Sonntag, Glaube und Leben, and Kirchenbote. In addition, four other publishers from dioceses not belonging to the group take over the Mantelteil, so that a total of fifteen church newspapers use the central editorial content. As of 2024, these fifteen newspapers had a combined biweekly circulation of around 100,000 copies. The group has been producing supra-regional pages for diocesan newspapers through a central editorial office in Osnabrück since the early 1990s. At the end of 2023, the Gesellschaft für kirchliche Publizistik Mainz (GKPM), previously a fourth co-shareholder, dissolved, and its newspapers for the dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, and Limburg were taken over by the group. In late March 2024, the previously weekly magazines were converted into a biweekly magazine format. The central editorial team, led by managing director and editor-in-chief Ulrich Waschki, continues to produce the supra-regional section, which is used by the eleven diocesan publications of the shareholders as well as by the dioceses of Eichstätt, Munich and Freising, Paderborn, and Würzburg. The group's work has been recognized with an Award of Excellence in the typography category at the 19th European Newspaper Award in 2017.

Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse is a German publishing group that brings together three church newspaper publishers. Its central editorial office (Zentralredaktion) has been based in Osnabrück since the early 1990s, producing supra-regional pages for diocesan newspapers. The group's shareholders are Bernward Mediengesellschaft mbH (Hildesheim), St. Benno Buch- und Zeitschriftenverlagsgesellschaft (Leipzig), and Verlag Kirchenbote (Osnabrück). Together, the member publishers issue eleven individual diocesan newspapers, including Tag des Herrn, Bonifatiusbote, Neue Kirchenzeitung, KirchenZeitung, Der Sonntag, Glaube und Leben, and Kirchenbote. The central editorial office produces the supra-regional section (Mantelteil) for these newspapers, while each diocesan newspaper maintains editorial independence. In addition, four other publishers from dioceses not belonging to the group take over the Mantelteil, so that a total of fifteen church newspapers use the central content. As of 2024, these fifteen newspapers had a combined biweekly circulation of around 100,000 copies. At the end of 2023, the Gesellschaft für kirchliche Publizistik Mainz (GKPM), which had been a fourth co-shareholder of the group, dissolved. The diocesan newspapers it published for the dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, and Limburg were taken over by the Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse. In late March 2024, the previously weekly magazines were converted into a biweekly magazine format. The supra-regional section continues to be produced by the central editorial office in Osnabrück and is used by the eleven diocesan publications of the shareholders as well as by the dioceses of Eichstätt, Munich and Freising, Paderborn, and Würzburg. The group's work was recognized with an Award of Excellence in the typography category at the 19th European Newspaper Award in 2017.

• 2024

  In late March 2024, the previously weekly magazines were converted into a biweekly magazine format.

• 2023

  The Gesellschaft für kirchliche Publizistik Mainz (GKPM), a fourth co-shareholder, dissolved at the end of 2023; its newspapers for Fulda, Mainz, and Limburg were taken over by the group.

• 2017

  Award of Excellence in the typography category at the 19th European Newspaper Award.

• 1990

  Since the early 1990s, the group has produced supra-regional pages for diocesan newspapers through a central editorial office in Osnabrück.

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• Tag des Herrn

  Diocesan newspaper for the Archdiocese of Berlin and the dioceses of Dresden-Meißen, Erfurt, Görlitz, and Magdeburg.

• Bonifatiusbote

  Diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Fulda.

• Neue Kirchenzeitung

  Diocesan newspaper for the Archdiocese of Hamburg.

• KirchenZeitung

  Diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Hildesheim.

• Der Sonntag

  Diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Limburg.

• Glaube und Leben

  Diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Mainz.

• Kirchenbote

  Diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Osnabrück.

• aussicht.online

  Online portal of the Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse, providing news and analysis on the Vatican, the global church, and the Catholic Church in Germany.

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