Overview
- The Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung published its first 56-page print edition on Friday with a run of about 43,000 copies, priced at €3.90, with a €12-per-month digital offer.
- The publisher Holger Friedrich frames the project as a lead medium for East Germany that counters stigmatization and advances perspective‑plurality.
- Content in the debut includes an interview with EU‑sanctioned Swiss ex‑officer Jacques Baud, a long profile of AfD co‑leader Tino Chrupalla, and a Q&A with Saxony’s Minister‑President Michael Kretschmer.
- Dorian Baganz serves as editor‑in‑chief and plans a decentralized newsroom across eastern cities, growing from roughly 25 journalists to about 50, according to management.
- Early reviews question the paper’s framing and rigor, with t‑online’s Volker Lilienthal criticizing the headline theme, the Baud interview packaging, and a sympathetic presentation of Chrupalla, while scrutiny also focuses on the hire of ex‑RT Deutsch journalist Florian Warweg as parliamentary correspondent.