Germany's left-wing Tageszeitung newspaper ed its last daily edition on Friday as it moves to a largely online service.
The outlet, widely known as taz, was founded in 1978 and is run in partly by its employees.
Designed by the artist Christian Jankowski, the last edition includes 10 exclusive contributions from well-known writers and reflects on the history of the paper.
"We are doing this from a position of strength, we are switching because we can switch and not because we are in a crisis," editor-in-chief Barbara Junge told dpa.
"Quality media are indispensable in this critical social situation; they are part and parcel of the democratic, anti-fascist culture," she argued.
German publishing houses have for years been evaluating their ed editions and how long there will be demand for them. Virtually all newspapers have expanded their digital output over recent years.
Apart from providing daily news online, the wochentaz – or weekly edition – will continue to be available in ed form on Saturdays.
At a celebration for the last weekday edition, Omid Nouripour, the vice president of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house, said "the taz is great because it's annoying."
The newspaper has been mentioned 476 times on the floor of the Bundestag, he said. "Not many have managed that. Some parties didn't manage it."
Nouripour, a Green party member, said it was regrettable that the newspaper would no longer be available on paper. At the same time, it was "extremely understandable in times of gigantic economic pressure on the free press."
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
