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Der Tagesspiegel
http://www.tagesspiegel.de
Serious, high-calibre reporting is the watchword of this regional title from the German capital. A well-informed paper with a centrist/liberal slant. Along with the Handelsblatt, WirtschaftsWoche and Die Zeit, the Tagesspiegel is owned by the Holtzbrinck Group, the most discreet colossus in the German mediascape.
Its website, as classic and sober in style as its paper version, offers coverage of daily breaking news (available for 30 days) and articles by its online editors, plus a couple little extras: a caricatures section and links to the websites of the magazine Zitty (a real pleasure) and Meinberlin.de for those bent on making the most of what Berlin has to offer.
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