Lüdenscheider Nachrichten
The Lüdenscheider Nachrichten is a local daily newspaper for Lüdenscheid and the surrounding area in the southern part of the Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest newspaper in Lüdenscheid. It is published every day except Sunday, sometimes even on public holidays. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004. The Lüdenscheider Nachrichten is published by Märkischer Zeitungsverlag, which also publishes the Meinerzhagener Zeitung, the Altenaer Kreisblatt, the Allgemeine Anzeiger (Halver) and the Süderländer Volksfreund (Werdohl). The Lüdenscheider Nachrichten cooperates editorially and technically with the Süderländer Tageblatt (Plettenberg) and the Mendener Zeitung. The total circulation of all the above, printed in Meinerzhagen, is approximately 48,000 copies. The Lüdenscheider Nachrichten is a local newspaper that takes all its regional news from the Westfälische Anzeiger, which is published in Hamm and also supplies the regional news for a number of other newspapers. The Lüdenscheider Nachrichten belongs to Dirk Ippen's media group, which also includes the Münchner Merkur, the tabloid newspaper tz (Munich), the Kreiszeitung in Syke, the Oranienburger Generalanzeiger, the Altmark-Zeitung, the Fehmarnsche Tageblatt, the Offenbach-Post in Offenbach am Main, and the Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine in Kassel. The chief editor of the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten is Hans Willems. Restructuring As with many other