Der Postillon
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Der Postillon is a
Background
Stefan Sichermann, a PR expert, started the page 2008 as a hobby. Until 2011 he continued working for a PR agency.[3] The Onion was one of the inspirations for the website.[4] However the website itself claims a continuous history since October 1845.[5] The name Postillon refers to French postilion and is used in the German language in traditional or literary circumstances.
After a satirical article about the closure of
Scoops
Shortly after the death of Steve Jobs, the Postillon speculated about the technical features of the tech-guru's coffin and the inscription buried in my iTomb.[8] Angry comments of readers containing the phrase „ein Leser weniger“ (one reader fewer) gained notoriety as a running gag among the reader community.[3] Fans of Felix Baumgartner got angry about a Postillon entry claiming the record jump was declared invalid, since the Austrian crossed a foul line before the start signal.[9][10][11]
In 2012 German TV host Dieter Moor used a satirical notion about the delays at Berlin Brandenburg Airport without reference to the origin. The Postillon had implied, the ongoing delays would require to introduce a new form of German future tense.[12][13] Various media asked Moor to apologize and to mention the joke's origin.[14] Moor acted accordingly.[13][15]
Breaking, not yet officially confirmed news of Ronald Pofalla's change from politician to the executive at the railroad operator Deutsche Bahn were accompanied by a backdated, but otherwise correct Postillon post. As Postillon parody posts are often mistaken for real on social media, this did result in confusion among editorial offices and the general public. As a follow-up, Postillon's editor Stefan Sichermann criticized media for being less trust-worthy than Postillon.[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Postillon claimed a landlord offering shots for each guest and German goal during Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) had faced ruin. The article was spread and quoted on various Russian news outlets as a true story[22] including TV broadcaster Russia-24.[23][24][25]
Awards
- 2010 The BOBsas Best Weblog German.
- 2013 Grimme Online Award[26]
Content and further publications
Postillon provides classical news, a newsticker, commentaries, advice columns, opinion editorials and fake surveys. In 2012 the Postillon published various articles in form of a book.[27] Also in 2012 the first fake TV emissions followed on YouTube.[28] Further videos are published in a cooperation with Yahoo[29] and some have been run on German Broadcaster NDR.[30][31]
See also
References
- ^ Auf der-postillon.com werben. Der Postillon, retrieved, 17 November 2015.
- ^ [1] Der Postillon, retrieved, 10 November 2016
- ^ a b c Ronnie Grob: Wahre Lügen aus dem Posthorn. Medienwoche.ch, 19. Januar 2012
- ^ a b Gestatten: Der Postillon! Archived 2015-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Academicworld.net
- ^ Der Postillon 1845–2012. Der Postillon.
- ^ Pünktlich zum 166-jährigen Jubiläum: Postillon-Shop Shopillon eröffnet! Der Postillon, 28 October 2011
- ^ Social-Media-Charts: RTL.de und Postillon mit neuen Like-Rekorden, meedia.de, 17 April 2014
- ^ Technikjournalisten und Fanboys spekulieren über Design und Features von Steve Jobs’ Sarg. Der Postillon, 6.10.2011.
- ^ Linie übertreten: Rekordsprung aus 39 Kilometern Höhe für ungültig erklärt. Der Postillon, 15.10. 2012.
- ^ Michèle Binswanger: Teenager von sich selbst sexuell belästigt. tagesanzeiger.ch, 17 October 2012.
- ^ Links! Zwo! Drei! Vier! (Baumgartner Spezial). Der Postillon, 20.10.2012.
- ^ Neue Zeitform Futur III eingeführt, um Gespräche über Berliner Flughafen zu ermöglichen. Der Postillon, 15 August 2012.
- ^ a b Thomas Knüwer: Dieter Moor, der freundliche Plagiator der ARD. Indiskretion Ehrensache, 20. August 2012
- ^ Niels Kruse: Wo „Titel, Thesen, Temperamente“ seine Witze klaut. Stern.de, 20 August 2012.
- ^ Moor schreibt bei „Postillon“ ab. In: Der Tagesspiegel, 22 August 2012.
- ^ Stefan Sichermann (2 January 2014). "Exklusiv: Ex-Kanzleramtsminister Ronald Pofalla wechselt in den Vorstand der Deutschen Bahn". Der Postillon.
- ^ Lars Wienand (3 January 2014). "Pofalla absurd: Wie der Postillon das Netz doppelt trollte". Rhein-Zeitung.
- ^ Jan Falk, Oliver Koch (3 January 2014). "Pofalla geht zur Bahn - Wie die Satire-Seite Postillon das Netz verwirrte". RuhrNachrichten.de. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ Henning Onken, Sidney Gennies (3 January 2014). "Satireseite stiftet Verwirrung um Pofalla". Tagesspiegel.
- ^ @bamf4G (January 3, 2014). ""02:38 UHR Was stimmt nun wirklich? Kann man jetzt, um diese Uhrzeit, kaum herausfinden." (bz-berlin.de) #pofalla" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Postillon-Satiriker kritisiert Medienbranche". DER SPIEGEL. 4 January 2014.
- ^ Kneipenwirt, der für jedes deutsche Tor einen Schnaps gratis versprochen hat, pleite, Der Postillon, 9.July 2014.
- ^ Der bankrotte Barkeeper: Russen-TV fällt auf Postillon-Witz herein, Meedia, 11 July 2014.
- ^ Video auf vesti.ru.
- ^ Links! Zwo! Drei! Vier! (232), Der Postillon, 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Grimme Online Award 2013: Grimme-Institut kürt Preisträger in Köln". Grimme-Institut. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- ^ Die besten Postillon-Artikel von 2008 bis heute jetzt auch als Taschenbuch erhältlich. Der Postillon, 15 March 2012, retrieved, 22 August 2012.
- ^ Postillon24 Nachrichten auf YouTube.
- ^ "Postillon" geht auf Sendung Süddeutsche.de, 13 November 2013
- ^ "Postillon" kooperiert mit NDR Süddeutsche.de, 9 March 2014
- ^ FAZ.net: Arschkalt erwischt
External links
- German website
- English website
- Der Postillon's channel on YouTube
- Sensation: Mann (32) verdient Geld mit Witzen im Internet, Bastian Brinkmann in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 20 June 2013.