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Die Tageszeitung, stylized in all lowercase and commonly referred to as taz, is a German daily newspaper. It is organized as a cooperative governed through employee self-management and supported by subscriber-shareholders to maintain editorial independence without relying on a digital paywall. The editorial board is led since 2020 by a female triumvirate of editors-in-chief: Barbara Junge, Ulrike Winkelmann, and Katrin Gottschalk, with Peter Unfried serving as chief reporter. Founded in 1978 in Berlin as part of an independent, progressive and politically left-leaning movement, it has focused on current affairs, social inequality, ecology, and topics often overlooked by more traditional and conservative newspapers. It mostly supports the alternative green political sphere and Alliance 90/The Greens, but Die Tageszeitung has also been critical of the SPD/Greens coalition government. Originally described as "alternative-left" and critical of the established political system, it adopted a more moderate and liberal editorial tone by changing editors-in-chief Ines Pohl and Andreas Rüttenauer in 2010.