Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism.[1] He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989.[2] He was the father of former ORF correspondent Paul Schulmeister, and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.[1]
Awards edit
Works edit
- Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
- Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
- Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
- Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
- Ernstfall Österreich, 1995
Literature edit
- Theodor Venus (2007), "Schulmeister, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686; (full text online)
References edit
- ^ a b "• PROFIL Online • Ex-"Presse"-Chef im Dienste der CIA: Otto Schulmeister agierte für den Geheimdienst • Politik, Inland". www.profil.at. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22.
- ^ "Styria Media Group".
External links edit
- Literature by and about Otto Schulmeister in the German National Library catalogue
- Otto Schulmeister in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)