Volksstimme (meaning People's Voice in English) is a regional daily newspaper published in Magdeburg for northern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The paper is owned by Bauer. Its publisher is Magdeburger Verlags und Druckhaus.
The circulation of Volksstimme was 343,000 copies during the third quarter of 1992. Its circulation was 264,000 copies in 2001. The paper had an average circulation of 191,878 copies during the second quarter of 2011.According to IVW, second quarter 2011, Mon–Sat (Details on ivw.eu)
The Volksstimme is published by Mitteldeutsche Verlags- und Druckhaus GmbH, which is part of the Bauer Media Group. Since January 2020, the Bauer Media Group has also owned Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, the second major daily newspaper from Saxony-Anhalt.Coup im Printmarkt: Was die Bauer Media Group mit der “Mitteldeutsche Zeitung” vorhaben könnte meedia.de, 15. Januar 2020
List of editors-in-chief Editors-in-chief of the Volksstimme: Duration Name 1947 – 1950 Robert Büchner 1950 – 1953 Arno Gropp 1953 – 1958 Karl Jakobi 1958 – 1969 Herbert Kopietz 1969 – 1990 Heinz Wiese 1990 – 1992 Karl-Heinz Schwarzkopf 1992 – 1994 Reinhold Stimpert 1994 – 1999 Heinzgeorg Oette 1999 – 2001 Paul-Josef Raue 2001 – 2010 Franz Kadell 2010 – 2011 Peter Wendt and Günther Tyllack (both provisional) 2011 – 2023 Alois Kösters 2023 – present Marc Rath
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