Otto Schulmeister Explained

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. He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989.^[1] 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.^[2]

Awards

• 1979: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik
• 1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

Works

• Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
• Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
• Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
• Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
• Ernstfall Österreich, 1995

References

1. Web site: Styria Media Group.
2. Web site: • PROFIL Online • Ex-"Presse"-Chef im Dienste der CIA: Otto Schulmeister agierte für den Geheimdienst • Politik, Inland . www.profil.at . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090422151712/http://www.profil.at/articles/0916/560/239634/ex-presse-chef-dienste-cia-otto-schulmeister-geheimdienst . 2009-04-22.