by Tatiana Repkova

M. DuMont Schauberg (MDS) (which publishes Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Kölnische Rundschau, among others) has closed its compact daily paper Direkt. The last issue came out Dec. 29, 2006. The first issue of Direkt was launched in October 2004. Direkt was a success with 10,000 copies and reached young people. The paper closed due to poor advertising development. Employees of the paper will continue to work at MDS. http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.6&foot=6.9&cpny=*&LIB2=PPNRequestNews(3)&initlib=no&PARAM1=17850&navig=no&statinfo=news; January 9, 2007