WAZ#
WAZ, abbreviation for the newspaper "Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" and the Essen newspaper group of the same name, which acquired 45 % of the "Kronen-Zeitung" newspaper in 1987 and 45 % of the "Kurier" newspaper in 1988 (today 50 and 49,4 % respectively); the WAZ is also joint proprietor of the Mediaprint company.