Gaceta Renana
The government was agitated by the "Rheinische Zeitung" but did not take the step of forcing its closure, hoping instead that the paper would die on its own. This seemed a reasonable assessment, as by the middle of August 1842 the paper's subscriber list had dwindled to just 885. However, on 15 October 1842, Marx was appointed to the editorial board and the "Rheinische Zeitung" began an apparent rise from the ashes gaining nearly 1,000 subscribers over the course of the next month.