It was first published on 1 April 1889[1] by Rudolf Mosse, partly inspired by Leopold Ullstein's introduction of an evening newspaper, the Berliner Abendpost, some 18 months previously.

[3] It was little known in Berlin but widely read in the surrounding countryside and the provinces; it had a higher print run in winter than summer.

[5] In 1934, it was taken over by the National Socialist Central Publishing Agency and no longer printed by Mosse.

[1] The Berliner Morgen-Zeitung offered local news and classified advertising.

Initially it was available only in Berlin; after World War I, it was also distributed in surrounding districts.