- Wiener Zeitung
Infobox Newspaper
name =
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation =1703
owners =Austria , represented by the Chancellor
headquarters = Wiedner Gürtel 10, 1040Vienna
editor =Andreas Unterberger
website = [http://www.wienerzeitung.at/ www.wienerzeitung.at]
The "Wiener Zeitung" is anAustria nnewspaper founded in1703 under the name "Wiennerisches Diarium". The first issue appeared onAugust 8 , 1703 which makes the "Wiener Zeitung" one of the oldest, still published newspapers in the world.The "Wiennerisches Diarium", like many papers at the time, started out by reporting regional and international news. In addition it published birth and wedding announcements as well as obituaries of the
aristocracy and provided coverage of the imperial court. Purely local news were announced by a publicannouncer ordrummer .Since
1780 the paper was known as the "Wiener Zeitung" (Viennese newspaper) and in1812 it became the official government newspaper. In1857 the government acquired the paper and it was printed until1997 by theAustrian State Printing Office . The first edition afterWorld War II appeared onSeptember 21 ,1945 . The number of copies sold has grown from 4,500 in1855 to an estimated 24,000 today. In1998 the paper was privatized and is now owned by a GmbH (Limited Liability Company), although the Government is still the publisher.The "Wiener Zeitung" is also the official publication used by the Government of the Republic of Austria for formal announcements. Such announcements, for example, of newly passed laws,
civil service vacancies and changes in thecommercial register , are printed in the Official Journal insert of the "Wiener Zeitung". Editor-in-chief isAndreas Unterberger (since September2004 ).External links
* [http://www.wienerzeitung.at/ Wiener Zeitung Homepage]
* [http://300.wienerzeitung.at/ Exhibition to the 300-year anniversary of the Wiener Zeitung]
* [http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=wrz&zoom=2 Austrian National Library | Annual overview of the issues of the "Wiener Zeitung"]
* [http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.w/w648255.htm AEIOU | Wiener Zeitung]
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