Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ ) is a Swiss daily newspaper and a media company headquartered in Zurich. As a traditional newspaper, she is nationally known, is considered one of the leading media in the German-speaking countries and represents according to statutes a " liberal - democratic attitude ."

History

Salomon Gessner was first published in the newspaper on January 12, 1780 under the name Zürcher Zeitung. This makes it the oldest still published newspaper in Switzerland. Since 1821 it bears the name Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 1868 a stock company was formed, the NZZ out there today. None of the 1400 shareholders owns more than one percent of the share capital.

The ideologically critical phase saw the newspaper when they approved of a list of Frontists connection with the bourgeois parties at the Zurich municipal elections in 1933. The historian Thomas Maissen speaks of an " ambivalent attitude towards the local front movement ," the NZZ, as well as the Zurich Liberals took. Only with the election of Willy Bretschers the chief editor in the fall of 1933 opened the newspaper one a clear anti-fascist course. On July 18, 1934, banned in response to reporting on the Roehm purge the distribution of the newspaper in the German Reich.

The NZZ sold just under 160,000 copies per day, of which 129'627 WEMF-certified. Your " International Edition " is read also in Germany. She enjoys a reputation as a quality newspaper. In addition to the business section contributes mainly the depth international reporting, which relies on a dense network of correspondents. Enjoys high reputation of always also the features section, which gives wide coverage of international art space.

Politically close to the NZZ FDP Switzerland; it represents a liberal- bourgeois attitude. To become a shareholder of the NZZ, a person must be a member of the FDP or commit to the liberal - democratic attitude, without being a member of another party. The conservative in many respects, the style of the newspaper has her the nickname "Old Aunt " registered in journalist circles.

The NZZ uses its own version of the new spelling. Thus, about placieren used instead of place. A Guide to offers laid by NZZ Libro NZZ Vademecum.

The NZZ appears in the usual Swiss newspaper format, which is sometimes referred to in Germany as " Format NZZ". The NZZ itself has received this designation and denies a weekly television magazine under the title NZZ Format. The NZZ is printed in each of the first Monday of each month edition the magazine NZZ Folio settled, dedicated to the main action a key topic. As with all the leading Swiss newspapers of the supplements significantly more people also be read at the NZZ than the blade itself so are the 283,000 readers of the NZZ Folio no less than 651,000 readers compared to ( WEMF, Mach Basic 2012 - 2).

In June 2012, the online editorial team as well as the print content were merged and the website under the label "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" ( no longer have to " BBC ") re-launched. Messages that are written by the print content, can be found as of now, immediately after the completion on the site.

The newspaper

The NZZ divided since developed in collaboration with Meiré and Meiré, art director Brigitte Meyer and the editorial layout revision 2009 three frets. The first covenant contains international politics as well as national and regional reporting. The second covenant includes the business section and the sport. The third covenant is dedicated to the arts section. Also on the third fret, there are the daily supplements educational and social issues (Monday ), media (Tuesday), Research and Technology ( Wednesday), Mobile - Digital ( Thursday), Travel and Leisure (Friday) as well as literature and art (Saturday).

In larger distances there is the side dishes " Political Literature ", " State Policy Forum " and " Building and Housing ".

Until December 6, 1869, the NZZ appeared once daily, then twice, on 3 January 1894, even three times a day. On September 29, In 1969 has returned to two daily expenses. Since September 30, 1974 Daily dispatch only appears. As an additional epithet she also received the designation " Swiss Handelsblatt".

Imprint

• Chief Executive Officer ( CEO): Veit Dengler
• Chairman: Etienne Jornod
• Chief Editor: Markus Spillmann
• Deputy Editor and Head of Domestic Production: René Zeller
• Feuilleton: Martin Meyer

Other products

The name NZZ is also used for many other products in addition to the newspaper itself. The most important:

• NZZ am Sonntag, Sunday edition
• NZZ Folio, monthly magazine
• NZZ focus, focus Dossier
• NZZ Campus, Publications for Students
• Z - The beautiful pages, magazine in the special format
• NZZ Format, telecast
• NZZ Libro, book publishing Neue Zürcher Zeitung
• NZZexecutive.ch, job portal NZZ for executives and specialists
• NZZdomizil.ch, real estate platform
• NZZ Vademecum, linguistic and technical guidance of the NZZ

Investments

Other newspapers and magazines that do not run under the name NZZ, belong to the NZZ Media Group:

• St. Galler Tageblatt, daily newspaper with seven regional editions in Eastern Switzerland
• New Lucerne newspaper, daily newspaper with five regional editions in Central Switzerland
• Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger, regional newspaper
• Gazette St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland's weekly newspaper
• Day sheet of Zurich city, urban indicator
• The new school practice, Swiss school magazine
• Smash, Swiss Tennis Magazine
• Pack date, Swiss packaging magazine
• ELFORUM, trade magazine for electronics and electrical
• Swiss optician, industry magazine Swiss Opticians Association
• Swiss soldier, trade magazine on military and security affairs
• Textile Revue, the Swiss professional journal for the textile industry
• Persorama, industry magazine for Human Resources
• Viscom print communication, industry magazine in Switzerland for visual communication with a focus on pressure

In addition, the NZZ Media Group also owns two television stations and radio stations ever.

• TeleOstschweiz, the Regional television for the Eastern
• Tele 1, the central Swiss regional television
• Radio Pilatus, the private radio station in Central Switzerland
• Radio FM1, the eastern Swiss Private Radio ( merger of the radio currently and Radio Ri )

The NZZ printing "NZZ Print " printed next to the publisher's own products and products for customers.

Together with the Hirslanden Clinic and the Health Promotion Switzerland operates NZZ online health portal eBalance.ch.