Thurgauer Zeitung

Thurgauer Zeitung
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)CH Media
Founded1798; 227 years ago (1798)
LanguageGerman
HeadquartersSt. Gallen
CountrySwitzerland
Websitewww.thurgauerzeitung.ch

Thurgauer Zeitung is a Swiss daily newspaper published in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Founded in 1798 it is one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation.

History and profile

Thurgauer Zeitung was established in 1798.[1][2] The publisher of the paper was Thurgauer Medien AG until October 2005 when Tamedia acquired the daily.[3][4] Tamedia sold the paper to FPH Freie Presse Holding AG, a subsidiary of NZZ Media Group, in April 2010.[5][6] Until that date the paper was published by Huber & Co. AG, a subsidiary of Tamedia.[5] CH Media which has been a joint venture of NZZ Media Group since 2018 is the owner of Thurgauer Zeitung.[7]

Thurgauer Zeitung serves the canton of Thurgau.[5][8] Its headquarters was in Frauenfeld,[1] and later it moved to St. Gallen.[7] As of 2013 the paper was part of Newsnet, a platform of daily newspapers in Switzerland.[9]

In 1967 Thurgauer Zeitung had a circulation of 18,000 copies.[10] It sold 31,879 copies in 1997.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Leo Schelbert (2014). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-4422-3352-2.
  2. ^ Trösch, Erich: Thurgauer Zeitung in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2012-04-26.
  3. ^ "Daily Newspapers Choose Smart Connection Enterprise". openPR. Zaandam. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. ^ "History. 2005". Tamedia AG. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "FPH Freie Presse Holding takes over Thurgauer Zeitung". Publicitas. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Where Your Revenues Come From in 2014" (PDF). Pricewaterhouse Coopers AG. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b Heinz Bonfadelli; Werner Meier (2021). "Switzerland: highly concentrated leading news media in austerity and downsizing mode". In Josef Trappel; Tales Tomaz (eds.). The media for democracy monitor 2021. How leading news media survive digital transformation. Vol. 2. Gothenburg: Nordicom. p. 391. doi:10.5167/uzh-205634. ISBN 978-91-88855-42-8.
  8. ^ Marianne Sommer (2012). "'Do You Have Celtic, Jewish or Germanic Roots?' Applied Swiss History before and after DNA". In Katharina Schramm; David Skinner; Richard Rottenburg (eds.). Identity Politics and the New Genetics: Re/Creating Categories of Difference and Belonging. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-85745-254-2.
  9. ^ "Media accountability and transparency" (Report). CORDIS. 2013.
  10. ^ Pierre Béguin (May 1967). "The Press in Switzerland". Gazette. 13 (2): 98. doi:10.1177/001654926701300202.
  11. ^ Sibylle Hardmeier (1999). "Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media. Analysis and Suggestions for Quality Improvement". International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 11 (3): 257–274. doi:10.1093/ijpor/11.3.257.