Wiener Zeitung
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Austria, represented by the Chancellor |
| Editor | Andreas Unterberger |
| Founded | 1703 |
| Headquarters | Wiedner Gürtel 10, 1040 Vienna |
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| Website: www.wienerzeitung.at | |
The Wiener Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper founded in 1703 under the name Wiennerisches Diarium. The first issue appeared on August 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 public announcer or drummer.
Since 1780 the paper was known as the Wiener Zeitung (Viennese newspaper) and in 1812 it became the official government newspaper. In 1857 the government acquired the paper and it was printed until 1997 by the Austrian State Printing Office. The first edition after World War II appeared on September 21, 1945. The number of copies sold has grown from 4,500 in 1855 to an estimated 24,000 today. In 1998 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 the commercial register, are printed in the Official Journal insert of the Wiener Zeitung.
Editor-in-chief is Andreas Unterberger (since September 2004).
