''Basellandschaftliche Zeitung'' (English: ''Basellandschaftliche Newspaper''), or bz, is a
Swiss Standard German
Swiss Standard German (german: Schweizer Standarddeutsch), or Swiss High German (german: Schweizer Hochdeutsch or ''Schweizerhochdeutsch''), referred to by the Swiss as ''Schriftdeutsch'', or ''Hochdeutsch'', is the written form of one of four o ...
language
daily newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
, published by
Luedin in
Liestal
Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel.
Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town.
The official language of Li ...
,
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
. Its
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is
Franz C. Widmer. It is the second largest daily newspaper in the Basel region (behind the
Basler Zeitung
''Basler Zeitung'' (literally: "Basler Newspaper"), or ''BaZ'', is a Swiss German-language regional daily newspaper, published in Basel.
History and profile
''Basler Zeitung'' was created in 1977 through the merger of the '' Basler Nachricht ...
).
Covering the
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
region, its daily circulation in 2004 stood at 23,500 and the Wednesday edition's circulation at 81,000 (
WEMF WEMF may refer to:
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, 2004).
The ''Basellandschaftliche Zeitung'' was founded in 1854 as a mouthpiece for the political establishment.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Switzerland
The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995. The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders and 8th in 2020.
List
Below is a ...
External links
bzbasel.ch(in
German
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), the newspaper's official website
Year of establishment missing
Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
German-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Liestal
Mass media in Basel
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