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''Basler Zeitung'' (literally: "Basler Newspaper"), or ''BaZ'', is a
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German-language regional daily newspaper, published in Basel.


History and profile

''Basler Zeitung'' was created in 1977 through the merger of the ''
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'' and the ''
National-Zeitung The ''National-Zeitung'' (NZ, ''National Newspaper'') was a weekly, extreme right newspaper, published by Gerhard Frey, who also founded the far right Deutsche Volksunion (German People's Union) as an association in 1971, turning it into a polit ...
''. The paper has its headquarters in Basel and the Basel canton. The newspaper is owned by the Basler Zeitung Medien which also publishes the free daily newspaper ''
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''. The shareholders of ''Basler Zeitung'' are
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(75%) and Martin Wagner (25%) In 1997 ''Basler Zeitung'' had a circulation of 115,297 copies. The circulation of the paper was 104,000 copies in 2003. The 2006 circulation of the daily was 98,645 copies.


See also

* List of newspapers in Switzerland


References

*Walter Rüegg (ed.): ''Herausgefordert. Die Geschichte der Basler Zeitung.'' Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel 2012, .Karl Lüönd:
Die BaZ – geliebt und gehasst.
' In: ''Basler Zeitung'', 1 November 2012.


External links


Official websitebazbuch.ch
{{Authority control 1977 establishments in Switzerland Daily newspapers published in Switzerland German-language newspapers published in Switzerland Newspapers established in 1977 Mass media in Basel