''Basler Zeitung'' (literally: "Basler Newspaper"), or ''BaZ'', is a

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regional

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, published in

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History and profile

Basler Zeitung by Thomas Leuthard Detail

''Basler Zeitung'' was created in 1977 through the merger of the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. The paper has its headquarters in

and the Basel canton. The newspaper is owned by the Basler Zeitung Medien which also publishes the

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'' Baslerstab''. 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.

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
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