''Limmattaler Zeitung'', commonly shortened to ''Limmattaler'', is a

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The newspaper was first published in 1972 as ''Limmattaler Tagblatt'' by ''Der Limmattaler AG '', situated in Dietikon,

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. The current name ''Limmattaler Zeitung'' dates from a 2008 merger with the local newspaper ''Bezirksanzeiger Dietikon''. In 2010 the company was bought and absorbed by regional Swiss media conglomerate AZ Medien.

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