NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) Mediengruppe (also known as ''AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung'') is a

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which deals with the activities related to newspaper, magazine, book publishing and television broadcasting in Zurich,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The company has products for the German-speaking regions of the country.

History and profile

NZZ Mediengruppe was established in 1780 with the start of its flagship paper ''

Neue Zürcher Zeitung The ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' (''NZZ''; "New Journal of Zürich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich. The paper was founded in 1780. It was described as having a reputation as a high-quality ne ...

''. As of 2014 Veit Dengler was the

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of the group of which the headquarters is in Zurich. The company has a liberal stance and does not support

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. The group has business activities in the fields of

newspaper publishing A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

and

book publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

, and regional radio and

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. The company also operates online editions of the publications it has. The newspaper publishing division of the group consists of two companies, NZZ and Free Press Holding AG. In addition to ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'', the company also owns regional daily newspapers, namely the ''

St. Galler Tagblatt ''St. Galler Tagblatt'', commonly shortened to ''Tagblatt'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in St. Gallen. History and profile The newspaper was first published in 1789 as ''Tagblatt der Stadt St. Gallen''. Its current na ...

'' and ''

Neue Luzerner Zeitung ''Luzerner Zeitung'' (LZ) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Lucerne. History and profile ''Luzerner Zeitung'' was created in 1996 through the merger of ''Luzerner Zeitung'' (''LZ'') and '' Luzerner Neuste Nachrichten'' ('' ...

''. The group owned 74.93% of the St. Galler Tagblatt AG, which publishes ''St. Galler Tagblatt'', via its subsidiary Free Press Holding AG. In May 2014 Free Press Holding AG acquired the remaining stake of the company from PubliGroupe. NZZ Mediengruppe was the owner of the Bund Verlag AG, publisher of the daily newspaper ''

Der Bund ''Der Bund'' (English: ''The Union'') is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper published in Bern. Established in 1850 and associated with the cause of liberalism, it was among the leading quality newspapers in Switzerland for much of the 19t ...

'', until 2003 when it was sold to the Espace Media Groupe. NZZ Mediengruppe was the fourth major magazine publisher in Switzerland in terms of circulation in the years of 2005, 2008 and 2012. One of the new additions is ''

NZZ Geschichte ''NZZ Geschichte'' is a German language bimonthly history magazine which has been in circulation since 2015 in Switzerland. The magazine is the first Swiss magazine in its category. History and profile ''NZZ Geschichte'' was first published on 1 ...

'', a history magazine, which was launched in Zürich in April 2015. In relation to book publishing the

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of the company is NZZ Libro. NZZ Film und Fernsehen is another subsidiary of the company which produces

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References

External links

Official website
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