''Tageblatt'' is a

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is als ...

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

ish

daily newspaper 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 ...

published in

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...

Editpress Editpress is a publishing company in Luxembourg. It publishes several newspapers, including its flagship daily '' Tageblatt'', and 50% shares in the free daily '' L'essentiel'' and the French-language daily '' Le Quotidien''. Editpress is based ...

History and profile

''Tageblatt'' was established in 1913. The paper is the country's second-most popular newspaper, behind the rival ''

Luxemburger Wort ''Luxemburger Wort'' is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the ''Luxembourg Times''. History and profile ''Luxemburger Wort'' has been published since 1848. The paper was founded just three days a ...

''. ''Tageblatt'' describes itself as the ''Zeitung fir Lëtzebuerg'' (

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

for ''the newspaper for Luxembourg''). Although it is mainly published in German, it has also sections published in French language. The daily is owned by socialist trade unions. The publisher is Editpress Luxembourg SA, which also publishes ''

Le Jeudi ''Le Jeudi'' was a French-language weekly newspaper published in Luxembourg. History and profile ''Le Jeudi'' was established in 1997. The paper is published in French language by Editpress Editpress is a publishing company in Luxembourg. It ...

'' and '' Le Quotidien''. As of 2007 the daily had close relations with the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

(LSAP). The newspaper received €1,659,554 in annual state press subsidy in 2009: more than any other newspaper. The circulation of ''Tageblatt'' was 27,081 copies in 2003. In 2004, the paper had a daily circulation of 17,106: about one-quarter that of ''Luxemburger Wort''. In the mid-2000s its readership was 61,100, or just over one-third that of its rival.

Footnotes

External links

Tageblatt official website
Daily newspapers published in Luxembourg German-language newspapers published in Luxembourg Mass media in Esch-sur-Alzette Newspapers established in 1913 1913 establishments in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-newspaper-stub