''Tessiner Zeitung'' is a
Swiss
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German-language
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regional newspaper, published in
Locarno
, neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra
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Ticino
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Operations
''Tessiner Zeitung'' was first published in Locarno on 1 September 1908 and was founded by Pietro Giugno. In May 1918 the paper was acquired by a group of journalists who published another newspaper ''Freie Zeitung''.
The paper was published three times per week and had a circulation of 5,000 copies at the beginning of the 1990s.
Then the paper began to be published weekly on Fridays. According to
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, the newspaper had a circulation of 10,002, .
See also
*
List of newspapers in Switzerland
The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995. The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders and 8th in 2020.
List
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References
External links
tessinerzeitung.ch the newspaper's official website (in
German
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1908 establishments in Switzerland
German-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Mass media in Locarno
Newspapers established in 1908
Weekly newspapers published in Switzerland