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Berner Zeitung
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Tamedia
Editor-in-chiefSimon Bärtschi
Founded3 January 1979;45 years ago(1979-01-03)
LanguageGerman
HeadquartersBern,Switzerland
Circulation174,162 (2012)
OCLCnumber605915334
Websitebernerzeitung.ch(inGerman)

Berner Zeitung(literally: "Journal of Bern" ), also branded asBZ,is aSwissGerman-languagedaily newspaper,published byTamediainBern.

History and profile

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Berner Zeitungwas first issued on 3 January 1979. Four different papers led to the creation of the also calledBZ:TheIntelligenzblatt(1834), which was renamedBerner Tagblattin 1888; TheEmmenthaler Nachrichten(1883), the weekly newspaper ofEmmenthal(1844) and theNeue Berner Zeitung(1919). When theEmmenthaler Blattand theNeue Berner Zeitungwere merged in 1973,Berner Zeitungwas created. This paper merged with the daily news (formerEmmenthaler Nachrichten) in 1977 creating theBerner Nachrichten,which was first released on 3 January 1979.

The firsteditor-in-chiefwasPeter Schindlerwho was in charge between 1979 and 1982. His successors were Urs P. Gasche (1982-1985), Ronald Roggen (1985-1986), Beat Hurni (1987-1996) and Andreas Z'Graggen (1996-2005). Between 2006 and 2009 Markus Eisenhut und Michael Hug co-edited the paper until Eisenhut took over another paper calledTages-Anzeiger.Its publisher wasCharles von Graffenrieduntil his death on 4 July 2012.[1]The paper is based inBern[2][3]and serves in theEspace Mittellandregion and in thecanton of Bern.[4]

In December 2011, Espace Media announced that they were going to merge theSplitausgabe Oberaargauand theLangenthaler Tagblatt.The first issue of theBZ Langenthaler Tagblattwas published on 2 July 2012.[5]The newspaper also publisheslocal editionsinThun(Thuner Tagblatt),Bernese Oberland(Berner Oberländer), andSolothurn(Solothurner Tagblatt).

Circulation

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In 1997Berner Zeitunghad a circulation of 134,153 copies.[6]The circulation of the paper was 163,000 copies in 2003.[7]In 2005 its circulation was 196,000 copies.[8]The 2006 circulation of the paper was 215,707 copies.[9]In 2008 it was the third most read newspaper in the country with a circulation of 213,000 copies.[10]The circulation of the paper was 208,694 copies in 2009.[11]

In 2010Berner Zeitunghad a circulation of 181,705 copies.[2]With a daily distribution of 174,162 copies in 2012, the newspaper was one of the largest daily newspapers in Switzerland and the leading newspaper in the Bern Canton.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Persoenlich[permanent dead link]
  2. ^abCyril Jost (4 February 2011)."The challenges confronting the Swiss press".InaGlobal.Retrieved23 December2014.
  3. ^Switzerland Starting Business (Incorporating) in Switzerland Guide Strategic and Practical Information.Int'l Business Publications. p. 236.ISBN978-0-7397-1688-5.Retrieved13 April2015.
  4. ^"Berner Zeitung".Publicitas.Archived fromthe originalon 16 January 2015.Retrieved16 January2015.
  5. ^"Nachrichten, Medien, Verlag, Zeitung, Zeitschrift, Elektronische Medien".Tamedia.2 April 2012.Retrieved8 August2014.
  6. ^Sibylle Hardmeier (1999)."Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media".International Journal of Public Opinion Research.11(3). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 18 October 2017.Retrieved30 December2014.
  7. ^"World Press Trends"(PDF).Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004.Retrieved15 February2015.
  8. ^"Top 10 Newspapers in Switzerland by Circulation".Top Ten.Retrieved13 January2015.
  9. ^"Swiss newspaper market in flux"(PDF).Swiss Review.5:9. October 2007.Retrieved4 December2014.
  10. ^Lisa Müller (10 September 2014).Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance.Palgrave Macmillan. p. 225.ISBN978-1-137-39138-4.Retrieved16 January2015.
  11. ^Hugo Bigi (2012).Journalism Education Between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists.Haupt Verlag AG. p. 26.ISBN978-3-258-07753-6.Retrieved17 January2015.
  12. ^"Media".Tamedia.Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2012.Retrieved21 September2012.
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