Zürcher Zeitung
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Swiss |
| Owner(s) | NZZ Mediengruppe |
| Founder(s) | Salomon Gessner |
| Publisher | Veit V. Dengler |
| Editor-in-chief | Eric Gujer |
| Founded | 12 January 1780 |
| Political alignment |
Classical liberalism Liberal democracy |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Circulation | 108,709 (including e-paper, 2014) |
| ISSN | 0376-6829 |
| OCLC number | 698049952 |
| Website | nzz.ch (in German) |
Coordinates: 47°23′17″N 8°31′16″E / 47.388°N 8.521°E
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ; lit.: "New Journal of Zurich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zurich. The paper was founded in 1780. It has a reputation as a high-quality newspaper and as the Swiss newspaper of record. The NZZ is known for its objectivity and detailed reports on international affairs.
One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by the Swiss painter and poet Salomon Gessner, on 12 January 1780, and was renamed as Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821.
According to Peter K. Buse and Jürgen C. Doerr many prestige German language newspapers followed its example because it set, "standards through an objective, in-depth treatment of subject matter, eloquent commentary, an extensive section on entertainment, and one on advertising."
Aside from the switch from its Blackletter typeface in 1946, the newspaper has changed little since the 1930s. Only since 2005 has it added color pictures, much later than most mainstream papers. The emphasis is on international news, business, finance, and high culture. Features and lifestyle stories are kept to a minimum.
Politically, the newspaper has been positioned close to the liberal Free Democratic Party of Switzerland since its early period. It has a liberal and centre-right orientation.
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