Wiener Zeitung

Wiener Zeitung
Title page of the first issue of Wiennerisches Diarium, later Wiener Zeitung
Type
  • Biweekly newspaper (1703–1813)
  • Daily newspaper (1813–1940, 1945–2023)
  • Monthly newspaper (planned)
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Government of Austria, represented by the Chancellor
Editor-in-chiefKatharina Schmidt & Sebastian Pumberger (interim)
Launched8 August 1703; 321 years ago (1703-08-08) (as Wiennerisches Diarium)
LanguageGerman
HeadquartersVienna
CountryAustria
Websitewienerzeitung.at

Wiener Zeitung (German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ ˈtsaɪtʊŋ]) is an Austrian newspaper. First published as the Wiennerisches Diarium in 1703, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the world. Until April 2023,[1] it was the official gazette of the government of the Republic of Austria for legally-required announcements, such as company registrations[2] and was also the official publishing body for laws and executive orders until 2004.[3]

Considered a newspaper of record,[4] as of 2002, Wiener Zeitung was among the four Austrian daily quality newspapers beside the right-liberal Die Presse, the left-liberal Der Standard and the Christian-liberal and conservative Salzburger Nachrichten.[5] The newspaper ended its daily print edition on 30 June 2023,[1][6] becoming an online publication. The launch of the digital platform won the 2023 European Publishing Award for a “Launch or Relaunch” of a publication in digital form.[7]

  1. ^ a b Ferguson, Donna (1 July 2023). "World's oldest national newspaper prints final edition after 320 years". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ § 10 (1) UGB, dRGBl. S 219/1897 as amended by BGBl. I Nr. 63/2019
  3. ^ Bundesgesetz über das Bundesgesetzblatt 2004, BGBl. I Nr. 100/2003
  4. ^ Baber, Katherine (18 May 2022). ""American First Aid": Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein at the Salzburg Festival, 1959" (PDF). Journal of Austrian-American History. 6 (1): 76. doi:10.5325/jaustamerhist.6.1.0074. ISSN 2475-0913. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ^ Ulrike Felt; Martina Erlemann (June 2003). "The Austrian media landscape: Mass-production of public images of science and technology". OPUS Report. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Stop the press: Vienna newspaper Wiener Zeitung ends daily print edition after 320 years". AP News. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ "VÖZ-Wissenschaftsjournalismuspreis für Täuber und Kramar". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 1 May 2024.