NZZ Mediengruppe
Swiss media company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) Mediengruppe (also known as AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung) is a media company which deals with the activities related to the newspaper, magazine, book publishing and television broadcasting in Zürich, Switzerland. The company has products for the German-speaking regions of the country.[1]
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| Industry | Media |
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| Founded | 1780 |
| Headquarters | Zürich |
Key people | Felix Graf (CEO) |
| Products |
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| Website | www |
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NZZ Mediengruppe was established in 1780 with the start of its flagship paper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.[2] As of 2014, Veit Dengler was the chief executive officer of the group[3] of which headquarters is in Zürich.[2][4] The company has a liberal stance and does not support collectivism or corporatism.[5]
The group has business activities in the fields of newspaper and magazine publishing, book publishing, and regional radio and television broadcasting.[5] The company also operates online editions of the publications it has.[5]
The newspaper publishing division of the group consists of two companies, NZZ and Free Press Holding AG.[6] In addition to Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the company also owns regional daily newspapers, namely the St. Galler Tagblatt and Neue Luzerner Zeitung.[5] The group owned 74.93% of the St. Galler Tagblatt AG, which publishes St. Galler Tagblatt,[7] via its subsidiary Free Press Holding AG.[8] In May 2014, Free Press Holding AG acquired the company's remaining stake from PubliGroupe.[8] The company involved in the establishment of the joint venture CH Media in 2018.[9]
NZZ Mediengruppe was the owner of the Bund Verlag AG, publisher of the daily newspaper Der Bund, until 2003 when it was sold to the Espace Media Groupe.[10]
NZZ Mediengruppe was the fourth major magazine publisher in Switzerland in terms of circulation in the years of 2005, 2008 and 2012.[11] One of the new additions is NZZ Geschichte, a history magazine, which was launched in Zürich in April 2015.[12]
In relation to book publishing the subsidiary of the company is NZZ Libro.[6] NZZ Film und Fernsehen is another subsidiary of the company which produces television programs.[6]
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