2023-07-04 04:39:02
The Austrian newspaper “Wiener Zeitung”, considered the oldest in the world, announced that it will stop printing almost 320 years following its first appearance. «We publish the last physical copy, We salute the readers who have accompanied us all these years.” published in his editorial with which he tried to address the future of the media. The Wiener Zeitung It was first published on August 8, 1703 under the name “Wiennerisches Diarium”.That is why it was the oldest newspaper, worldwide, still in circulation.
The newspaper, which survived ten emperors and twelve presidents Throughout its existence, it initially presented international information. to later add birth, marriage and funeral announcements, particularly related to the nobility. When in those times the regional information was distributed by “drums”, a kind of rotary presses.
Since 1780 the newspaper has had its current name. Already in 1812 it became an official government journal and since 1857 it was published by public institutions in Vienna. Initially, he distributed 4,500 copies, in a circulation that remained at that number until 1855, while it was currently 24,000. Since 1995, it had a web editionaccording to the survey reported by the AFP agency.
The choice of closure is the result of a controversial government law which provides for the abolition of mandatory announcements and company news, in the ‘official bulletin’ section of the Wiener Zeitung.
Announcements guaranteed the publisher regarding 18 million euros a yearbut according to a European Union (EU) directive, now they can only be done in digital format, explains Der Spiegel, the largest weekly magazine in Europe and the most important in Germany.
Without this source of income, the main source of the Viennese newspaper, the editors considered that the Wiener Zeitung would no longer be equally profitable as a printed product.
From time to time “special print editions” will appear in the future“but for the moment the range of products and the publications are still in development,” said managing director Martin Fleischacker, who was also editor-in-chief of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, also centenary since it has been published since 1848 in the city of Vienna.
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