Tages-Anzeiger: Difference between revisions

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| namelogo = Tages-Anzeiger, 28 May 1923 (page 1, cropped).jpg

| editor = ResArthur StrehleRutishauser

| maneditor foundation = {{Start date and age|1893}}

| website = [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/{{official tagesanzeiger.ch]URL}} }}

The paper was first published under the name ''Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und Kanton Zürich'' in 1893.<ref name="arian">{{cite book|author=Ariane Knüsel|title=Framing China: Media Images and Political Debates in Britain, the USA and Switzerland, 1900-1950|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-So1iWxAjMC&pg=PT32|accessdate=13 April 2015|date=1 September 2012|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-6178-4|page=32}}</ref><ref name=bbc4>{{cite news|title=The press in Switzerland|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3703425.stm|accessdateaccess-date=17 January 2015|work=BBC|date=17 May 2004}}</ref> The founder was a German, Wilhelm Girardet.<ref name=arian/> Its current name, ''Tages-Anzeiger'', was adopted later.<ref name=arian/> The paper is based in Zurich<ref name=ina>{{cite news|author=Cyril Jost|title=The challenges confronting the Swiss press|url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press|accessdateaccess-date=23 December 2014|work=InaGlobal|date=4 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Switzerland Starting Business (Incorporating) in Switzerland Guide Strategic and Practical Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akUVxX_87EsC&pg=PA236|accessdateaccess-date=13 April 2015|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-1688-5|page=235}}</ref> and is published in [[Broadsheet (newspaper)|broadsheet]].<ref name=lisam/> Its owner and publisher is [[Tamedia]]<ref name=bbc4/> and its editor is Res Strehle. Although ''Tages-Anzeiger'' is a national newspaper, it focuses mainly on the [[Zurich (canton)|Zurich region]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Andreas Mattenschlager|author2=Hubert Riedle|title=Media construction national identities in Germany and Switzerland, 1946-1995|journal=Conflict and Communication Online|date=2003|volume=2|issue=1|url=http://www.cco.regener-online.de/2003_1/pdf_2003_1/mattenschlager_riedle.pdf|accessdateissn=23 February 20151618-0747}}</ref>

The circulation of ''Tages-Anzeiger'' was 70,000 copies in 1910.<ref name=arian/> It rose to 83,000 copies in 1930 and to 116,000 copies in 1950.<ref name=arian/> In 1967 the paper was the best-selling newspaper with a circulation of 161,000 copies.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Pierre Béguin |title=The Press in Switzerland|journal=Gazette|date=May 1967|volume=13|issue=2|page=96|doi=10.1177/001654926701300202}}</ref>

In the period of 1995–1996 ''Tages-Anzeiger'' had a circulation of 282,222 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country.<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6HU9WdjwgkC&pg=PA7|accessdateyear=1 December 2014|date=24 September 1998
|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4462-6524-6|page=7}}</ref> In 1997 its circulation was 283,139 copies.<ref>{{cite journal|year=1999
|author=Sibylle Hardmeier|title=Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media|journal=[[International Journal of Public Opinion Research|date=1999]]
|volume=11|issue=3|urldoi=http:/10.1093/ijpor.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/.3/.257.full.pdf|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> The circulation of the paper was 280,000 copies in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 100 dailies 2000|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/49276/|accessdateaccess-date=2 March 2015|work=campaign|date=16 November 2001}}</ref>

The circulation of ''Tages-Anzeiger'' was 268,000 copies in 2001.<ref name=adsm>{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|accessdateaccess-date=7 February 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}}</ref> Its 2003 circulation was 235,000 copies, making it the second best selling newspaper in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|accessdateaccess-date=15 February 2015|location=Paris|dateyear=2004}}</ref> In 2005 the paper had a circulation of 236,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Newspapers in Switzerland by Circulation|url=http://www.top-ten-10.com/business/publishingbiz/switzerland-newspapers-2005.htm|work=Top Ten.com|accessdateaccess-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> The circulation of the paper was 225,287 copies in 2006.<ref name=srev>{{cite journal|title=Swiss newspaper market in flux|journal=Swiss Review|date=October 2007|volume=5|page=9|url=http://www.revue.ch/fileadmin/revue/Ausgaben/2007/sr_en_2007_05_download.pdf|accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> In 2008 the circulation of ''Tages-Anzeiger'' was 216,000 copies, making it the second best-selling newspaper in the country.<ref name=lisam/> In 2009 the paper had a circulation of 209,297 copies.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hugo Bigi|title=Journalism Education Between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojPlRFHuvoYC&pg=PA27|accessdate=17 January 2015|year=2012|publisher=Haupt Verlag AG|isbn=978-3-258-07753-6|page=27}}</ref> It was 203,636 copies in 2010.<ref name=ina/>

''Tages-Anzeiger'' is the first Swiss newspaper with no political affiliation.<ref name=arian/> Although politically and economically independent, the newspaper's political stance is generally characterized as [[center-left]].<ref name=lisam>{{cite book|author=Lisa Müller|title=Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjxvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA225|accessdate=16 January 2015|date=10 September 2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-39138-4|page=225}}</ref>

''Tages-Anzeiger'' is published in [[Broadsheet|broadsheet format]].<ref name=adsm/> The newspaper consists of a number of sections, the first of which is dedicated to domestic and international news as well as economic news. The second section features regional news and sports while the third section covers culture and society. The fourth section is dedicated to economic news and sport. Occasionally, special sections are added to cover major events such as elections.

* Volume 9: [[Peter Weber (Schriftstellerwriter)|Peter Weber]], ''Der Wettermacher'' (1993)

* Volume 20: [[Gerhard Meier (Schriftsteller)|Gerhard Meier]], ''Der schnurgerade Kanal'' (1977)

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