Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) is a major German language
Swiss
daily newspaper based in Zurich
.
One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by Salomon Gessner, from January 12, 1780, and was renamed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821. The newspaper is well known for its detailed reports on international affairs, stock exchange, and the intellectual, in-depth style of its articles. Politically, it is positioned close to the liberal Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
.
It has a reputation as a quality newspaper and as the Swiss newspaper of record
, with a small but influential circulation of 330,000. As its average reader is now over 50, its circulation is slowly declining. Aside from the switch from its Blackletter
typeface in 1946, the newspaper has changed little since the 1930s. The newspaper has, for example, only in the last 3 years or so 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.
In 2002, a weekend edition called NZZ am Sonntag (NZZ on Sunday) was launched. The NZZ am Sonntag has its own editorial staff and contains more soft news and lifestyle issues than its weekday counterpart, as do most Swiss weekend newspapers.
In 2005, the complete run of the first 225 years of the newspaper was scanned from microfilm, a total of 2 million images comprising 70 terabytes, and its blackletter
type was OCR
'ed at a total cost of 600,000€ (or 0.30€ per image). The result is a searchable digital archive, only publicly accessible on site. The digitization was carried out by the Fraunhofer Institut für Medienkommunikation
(IMK, since renamed IAIS) in Sankt Augustin
.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
daily newspaper based in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by Salomon Gessner, from January 12, 1780, and was renamed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821. The newspaper is well known for its detailed reports on international affairs, stock exchange, and the intellectual, in-depth style of its articles. Politically, it is positioned close to the liberal Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
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Newspaper of record
Newspaper of record is a term that may refer either to any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices , or any major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and...
, with a small but influential circulation of 330,000. As its average reader is now over 50, its circulation is slowly declining. Aside from the switch from its Blackletter
Blackletter
Blackletter, also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to well into the 17th century. It continued to be used for the German language until the 20th century. Fraktur is a notable script of this type, and sometimes...
typeface in 1946, the newspaper has changed little since the 1930s. The newspaper has, for example, only in the last 3 years or so 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.
In 2002, a weekend edition called NZZ am Sonntag (NZZ on Sunday) was launched. The NZZ am Sonntag has its own editorial staff and contains more soft news and lifestyle issues than its weekday counterpart, as do most Swiss weekend newspapers.
In 2005, the complete run of the first 225 years of the newspaper was scanned from microfilm, a total of 2 million images comprising 70 terabytes, and its blackletter
Blackletter
Blackletter, also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to well into the 17th century. It continued to be used for the German language until the 20th century. Fraktur is a notable script of this type, and sometimes...
type was OCR
Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
'ed at a total cost of 600,000€ (or 0.30€ per image). The result is a searchable digital archive, only publicly accessible on site. The digitization was carried out by the Fraunhofer Institut für Medienkommunikation
Fraunhofer Society
The Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 60 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science . It employs around 18,000, mainly scientists and engineers, with an annual research budget of about €1.65 billion...
(IMK, since renamed IAIS) in Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo . The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913...
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External links
- http://www.nzz.ch
- http://www.nzzexecutive.ch
- 70 Terabyte Zeitgeschichte (PDF) – Fraunhofer Magazin 2.2005