(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUN 7 - The Wiener Zeitung, Austria's
oldest newspaper and one of the oldest in the world, will
discontinue print publication in July and transition entirely
online. The abolition of its main source of public funding, its
monopoly on the publication of legal notices, has resulted in
the end of its print publication.
Depending on the funds available, the Austrian state-owned
daily will maintain a minimum of ten print publications per
year. Wiener Zeitung, which has been published in Vienna since
1703, will print its final issue on June 30 after more than 300
years, according to Le Monde.
The Wiener Zeitung, founded in 1703 as Wiennerisches Diarium
and later renamed Wiener Zeitung in 1780, was nationalised by
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1857, becoming the
country's official gazette. Even though its paid circulation had
dropped below 8,000 copies, the daily remained a pillar of the
Viennese media landscape. (ANSA).
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Oldest daily in Austria soon only online
Wiener Zeitung started publications in 1703