Salzburger Nachrichten

Salzburger Nachrichten was established in 1945 by the American forces occupying Austria following World War II.^[1][2][3] The first issue appeared on 25 October that year.^[4] It remained under the control of the US Information Services Branch for a long time.^[5] When the paper became under the Austrian supervision, its early contributors were Viktor Reimann, Ilse Leitenberger and Alfons Dalma who were affiliated with the anti-Fascist groups during World War II.^[4] In the post-war period Salzburger Nachrichten focused on provincial events and news and did not exclusively cover significant events of the period such as the trials of the Nazi figures in Nuremberg.^[4]

Salzburger Nachrichten is owned by a family company,^[3] Salzburger Nachrichten Verlag.^[1][6] Its publisher is Maximilian Dasch Jr,^[3] and its headquarters is in Salzburg^[1] which was designed by the Italian architect Gio Ponti.^[7] As of 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with Der Standard, Die Presse, and Wiener Zeitung.^[8]

Salzburger Nachrichten is published from Monday to Saturday^[3] in broadsheet format.^[1] The paper features daily science and technology news.^[8] It has a Christian-liberal and conservative stance.^[3]

The circulation of Salzburger Nachrichten was 98,000 copies in 2002.^[9] The paper had a circulation of 99,123 copies in 2003.^[10] Next year its circulation was 96,000 copies in 2004.^[11]

Its readership was 38% in 2006.^[12] The paper sold 98,000 copies in 2007.^[13] Its circulation was 94,329 copies in 2008 and 91,352 copies in 2009.^[14] The circulation of the paper was 86,494 copies in 2010.^[14][15] The paper sold 69,867 copies in 2011.^[16] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 79,000 copies.^[17]

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