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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | CH Media |
Founded | 1798 |
Language | German |
Headquarters | St. Gallen |
Country | Switzerland |
Website | Thurgauer Zeitung |
Thurgauer Zeitung is a Swiss daily newspaper published in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Founded in 1798 it is one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation.
Thurgauer Zeitung was established in 1798.[1] The publisher of the paper was Thurgauer Medien AG until October 2005 when Tamedia acquired the daily.[2][3] Tamedia sold the paper to FPH Freie Presse Holding AG, a subsidiary of NZZ Media Group, in April 2010.[4][5] Until that date the paper was published by Huber & Co. AG, a subsidiary of Tamedia.[4] CH Media which has been a joint venture of NZZ Media Group since 2018 is the owner of Thurgauer Zeitung.[6]
Thurgauer Zeitung serves the canton of Thurgau.[4][7] Its headquarters was in Frauenfeld,[1] and later it moved to St. Gallen.[6] As of 2013 the paper was part of Newsnet, a platform of daily newspapers in Switzerland.[8]
In 1967 Thurgauer Zeitung had a circulation of 18,000 copies.[9] It sold 31,879 copies in 1997.[10]