Vorarlberger Nachrichten

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Vorarlberger Nachrichten
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TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Vorarlberg Media
PublisherRussmedia Verlag
Founded16 November 1945;78 years ago (1945-11-16)
LanguageGerman
Headquarters Bregenz
Country Austria
Sister newspapers NEUE
Website www.vol.at

Vorarlberger Nachrichten (simply VN) is a German language regional newspaper published in Bregenz, Austria. It is one of the leading regional publications in the country [1] and has been in circulation since 1945.

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History and profile

VN was first published on 16 November 1945 [2] during the occupation of Austria by the US and French forces following World War II. [3] In time of its formation period it was under the influence of the French. [4] The paper has its headquarters in Bregenz and serves for Vorarlberg. [1] The Vorarlberg Media, which is also the owner of NEUE , owns the paper. [5] It is published by the Russmedia Verlag which also publishes NEUE. [6] Both companies are headed by Eugene A. Russ. [2] Christian Ortner served as the editor-in-chief of VN. [2] [7]

In 1994 VN began to print in four colors, being the first traditional Austrian newspaper in this regard. [1] The paper was named as the Newspaper of the Year by the World Newspaper Congress in 2006 for its quality journalism, innovation, the use of multimedia and economic management. [2] [7]

Circulation

VN had a circulation of 72,000 copies in 2002, making it the tenth best-selling daily in Austria. [8] The paper also sold 72,000 copies in 2004. [9]

Its readership was 30% in 2006. [10] For the first quarter of 2006 the paper had a circulation of 65,112 copies. [2] In 2007 it sold 72,000 copies. [11]

The circulation of VN was 63,625 copies from Mondays to Saturdays in October 2010. [12] In 2011 its average circulation was 62,762 copies. [13] The average circulation of the paper was 63,000 copies in 2013. [14] In 2018 VN sold 56,914 copies. [15]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vorarlberger Nachrichten sind "Newspaper of the Year 2006"". OTS (in German). Moscow. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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  4. ↑ Alexander Golovlev (2019). "Dancing the Nation? French Dance Diplomacy in Allied-Occupied Austria, 1945–55". Austrian History Yearbook. 50: 173. doi:10.1017/S0067237818000607. S2CID   151083673.
  5. ↑ Christian Fuchs (2011). Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies. London; New York: Routledge. p. 4. ISBN   978-1-136-82531-6.
  6. ↑ "Newspapers". Russmedia Verlag. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Local content leads to success!". European Newspaper Congress. 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Günther Lengauer. "Framing Campaigns: The Media and Austrian Elections". In Günter Bischof; Fritz Plasser (eds.). The Changing Austrian Voter. Vol. 16. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers. p. 133. ISBN   978-1-4128-1932-9.
  11. ↑ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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  13. ↑ Paul C. Murschetz; Matthias Karmasin (2014). "Austria: Press Subsidies in Search of a New Design". In Paul C. Murschetz (ed.). State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions. Heidelberg: Springer. p. 135. ISBN   978-3-642-35691-9.
  14. ↑ "Austria 2013". WAN IFRA. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Manuela Grünangerl; Josef Trappel; Tales Tomaz (2021). "Austria. Confirmed democratic performance while slowly digitalising". In Josef Trappel; Tales Tomaz (eds.). The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021: How leading news media survive digital transformation. Vol. 1. Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. p. 99. doi:10.48335/9789188855404-3. ISBN   978-91-88855-42-8.
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