One of the World's oldest print newspaper forced to run online

By Javed Baloch | images - APA | 28/04/23

Wiener Zeitung is among the world's oldest print newspaper. However, after a decision by the Austria's parliament

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the newspaper will move on from print to online-only edition. The decision has come after a long dispute between the newspaper and the government.

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Fist founded in 1703 (as Wiennerisches Diarium), the newspaper was turned to state-owned by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1857.

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The newspaper's name was changed to Wiener Zeitung in 1780.

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After the decision of making the newspaper online, half of its employees (currenly over 200) could be laid off in the process.

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