Wiener Zeitung
Title page of the first issue of Wiennerisches Diarium, later Wiener Zeitung | |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Government of Austria, represented by the Chancellor |
| Editor-in-chief | Katharina Schmidt & Sebastian Pumberger (interim) |
| Launched | 8 August 1703 (as Wiennerisches Diarium) |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Vienna |
| Country | Austria |
| Website | wienerzeitung.at |
Wiener Zeitung (German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ ˈtsaɪtʊŋ]) is an Austrian newspaper. First published as the Wiennerisches Diarium in 1703, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the world. Until April 2023, it was the official gazette of the government of the Republic of Austria for legally-required announcements, such as company registrations and was also the official publishing body for laws and executive orders until 2004.
Considered a newspaper of record, as of 2002, Wiener Zeitung was among the four Austrian daily quality newspapers beside the right-liberal Die Presse, the left-liberal Der Standard and the Christian-liberal and conservative Salzburger Nachrichten. The newspaper ended its daily print edition on 30 June 2023, becoming an online publication. The launch of the digital platform won the 2023 European Publishing Award for a “Launch or Relaunch” of a publication in digital form.