Berner Zeitung

Berner Zeitung was first issued on 3 January 1979. Four different papers led to the creation of the also called BZ: The Intelligenzblatt (1834), which was renamed Berner Tagblatt in 1888; The Emmenthaler Nachrichten (1883), the weekly newspaper of Emmenthal (1844) and the Neue Berner Zeitung (1919). When the Emmenthaler Blatt and the Neue Berner Zeitung were merged in 1973, Berner Zeitung was created. This paper merged with the daily news (former Emmenthaler Nachrichten) in 1977 creating the Berner Nachrichten, which was first released on 3 January 1979.

The first editor-in-chief was Peter Schindler who was in charge between 1979 and 1982. His successors were Urs P. Gasche (1982–1985), Ronald Roggen (1985–1986), Beat Hurni (1987–1996) and Andreas Z'Graggen (1996–2005). Between 2006 and 2009 Markus Eisenhut und Michael Hug co-edited the paper until Eisenhut took over another paper called Tages-Anzeiger. Its publisher was Charles von Graffenried until his death on 4 July 2012.[http://www.persoenlich.com/news/show_news.cfm?newsid=102900/ Persoenlich]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The paper is based in Bern{{cite book|title=Switzerland Starting Business (Incorporating) in Switzerland Guide Strategic and Practical Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akUVxX_87EsC&pg=PA236|access-date=13 April 2015|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-1688-5|page=236}} and serves in the Espace Mittelland region and in the canton of Bern.{{cite web|title=Berner Zeitung|url=http://www.publicitas.com/zh/home/media-solutions/media-search/media-factsheet-detail/?PARAM1=BBXBB1#.VLi-GWSsXRA|work=Publicitas|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116154457/http://www.publicitas.com/zh/home/media-solutions/media-search/media-factsheet-detail/?PARAM1=BBXBB1#.VLi-GWSsXRA|archive-date=16 January 2015|url-status=dead}}

In December 2011, Espace Media announced that they were going to merge the Splitausgabe Oberaargau and the Langenthaler Tagblatt. The first issue of the BZ Langenthaler Tagblatt was published on 2 July 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.tamedia.ch/de/unternehmen/espace-media/|title=Nachrichten, Medien, Verlag, Zeitung, Zeitschrift, Elektronische Medien|work=Tamedia|date=2 April 2012|access-date=8 August 2014}} The newspaper also publishes {{visible anchor|local editions}} in Thun (Thuner Tagblatt), Bernese Oberland (Berner Oberländer), and Solothurn (Solothurner Tagblatt).

In 1997 Berner Zeitung had a circulation of 134,153 copies.{{cite journal|author=Sibylle Hardmeier|title=Political Poll Reporting in Swiss Print Media|journal=International Journal of Public Opinion Research|date=1999|volume=11|issue=3|url=http://ijpor.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/257.full.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171018050037/https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-abstract/11/3/257/834102/POLITICAL-POLL-REPORTING-IN-SWISS-PRINT-MEDIA?redirectedFrom=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-18|access-date=30 December 2014}} The circulation of the paper was 163,000 copies in 2003.{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|publisher=World Association of Newspapers|access-date=15 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}} In 2005 its circulation was 196,000 copies.{{cite web|title=Top 10 Newspapers in Switzerland by Circulation|url=http://www.top-ten-10.com/business/publishingbiz/switzerland-newspapers-2005.htm|publisher=Top Ten.com|access-date=13 January 2015}} The 2006 circulation of the paper was 215,707 copies.{{cite journal|title=Swiss newspaper market in flux|journal=Swiss Review|date=October 2007|volume=5|page=9|url=http://www.revue.ch/fileadmin/revue/Ausgaben/2007/sr_en_2007_05_download.pdf|access-date=4 December 2014}} In 2008 it was the third most read newspaper in the country with a circulation of 213,000 copies.{{cite book|author=Lisa Müller|title=Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjxvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA225|access-date=16 January 2015|date=10 September 2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-39138-4|page=225}} The circulation of the paper was 208,694 copies in 2009.{{cite book|author=Hugo Bigi|title=Journalism Education Between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility: An Examination of Trainee Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojPlRFHuvoYC&pg=PA27|access-date=17 January 2015|year=2012|publisher=Haupt Verlag AG|isbn=978-3-258-07753-6|page=26}}

In 2010 Berner Zeitung had a circulation of 181,705 copies.{{cite news|author=Cyril Jost|title=The challenges confronting the Swiss press|url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/press/article/challenges-confronting-swiss-press|access-date=23 December 2014|work=InaGlobal|date=4 February 2011}} With a daily distribution of 174,162 copies in 2012, the newspaper was one of the largest daily newspapers in Switzerland and the leading newspaper in the Bern Canton.{{cite web|url=http://www.tamedia.ch/en/media/media/bz_berner_zeitung-1|title=Media|work=Tamedia|access-date=21 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017064957/http://www.tamedia.ch/en/media/media/bz_berner_zeitung-1|archive-date=17 October 2012}}

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