''St. Galler Tagblatt'', commonly shortened to ''Tagblatt'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in
St. Gallen.
History and profile
The newspaper was first published in 1789
as ''Tagblatt der Stadt St. Gallen''. Its current name dates from 1910. The paper is part of St. Galler Tagblatt AG of which 70% is owned by
NZZ Mediengruppe
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[ parent company of '']Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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''St. Galler Tagblatt'' described itself as "bourgeois
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- liberal" with a tendency towards liberal democrats until the 1990s.
In 1997, ''St. Galler Tagblatt'' had a circulation of 119,391 copies. The paper had a circulation of 110,000 copies in 2003.
See also
* List of newspapers in Switzerland
The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995 and 197 in 2010. Prior to the 18th century, the Swiss press market was small, being limited to the elites who were literate, though development varied b ...
References
External links
tagblatt.ch
(in German), the newspaper's official website
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1789 establishments in Europe
18th-century establishments in Switzerland
Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
German-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Mass media in St. Gallen (city)
Publications established in 1789