''Thurgauer Zeitung'' is a Swiss daily newspaper published in

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld (Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard Ge ...

, Switzerland. Founded in 1798 it is one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation.

History and profile

''Thurgauer Zeitung'' was established in 1798. The publisher of the paper was Thurgauer Medien AG until October 2005 when

Tamedia TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) is a media company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and digital platforms, as well as own printing facilities, it is the largest media group in ...

acquired the daily. Tamedia sold the paper to FPH Freie Presse Holding AG, a subsidiary of NZZ Media Group, in April 2010. Until that date the paper was published by Huber & Co. AG, a subsidiary of Tamedia.

CH Media CH Media is a Swiss media company which was founded in 2018 as a joint venture of the AZ Medien and the NZZ Media Group. It has about 2000 employees and generates sales of almost CHF 500 million. History On December 7, 2017, AZ Medien and th ...

which has been a joint venture of NZZ Media Group since 2018 is the owner of ''Thurgauer Zeitung''. ''Thurgauer Zeitung'' serves the canton of

Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

. Its headquarters was in Frauenfeld, and later it moved to St. Gallen. As of 2013 the paper was part of Newsnet, a platform of daily newspapers in Switzerland. In 1967 ''Thurgauer Zeitung'' had a circulation of 18,000 copies. It sold 31,879 copies in 1997.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurgauer Zeitung 18th-century establishments in Switzerland Daily newspapers published in Switzerland German-language newspapers published in Switzerland Mass media in Frauenfeld Publications established in 1798 Mass media in St. Gallen (city)