Aargauer Zeitung is the leading regional newspaper

Newspaper

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 in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Switzerland

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. Edited in Baden

Baden, Switzerland

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 and Aarau

Aarau

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, the German language

German language

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 daily has a circulation of 129,000. The paper of AZ Medien Gruppe was created in 1996 through the merger of Aargauer Tagblatt and Badener Tagblatt.

The newspaper produces several local editions, including under the titles Zofinger Tagblatt and Limmattaler Tagblatt.

Since January 2002, Mittelland Zeitung is the common core section of Aargauer Zeitung, Solothurner Zeitung, Oltner Tagblatt and Zofinger Tagblatt with a circulation of 200,000.