Tages-Anzeiger
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Tages-Anzeiger, also abbreviated Tagi or TA, is a German language
Swiss
national daily newspaper based in Zurich
. Among newspapers in Switzerland, it has one of the largest readerships, reaching around 550,000 readers. The Tages-Anzeiger was first published in 1893. Although politically and economically independent, the TA's political stance is generally characterized as being left of the center and government friendly. On Saturdays the newspaper includes the supplement
Das Magazin. The newspaper is owned by Tamedia
and Res Strehle und Markus Eisenhut are its editor.
The newspaper consists of a number of sections, the first of which is dedicated to domestic and international news. The second features regional news while the third covers Sport. The fourth and fifth are dedicated to economic news and culture respectively. Occasionally, special sections are added to cover major events such as elections.
and the Berner Zeitung
, reaching around 730,000 readers each weekend (approximately ten percent of the Swiss population).
In its early years, Das Magazin featured articles by writers such as Niklaus Meienberg
, Peter Bichsel
and Laure Wyss, and, as a bastion of journalistic enlightenment in the 1970s, it heavily defined cultural and political discourse in Switzerland.
Das Magazin was patterned after The New York Times Magazine
and employs a style and language of its own. The magazine's main competitor is the weekly Weltwoche magazine.
In 2005/2006 Das Magazin published the "Schweizer Bibliothek
" – a compilation of twenty books, written by twenty of the 20th century's most important Swiss writers (e.g. Friedrich Dürrenmatt
, Friedrich Glauser
, Max Frisch
, Adolf Muschg
, Fleur Jaeggy
).
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
national daily newspaper based in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. Among newspapers in Switzerland, it has one of the largest readerships, reaching around 550,000 readers. The Tages-Anzeiger was first published in 1893. Although politically and economically independent, the TA's political stance is generally characterized as being left of the center and government friendly. On Saturdays the newspaper includes the supplement
Supplement (publishing)
A supplement is a publication that has a role secondary to that of another preceding or concurrent publication.A follow-on publication complements its predecessor, either by bringing it up-to-date , or by otherwise enhancing the predecessor's coverage of a particular topic or subject matter, as in...
Das Magazin. The newspaper is owned by Tamedia
Tamedia
Tamedia AG is a media company in Switzerland.Its most important publications is the Tages-Anzeiger, a daily newspaper based in Zurich. It also owns the weekly SonntagsZeitung, the free national newspaper 20 Minuten, the free Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich, the weekly financial newspaper Finanz und...
and Res Strehle und Markus Eisenhut are its editor.
The newspaper consists of a number of sections, the first of which is dedicated to domestic and international news. The second features regional news while the third covers Sport. The fourth and fifth are dedicated to economic news and culture respectively. Occasionally, special sections are added to cover major events such as elections.
Das Magazin
Das Magazin (English: "The magazine") is a supplement to the Saturday edition of the Tages-Anzeiger. Added in 1970, it mainly features comments and reports on politics and culture. In 2005 Das Magazin was added to two other newspapers, the Basler ZeitungBasler Zeitung
Basler Zeitung is a regional newspaper, published in Basel, Switzerland. The German-language daily was created through the merger of National-Zeitung and Basler Nachrichten in 1977. It is owned by the Basler Zeitung Medien who also publishes the free daily newspaper Baslerstab.-External links:*...
and the Berner Zeitung
Berner Zeitung
Berner Zeitung is a regional newspaper in the canton of Berne, Switzerland. With a distribution of 165,700 , it is number four of the daily newspapers in Switzerland and the leading newspaper in the Canton of Berne...
, reaching around 730,000 readers each weekend (approximately ten percent of the Swiss population).
In its early years, Das Magazin featured articles by writers such as Niklaus Meienberg
Niklaus Meienberg
Niklaus Meienberg was a Swiss writer and investigative journalist.Meienberg lived in Zürich and published 14 books in his lifetime. His works about recent Swiss history...
, Peter Bichsel
Peter Bichsel
Peter Bichsel is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten....
and Laure Wyss, and, as a bastion of journalistic enlightenment in the 1970s, it heavily defined cultural and political discourse in Switzerland.
Das Magazin was patterned after The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
and employs a style and language of its own. The magazine's main competitor is the weekly Weltwoche magazine.
In 2005/2006 Das Magazin published the "Schweizer Bibliothek
Schweizer Bibliothek
Schweizer Bibliothek is a twenty-volume compilation of Swiss books, published in 2005/2006. The wide assortment of writers from all around the country is intended to represent 20th century Swiss literature by showcasing twenty of the most important Swiss writers.The collection was compiled by Das...
" – a compilation of twenty books, written by twenty of the 20th century's most important Swiss writers (e.g. Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
, Friedrich Glauser
Friedrich Glauser
Friedrich Glauser was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life. In his first novel Gourrama, written between 1928 and 1930, he treated his own experiences at the French Foreign Legion...
, Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political...
, Adolf Muschg
Adolf Muschg
Adolf Muschg is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten.- His life :...
, Fleur Jaeggy
Fleur Jaeggy
Fleur Jaeggy is a Swiss writer, of Italian mother tongue.-Life:After completing her studies in Switzerland, Jaeggy went to live in Rome, where she met Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard. In 1968 she went to Milan to work for the publisher Adelphi Edizioni, and married Roberto Calasso. Her first...
).