Fight for the future: How the Wiener Zeitung can be revived!

Fight for the future: How the Wiener Zeitung can be revived!

Maria-Jacobi-Gasse 1, 1030 Wien, Österreich - In 2023, the “Wiener Zeitung” took up its company as a printed daily newspaper, which ended in print format after 320 years. According to of the Wiener Zeitung , the last edition of the sheet was published in printed form on June 30, 2023. The main reason for this was a law that was decided in the National Council, which has taken away a financial basis for the deletion of compulsory publications for the newspaper. In an open letter, it was pointed out to the importance of an independent media landscape, which was essential in an election year as in 2024.

After the sudden end of the daily newspaper, which surprised many, ORF Vienna of the concerns of the editors and journalists who feared the quality and independence of reporting. They demand that the "Wiener Zeitung" are released from the influence of the Federal Chancellery. Instead of high -quality journalistic work, it was criticized that only low -quality brochures have appeared as successors who do little to inform society. The open letter also calls for serious discussions about possible new owner structures to enable the newspaper a future.

Earth Hermitage of the Wiener Zeitung

The "Wiener Zeitung" was once founded as an important medium and had played an important role in the Austrian media landscape for the centuries. With her first edition in 1703, she relied on factual reporting and publicity. Long -forgotten stories about wars and peace treaties shaped the sheet until it was increasingly exposed to political pressure in modern times. Various chronological development led to its inevitable decline, with nobody being able to deny the importance of this journalism for democracy.

The critical voices from the population and artists who campaigned for the preservation of the “Wiener Zeitung” were heard, even if digitization and change in the media landscape had already initiated irreversible steps. In summary, it should be noted that the closure of the “Wiener Zeitung” is considered a loss for Austrian journalism.