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Newspaper ends daily print edition after 320 yrs

Updated On: 01 July, 2023 08:16 AM IST | Berlin | Agencies

“320 years, 12 presidents, 10 emperors, 2 republics, 1 newspaper,” the print edition’s final front page read

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Editor-in-Chief of the Wiener Zeitung Thomas Seifert poses in front of the printing press during the printing of the last issue of the one of the world's oldest newspapers, 'Wiener Zeitung', in Vienna. Pic/AFP

Editor-in-Chief of the Wiener Zeitung Thomas Seifert poses in front of the printing press during the printing of the last issue of the one of the world's oldest newspapers, 'Wiener Zeitung', in Vienna. Pic/AFP

One of the world’s oldest newspapers, the Vienna-based Wiener Zeitung, ended its daily print run Friday after more than three centuries.

First published under the name Wiennerisches Diarium, the paper set out to provide a sober account of the news ‘without any oratory or poetic gloss’ when it was launched on August 8, 1703. It has an online edition.

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