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}}Kleine Zeitung ({{IPA-de|ˈklaɪnə ˈtsaɪtʊŋ|lang}}; {{lit|Small Newspaper}}) is an Austrian newspaper based in Graz and Klagenfurt. As the largest regional newspaper in Austria, covering the federal states Styria and Carinthia with East Tyrol, the paper has around 800,000 readers.

History and profile

Kleine Zeitung was founded in 1904 by the Katholischer Preßverein (Catholic Press Association).WEB, Kleine Zeitung,www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/75941-kleine-zeitung, Voxeurop, 1 December 2014, The first issue was published on Tuesday, 22 November 1904. The paper is based in Graz as well as in Klagenfurt.BOOK, The Europa World Year Book 2003,books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA607, 10 July 2003, Taylor & Francis, 978-1-85743-227-5, 606, From its inception, it was designed as a paper to be read by the masses, covering general and regional news topics at a reasonable cost. The paper is owned by the Styria Media Group, which also owns the daily newspaper Die Presse.WEB, Media Markets: Austria Country Overview,oldtelecoms.kondrashov.ru/world/austria.html, Russian Telecom, 1 January 2015, August 2004, Kleine Zeitung is published in the half Berlin format.Kleine Zeitung has a center-right political leaning. Fritz Csoklich served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for thirty years until 1994.NEWS, Lisa Chapman, Former Kleine Zeitung editor Csoklich dead,austriantimes.at/?id=17449-newentry, 1 December 2014, Austrian Times, 22 October 2009, Kleine Zeitung is the recipient of the 2005 European Newspaper Award in the category of regional newspaper.

Circulation

The circulation of Kleine Zeitung was 293,000 copies in 2001.NEWS, Adam Smith, Europe’s Top Papers,www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/, 7 February 2015, campaign, 15 November 2002, It was the second best selling newspaper in Austria with a circulation of 295,000 copies in 2002.WEB, World Press Trends 2003,www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf, World Association of Newspapers, 14 March 2015, Paris, 2003,www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20171108215853www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20171108215853www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf, 8 November 2017, dead, In 2003 it was again the second best selling newspaper in the country with a circulation of 298,000 copies.WEB, World Press Trends,www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf, World Association of Newspapers, 8 February 2015, Paris, 2004, The paper had a circulation of 292,000 copies in 2004.WEB, Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union,ec.europa.eu/information_society/media_taskforce/doc/pluralism/media_pluralism_swp_en.pdf, Commission of the European Communities, 27 March 2015, Brussels, 16 January 2007, During the third quarter of 2005 its circulation was 264,253 copies.WEB, The Results of the Seventh European Newspaper Award,www.editorial-design.com/05/award05e/presse.html, Editorial Design, 21 January 2015, dead,www.editorial-design.com/05/award05e/presse.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150923233650www.editorial-design.com/05/award05e/presse.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150923233650www.editorial-design.com/05/award05e/presse.html, 23 September 2015, dmy-all, In 2007 Kleine Zeitung sold 306,000 copies.WEB, Western Europe Market and MediaFact,conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf, ZenithOptimedia, 8 April 2015, 2008, dead,conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150205131709conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150205131709conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf, 5 February 2015, The paper had a circulation of 308,819 copies in 2008 and was the third most read paper in the country.BOOK, Lisa Müller, Comparing Mass Media in Established Democracies: Patterns of Media Performance,books.google.com/books?id=sjxvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA225, 10 September 2014, Palgrave Macmillan, 978-1-137-39138-4, 224, Its circulation was 311,245 copies in 2009 and 313,094 copies in 2010.WEB, National newspapers total circulation,www.ifabc.org/site/assets/media/National-Newspapers_total-circulation_IFABC_09-07-12.xls, International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations, 2 December 2014, The paper had a circulation of 280,983 copies in 2011.BOOK, Paul C. Murschetz, State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions,books.google.com/books?id=v6-9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134, 25 January 2014, Springer Science & Business Media, 978-3-642-35691-9, 134, Its average circulation was 347,000 copies in 2013.WEB, Austria 2013,www.wptdatabase.org/reports/2013/austria#wpt-report-chapter-3, WAN IFRA, 25 February 2015,

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External links

• Kleine Zeitung (in German)

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