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antecedents
1519 Christoph Froschauer founds bookshop and printery
in Zurich
1735 Conrad Orell and Hans Rudolf Füssli acquire
Froschauer's shop, found Orell & Füssli
1761 Salomon Gessner becomes partner in Orell & Füssli
publishing house
1780 launch of Zürcher Zeitung by Orell,
Gessner, Füssli & Co. as replacement for Gessnersche
Montagszeitung
1821 name changed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung
under editor-in-chief Paul Usteri
1843 becomes a daily
1868 incorporation of AG für die Neue Zürcher
Zeitung
1927 incorporation of NZZ book publishing company
1937 introduction of international edition (in German)
1969 NZZ switches from 3 to 2 editions per day
1974 switches to 1 edition per day
1980 acquires Fretz AG printing house.
1984 acquires stake in Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich
1991 launches monthly magazine NZZ Folio
1991 acquires majority stake in Zollikofer AG, St Gallen
(St Galler Tagblatt)
1993 launches NZZ Format TV programme
1993 establishes ZUVO AG distribution business as joint
venture with Tamedia
1995 acquires stake in Bern daily Der Bund
1998 NZZ Group restructured into Neue Zürcher Zeitung
AG, Regional Newspapers, and Commercial Printing divisions,
under umbrella of AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1998 acquires majority stake in Der Bund Verlag AG, Bern
1998 acquires stake in BuchsMedien AG (Werdenberger &
Obertoggenburger)
2001 NZZ acquires majority stake in art and photo book
publisher Benteli Verlags AG
2002 launches NZZ am Sonntag
2002 acquires stake in LZ Medien Holding AG (Neue
Luzerner Zeitung)
2004 establishes Swiss Printers AG as joint venture between
Ringier (70%) and NZZ Group
(30%)
2007 Tamedia acquires 25% equity
stake in Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich from
NZZ subsidiary Freie Presse Holding
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