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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Pietro Giugno |
| Founded | 1 September 1908; 115 years ago (1908-09-01) |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Circulation | 10,002 (2003) |
| ISSN | 1660-9697 |
| OCLC number | 173873821 |
| Website | tessinerzeitung.ch |
Tessiner Zeitung is a Swiss German-language regional newspaper, published in Locarno, Ticino.
Tessiner Zeitung was first published in Locarno on 1 September 1908 and was founded by Pietro Giugno.[1] In May 1918 the paper was acquired by a group of journalists who published another newspaper Freie Zeitung.[2]
The paper was published three times per week and had a circulation of 5,000 copies at the beginning of the 1990s.[3] Then the paper began to be published weekly on Fridays. According to WEMF AG, the newspaper had a circulation of 10,002, as of 2003[update].
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