!!!Kronen-Zeitung

Kronen-Zeitung, short title of a popular Austrian small-format daily 
newspaper; forerunners in the 1%%sup st/%  half of the 20%%sup th/%  
century: "Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung", from January 2, 1900 to August 
31, 1944 (titles: from 1900 to 1905 "Oesterreichische Kronen-Zeitung", 
from 1941 to 1944 "Wiener Kronen-Zeitung"); founded by G.  Davis, 
contained many illustrations (drawing on the front page) and numerous 
serials. The newspaper title is derived from the 1-Krone-coin shown in 
the heading (subscription fee when the paper was founded). Circulation 
in 1919: 200,000, 1929: 250,000, 1938: 260,000. On September 1, 1944 
the Kronen-Zeitung, together with 3 other Viennese papers, was merged 
into the  "Kleine Wiener Kriegszeitung".

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The "Neue Kronen Zeitung", has appeared since April 11, 1959, founded 
by H.  Dichand and K.  Falk. The title "Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung" 
(title from 1967 to 1971 "Unabhaengige Kronen-Zeitung", since then 
"Neue Kronen Zeitung") was deliberately taken up again. Appeared in 7 
editions in 1998: Vienna/Lower Austria/Burgenland, Upper Austria, 
Styria, Carinthia, province of Salzburg, Tirol, Vorarlberg; 
circulation: 1960: 110,000, 1969: 515,000, 1980: 1 million, 1990: 1.7 
million, 1998: 1.06 million. Since 1968 the Kronen-Zeitung has been 
the largest-selling newspaper in Austria. It is read by approx. 40% of 
the literate population. In 1987 Dichand separated from Falk, the 
co-owner, and the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitungsverlagsgesellschaft 
(WAZ) became the new co-owner. It holds 50% of the shares. 
Kronen-Zeitung,  "Kurier" and  WAZ cooperate in the  Mediaprint 
organisation.

!Literature
H. Dichand, Kronen Zeitung. Die Geschichte eines Erfolgs, 
1977; H. Konrad and M. Lechner, "Millionenverwechslung": F. Olah, Die 
Kronenzeitung, Geheimdienste, 1992; Massenmedien in Oesterreich, 
Medienbericht 4, 1993.


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