Niederösterreichische Nachrichten

Niederösterreichische Nachrichten
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)LAN (Lower Austrian News)
PublisherLower Austrian Press
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
LanguageGerman
HeadquartersSt. Pölten
CountryAustria
Websitenoen.at

Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (also known as Lower Austrian News and abbreviated as LAN) is a regional weekly newspaper published in St. Pölten, Lower Austria.[1]

History and profile

NÖN was started in 1965 following the merger of several local newspapers.[2] The paper is published weekly[3] and is part of the NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten company.[4] Its publisher is Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus.[5] The paper is based in St. Pölten[5] and provides mostly local news,[6] serving Lower Austria.[7] As of 2011 Walter Fahrnberger and Daniel Lohninger were the editors-in-chief of the paper.[8]

Circulation

NÖN sold 184,000 copies in 2007[9] and 170,000 copies in 2010.[10] According to Media Analyse 2015/16, the paper was regularly read by 535.000 people, 480.000 of which are from Lower Austria. This gives the paper a reach of 34.2% in Lower Austria, putting NÖN head on head with Kronen Zeitung (33.8%) in the region.[11]

References

  1. ^ Susan Roraff; Julie Krejci (2011). CultureShock! Austria: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (3rd ed.). Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. p. 118. ISBN 978-981-4398-68-8.
  2. ^ Lisa Reisenhofer (March 2013). "NÖN vs. Krone". Ihre jeweilige Ersatzfunktion im Raum Niederösterreich (MA thesis) (in German). University of Vienna. p. 34. doi:10.25365/thesis.27185.
  3. ^ Josef Trappel (2004). "Austria". In Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail (eds.). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. London: SAGE Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7619-4131-6.
  4. ^ "NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Austria's first KBA C16 to go live in St. Pölten this year". KBA. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Presse". AEIOU Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ Claudia Kaefer (22 January 2014). "'We are hardly satisfied with anything'". In Ventures. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Working Groups 2012". Europa Forum Wachau. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & MediaFact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Western Europe Media Facts. 2011 Edition" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  11. ^ Michaela Fleck-Regenfelder (13 October 2016). "535.000 Leser für die NÖN". NÖN (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.