Niederösterreichische Nachrichten Explained

Type:Weekly newspaper
Owner:LAN (Lower Austrian News)
Publisher:Lower Austrian Press
Language:German
Headquarters:St. Pölten

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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Susan Roraff. Julie Krejci. CultureShock! Austria: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. 2011. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. 978-981-4398-68-8. 118. 3rd. Tarrytown, NY.
  2. Lisa Reisenhofer. "NÖN vs. Krone". Ihre jeweilige Ersatzfunktion im Raum Niederösterreich. 34. MA. University of Vienna. March 2013. de. 10.25365/thesis.27185.
  3. Book: Mary Kelly. 6. Gianpietro Mazzoleni. Denis McQuail. The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. London. 978-0-7619-4131-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=HYCVxSFNNpkC&pg=PA6. 2004. SAGE Publishing. Austria. Josef Trappel.
  4. News: NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. 21 December 2014. Bloomberg Businessweek. https://archive.today/20141221100154/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=106405384. dead. 21 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Austria's first KBA C16 to go live in St. Pölten this year. KBA. 21 December 2014.
  6. Encyclopedia: Presse. AEIOU Encyclopedia.
  7. News: Claudia Kaefer. 'We are hardly satisfied with anything'. 21 December 2014. In Ventures. 22 January 2014.
  8. Web site: Working Groups 2012. Europa Forum Wachau. 21 December 2014. 14 February 2011.
  9. Web site: Anne Austin. etal. Western Europe Market & MediaFact. 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf. ZenithOptimedia. 1 January 2015. 5 February 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Western Europe Media Facts. 2011 Edition. ZenithOptimedia. 6 March 2016.
  11. Web site: 535.000 Leser für die NÖN. de. Michaela Fleck-Regenfelder. 13 October 2016. NÖN. 26 February 2018.