Owner(s) | Moser Holding |
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Publisher | Schlüssel Verlag/Moser Holding |
Founded | 11 June 1945 |
Language | German |
Headquarters | Innsbruck |
Country | Austria |
Sister newspapers | TT Compact |
Website |
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Tiroler Tageszeitung (also known as TT) is a provincial daily newspaper published in Innsbruck, Austria. [1] The paper has been in circulation since 1945 and is the newspaper with the widest reach in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
TT was first published on 11 June 1945. [2] During this period Austria was ruled by the Allies following World War II. [1] [3] Its foundation was supported by the French and Americans, [3] but it was under the influence of the former. [4] Later the ownership of TT was transferred to Austrians. [3]
The German company Axel Springer Verlag acquired a stake of the paper in 1989 [5] and had the majority stake of the paper in the 1990s. [6] [7] The paper is wholly owned by the Moser Holding. [8] [9] [10] In 2008 the holding launched a free daily newspaper, namely TT Compact. [8] [11] The publisher of TT is the Schlüssel Verlag/Moser company. [12] [13]
TT is based in Innsbruck [14] [15] and is a leading publication in Tyrol region. [16] The paper is described as a conservative publication. [17] However, the paper has no political affiliation and has an independent stance. [18]
TT is published in five regional editions. [7] The paper has four main sections: international news, national news, regional news and sports. [16] It is not an advertisement-oriented publication. [16] The paper was the only official sponsor of the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympics. [19]
In 2008 TT published a letter of German immunologist Clemens Sorg following his dismissal from the post as the rector of the Medical University of Innsbruck due to his involvement in a stem cell scandal. [20]
TT was the sixth best selling Austrian newspaper in 2002 with a circulation of 122,000 copies. [21] The paper had a circulation of 112,690 copies in 2003. [22] It was the fifth best selling newspaper in Austria with a circulation of 121,000 copies in 2004. [23]
The regional market share of TT was 63% and its regional readership was 47% in 2006. [24] Its circulation in 2007 was 111,000 copies. [25] In the period of 2007–2008 the daily had a readership of 3.89%. [26] The 2008 circulation of the paper was 109,716 copies, [27] making it the sixth most read newspaper in Austria. [18] Its circulation was 108,045 copies in 2009 and 105,861 copies in 2010. [27] The daily had a circulation of 87,149 copies in 2011. [28] Its average circulation was 97,000 copies in 2013. [13] The magazine sold 91,045 copies in 2018. [29]