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nzz.ch (in German) Head office in Zürich, as seen from Sechseläutenplatz The Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( NZZ ; "New Journal of Zürich") is a Swiss , German-language daily newspaper , published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich .
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Switzerland has a high rate of newspaper reading, even with the creation of electronic media. [2] The Francophone press market was, for several generations, dominated by Edipresse (Lausanne, which owned most of the dailies) and Ringier (Zurich, owned most of the magazines), but new competition arrived in the 21st century.
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