Basler Zeitung was founded in 1729 under the name Avis-Blatt, renamed to Basler Nachrichten in 1856 and took on its current name after it merged with the National-Zeitung in 1977. This originally centre-left newspaper radically changed course after it was taken over in 2010 by the right-wing conservative Swiss financier Tito Tettamanti (75 percent) and the Basel-based media lawyer Martin Wagner (25 percent). In 2018 the newspaper was taken over by the Tamedia Group (now TX Group) from Zurich.
| Political orientation | Centre-left |
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| Circulation | 73,000 (2023) |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Visits | 5.000.000 – 10.000.000 |
| Online payment model | Content partially fee-based |
| Location | Basel, Switzerland |
| Publisher | Basler Zeitung Medien |
| Area of distribution | Regional |
| Established | 1729 |
| Address | Aeschenplatz 7, 4002 Basel |
| Phone | 0041 61 639 11 11 |
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