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World's Oldest Newspaper Ceases Daily Print Edition After Loss In Revenue

  • The Vienna-based Wiener Zeitung, founded in 1703, published its final daily print edition after 320 years.
  • A new Austrian law eliminated required legal notices, causing a major drop in income and staff cuts at the Wiener Zeitung.
  • The Wiener Zeitung will continue as an online publication and hopes to produce a monthly print edition.
  • The Wiener Zeitung held the title of the oldest daily newspaper in the world until now.
  • The final print edition featured an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, though the paper can't adopt his "I'll be back" phrase.
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