NZZ with a new look
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung appeared in its new form for the first time on Friday. The print edition has undergone both design and content changes.
The "old aunt" is still easily recognizable at first glance: The layout has been "carefully renovated and made more spacious", as editor-in-chief Eric Gujer writes in an article on the occasion of the new edition. Hardly anything has changed in the structure of the magazine, for example the elimination of serifs in certain titles, author lines or abbreviations. The portraits of authors, which now adorn the comments on the opinion and debate pages alongside their names, are also striking. The number of groups has increased from three to four. The first bundle contains foreign affairs and "Opinion & Debate", followed by domestic affairs, Zurich and "Panorama" in the second. Business and the stock market are grouped together in the third bundle, followed by the feature section, Zurich culture and sport. Editorials will continue to appear on the front page on Saturdays.
New weekend supplement
The front page also reveals an innovation in terms of content: the NZZ is introducing a weekend supplement in a fifth bundle on Fridays - starting with a focus on "Life after cancer". The supplement section also contains reports, articles on social issues and specific articles on research and technology issues or travel. This was the newspaper's response to reader analyses according to which "the time and attention budget" increases towards the weekend. The NZZ layout was last revised in 2009. According to the newspaper, the fact that it has now been relaunched in terms of content and design is due to changes in reading habits. (SDA)
