🇨🇭 Neue Zürcher Zeitung

About Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Neue Zürcher Zeitung is owned by NZZ Mediengruppe, a stock corporation (AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung). Its shares are held by approximately 2,700 to 3,313 individual shareholders, with a strict cap that no single shareholder may hold more than 1% of the voting rights. Shareholders are required to be adult Swiss citizens with a liberal-democratic political disposition or members of the FDP.Die Liberalen party, a structure designed to safeguard editorial independence.

Media Bias/Fact Check rates Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ English) as Right-Center biased with Mostly Factual reporting, noting its emphasis on conservative viewpoints, particularly in economic and geopolitical coverage, and sometimes a lack of citations. Historically, NZZ has maintained a classical liberal editorial stance, aligning with Switzerland's Free Democratic Party. However, there have been observations of a noticeable shift to the right in its editorial line, particularly since 2015, and some critics suggest its German edition has adopted more far-right positions. Despite these leanings and some past editorial controversies, such as a falsification scandal regarding an anthology, NZZ is widely regarded as a newspaper of record known for its careful, in-depth, and thoughtful reporting.