title: Baslerstab
text: # Baslerstab
  
  The Baslerstab is a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper.
  
  ## History and profile
  
  The paper was launched in 1977 as a result of the merger of the Basler Nachrichten and the National-Zeitung. The paper was published by Basler Zeitung Medien. The paper is headquartered in Based and is owned by TX Group.
  
  It is published in three forms – a city edition and online newspaper, both from Monday through Friday; and a regional edition on Wednesdays and Fridays.
  
  As of 2005, the newspaper had a circulation of 194,358 copies per day.
  
  Basler Zeitung Medien also published the Basler Zeitung.
  
  