Kleine Zeitung (German: [ˈklaɪnə ˈtsaɪtʊŋ]; lit.

As the largest regional newspaper in Austria, covering the federal states Styria and Carinthia with East Tyrol, the paper has around 800,000 readers.

Kleine Zeitung was founded in 1904[1][2] by the Katholischer Preßverein (Catholic Press Association).

[4] From its inception, it was designed as a paper to be read by the masses, covering general and regional news topics at a reasonable cost.

[6] Fritz Csoklich served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for thirty years until 1994.