The Salzburger Nachrichten is a German language newspaper published in Salzburg, Austria Salzburger Nachrichten was established in 1945 by the American forces occupying Austria following World War II. Then it remained under the control of the US Information Services Branch for a long time.Salzburger Nachrichten is owned by a family company, Salzburger Nachrichten Verlag. The current publisher is Maximilian Dasch Jr. Its headquarters is in Salzburg which was designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti. As of 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with Der Standard, Die Presse, and Wiener Zeitung