March 31, 2016 Almost 700,000 Upper Austrians read the BezirksRundschau Fontan: "Setting the course for the future - for us and the Upper Austrian regions." Linz. The media analysis published today confirms the Upper Austrian BezirksRundschau again with top reader ratings: 698,000 Upper Austrians use the BezirksRundschau. This means that the popular weekly newspaper has a reach of 57.5 percent, which means an increase in readers of 18,000 readers compared to the 2014 media analysis (changes within the fluctuation range). For the chairman of the management of the BezirksRundschau Gerhard Fontan, the result is an indicator that the direction is right for the future: “We are pleased with the current figures and continue to see great future potential for the Rundschau, both in the regional print and at our online activities, "says Fontan, Increased circulation as an investment in the future Since February 2016, the BezirksRundschau has increased its editions StadtRundschau Linz and StadtRundschau Urfahr by a total of around 30,000 copies (a total of 575,130 copies in Upper Austria). "In the urban area, we have closed the last gaps in delivery and expanded delivery to company addresses, which we expect to further strengthen the urban readership," explains Fontan. Regional online network instead of the World Wide Web The BezirksRundschau has also positioned itself excellently for the future online. "We are getting better and better at the basic principle of transferring our lived regionality to digital channels," said Fontan. In the meantime, 57,114 registered users are active as so-called "regionauts". Facebook also plays a special role for the BezirksRundschau. Fontan says: “With our 17 local platforms such as 'my district of Rohrbach' or 'my city of Linz' we now have 48,000 fans on Facebook. As far as this number is concerned, we are number 1 among the Upper Austrian print media. " Cover of the "ZukunftsRundschau" published in April 2016 ZukunftsRundschau From an editorial point of view, the BezirksRundschau also deals with burning regional questions about the future: What will life in Upper Austria's districts look like in 5, 10, 20 years from now? How will we live How are we going to work? What are the success strategies of tomorrow? The Rundschau dedicates both a special product and a top-class series of events to these topics. "The so-called ZukunftsRundschau , a Rundschau special edition that will appear for the first time in April, is intended to show where Upper Austria is going and how communities, politics and business will tick in the future," explains Rundschau editor-in-chief Thomas Winkler. The topic of the future is also dealt with in so-called " Future Talks ". At this series of events, experts will work with regional managers on various topics to create a picture of the future of Upper Austria. * Source: MA 2015 (survey period 01 / 2015-12 / 2015) Net reach of the BezirksRundschau: readers per issue in Upper Austria 14plus, max. Fluctuation range ± 2.0%