Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: One of the oldest newspapers still published , it originally appeared as ZÃ 1\/4 rcher Zeitung , edited by Salomon Gessner , from January 12 , 1780 , and was renamed to Neue ZÃ 1\/4 rcher Zeitung in 1821 .
Simplified: It was first published ( as ZÃ 1\/4 rcher Zeitung ) on January 12 , 1780 .