List of newspapers in Germany explained

The number of national daily newspapers in Germany was 598 in 1950, whereas it was 375 in 1965.[1] Below is a list of newspapers in Germany, sorted according to printed run as of 2015, as listed at ivw.de which tracks circulations of all publications in Germany.

National subscription papers

Daily national subscription papers

No.NewspaperAbbrv.Circulation (January, 2018)FrequencyPolitical alignmentPublisher/Parent Company
1BildBild1,150,181Monday - Saturdaycentre-rightAxel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
2Süddeutsche ZeitungSZ361,507[2] Monday - Saturdaycentre-left[3] / left-liberal[4] or "critical-liberal"[5] Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding (Gruppe Württembergischer Verleger (Neue Pressegesellschaft mbh & Co. KG (Eberhard Ebner))), Medien Union (Dieter Schaub)
3Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungFAZ254,263[6] Monday - Fridaycentre-right[7] / moderately conservative[8] to liberal[9] Fazit-Stiftung
4Die Welt165,686[10] Monday - Fridaycentre-right[11] / conservative to liberal[12] Axel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
5Handelsblatt130,864[13] Monday - Fridayeconomically liberal[14] [15] Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
6Der Tagesspiegel113,716[16] Monday - Sundayliberal,[17] [18] centrist[19] Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
7Die Tageszeitungtaz51,873[20] Monday - Saturdayleft-wing,[21] greentaz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG
8Neues DeutschlandND25,158[22] Monday - Saturdayleft-wing, socialistNeues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlags GmbH and The Left Party
9Junge WeltjWc. 19,000Monday - Saturdayfar-left, MarxistVerlag 8. Mai

Weekly national subscription papers

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NewspaperAbbrv.CirculationFrequencyPolitical alignmentPublisher/Parent Company
4/2015Change
1Die Zeit511,806[23] 0.2%weeklycentrist[24] / liberal or left-liberal[25] Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
2Junge FreiheitJF25,868[26] 16.5%weeklyright-wing,[27] conservativeJunge Freiheit Verlag GmbH & Co (Dieter Stein)
3Der Freitag19,708weeklyleft-wing,[28] left-liberal[29] Jakob Augstein
4Preußische Allgemeine ZeitungPAZ18,000weeklyright-wing, "Prussian conservative"Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen
5Jungle WorldJWc. 11,585weeklyfar-left, undogmaticJungle World Verlags GmbH

National news magazines

Regional or local subscription papers in Germany (not exhaustive)

Boulevard papers ("tabloid" style)

Boulevardzeitungen (sometimes translated as "popular papers"[7]) is a style of newspapers, characterised by big, colourful headlines, pictures and sensationalist stories, comparable to the English term "red top" or "tabloid", but independent from the paper format (the most widespread boulevard paper actually has a Broadsheet format). Also called Kaufzeitungen or Straßenverkaufszeitungen ("street sale papers"), as they can only be bought day by day at kiosks or from street vendors and are not usually delivered to subscribers (Munich's Abendzeitung being a notable exception).

National boulevard papers

also called "Bildzeitung"; with several regional editions like Bild Hamburg or Bild Köln. The Bild can be compared to tabloids, but the page size is bigger (broadsheet).

Bild has a Sunday sister newspaper (which is a tabloid both in terms of style and paper format), Bild am Sonntag (1,118,497 copies), edited by a separate desk.

Regional or local boulevard papers

Non-German-language newspapers

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies. Cambridge University Press. New York. Pippa Norris. 6 October 2013. Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?. Fall 2000.
  2. Web site: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Mon–Sat) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  3. Book: Hans J. Kleinsteuber . Barbara Thomass . The German Media Landscape . European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions . Intellect Books . 2007 . 112.
  4. Web site: Lutz Hachmeister . Süddeutsche Zeitung . Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik .
  5. Book: Irene Preisinger . Information zwischen Interpretation und Kritik: Das Berufsverständnis politischer Journalisten in Frankreich und Deutschland . Westdeutscher Verlag . 2002 . 122–123.
  6. Web site: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Mon–Fri) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  7. Die Presse in Deutschland . Davide Brocchi . Cultura21 . 6 December 2008.
  8. Book: Marcus Maurer . Carsten Reinemann . Medieninhalte: Eine Einführung . Springer-Verlag . 2007 . 130.
  9. Book: Irene Preisinger . Information zwischen Interpretation und Kritik: Das Berufsverständnis politischer Journalisten in Frankreich und Deutschland . Westdeutscher Verlag . 2002 . 123–124.
  10. Web site: Die Welt (Mon–Fri) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3414139.stm "The press in Germany"
  12. Book: Irene Preisinger . Information zwischen Interpretation und Kritik: Das Berufsverständnis politischer Journalisten in Frankreich und Deutschland . Westdeutscher Verlag . 2002 . 124.
  13. Web site: Handelsblatt (Mon–Fri) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  14. Book: Danyal Bayaz . 'Heuschrecken' zwischen Rendite, Reportage und Regulierung: Die Bedeutung von Private Equity in Ökonomie und Öffentlichkeit . Springer VS . 2014 . 366.
  15. Web site: eurotopics . www.eurotopics.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150612042149/http://www.eurotopics.net/de/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=2794 . 2015-06-12.
  16. Web site: Der Tagesspiegel (Mon–Sun) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  17. Book: Annikki Koskensalo . John Smeds . Angel Huguet . Rudolf De Cillia . Language: Competence-Change-Contact . LIT Verlag Münster . 2012 . 90.
  18. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/german-studies/resources/wgsw/for-school-students/current-news/germany/ University of Warwick - Warwick German Studies Web
  19. Book: W. Pojmann . Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945 . This qualitative analysis was complemented by a quantitative media analysis of coverage of the two case studies in two major Berlin dailies; the leftist Berliner Zeitung and the more centrist Tagesspiegel. . 2004 . 2008 . Springer.
  20. Web site: die tageszeitung (Mon–Sat) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  21. Book: Steffi Boothroyd . The Media Landscape . Modern Germany: Politics, Society and Culture . Routledge . 1998 . 138.
  22. Web site: Neues Deutschland (Mon–Sat) . IVW . 24 June 2018 . de.
  23. Web site: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Mon–Sat) . IVW . 25 March 2016 . de.
  24. Book: Eckhard Bernstein . Culture and Customs of Germany . Greenwood Press . 2004 . 120.
  25. Book: Hans-Ulrich Wehler . Deutsche Gesellschaftsgeschichte Bd. 5: Bundesrepublik und DDR 1949-1990 . C.H.Beck . 2008 . 401.
  26. Web site: Junge Freiheit . IVW . 25 March 2016 . de.
  27. https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21708256-right-wing-german-media-brand-builds-following-politisch-inkorrekt The Economist- "German conservatives"
  28. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ein-im-zweifel-linkes-blatt.761.de.html?dram:article_id=114058 "Zum Kauf des "Freitag" durch Jakob Augstein"
  29. http://www.radioeins.de/themen/kommentare_kolumnen/kommentatoren/jakob_augstein.html "Verleger und Geschäftsführer des Freitag"

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