List of newspapers in Germany

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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.

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National subscription papers

Daily national subscription papers

No.NewspaperAbbrv.Circulation
(Jan 2018)
Days of
publication
Political alignmentPublisher/Parent Company
1 Bild Bild1,150,181Mon–SatCentre-right Axel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
2 Süddeutsche Zeitung SZ361,507 [2] Mon–SatCentre-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)
3 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ254,263 [6] Mon–FriCentre-right [7] / moderately conservative [8] to liberal [9] Fazit-Stiftung
4 Die Welt 165,686 [10] Mon–FriCentre-right [11] / conservative [3] to liberal [12] Axel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
5 Handelsblatt 130,864 [13] Mon–Fri Economically liberal [14] [15] Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
6 Der Tagesspiegel 113,716 [16] Mon–SunLiberal, [17] [18] centrist [19] Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
7 Die Tageszeitung taz51,873 [20] Mon–SatLeft-wing, [21] green [17] taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG
8 Neues Deutschland ND25,158 [22] Mon–SatLeft-wing, socialistNeues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlags GmbH and The Left Party
9 Junge Welt jWc. 19,000Mon–SatFar-left, MarxistVerlag 8. Mai

Weekly national subscription papers

No.NewspaperAbbrv.CirculationPolitical alignmentPublisher/Parent Company
4/2015Change
1 Die Zeit 511,806 [23] Increase2.svg0.2% [23] [24] / [7] center-left [8] [25] Social democracy
SPD endorsement
Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
2 Junge Freiheit JF25,868 [26] Increase2.svg16.5% [22] Right-wing, [18] [27] conservative [18] Junge Freiheit Verlag GmbH & Co (Dieter Stein)
3 Der Freitag 19,708Left-wing, [28] left-liberal [29] Jakob Augstein
4 Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung PAZ18,000Right-wing, "Prussian  conservative" Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen
5 Jungle World JWc. 11,585Far-left, undogmaticJungle World Verlags GmbH

National news magazines

Regional or local subscription papers in Germany (not exhaustive)

[ maybe sort by federal state? ]

Boulevard papers ("tabloid" style)

A Bild kiosk Bild Automat.jpg
A Bild kiosk

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

TitleLanguageCity of publication
Flensborg Avis Danish Flensburg
Handelsblatt GLobal EditionEnglish Berlin (closed)
Hürriyet Turkish Mörfelden-Walldorf
Karadeniz Turkish
The Munich Eye EnglishMunich
Serbske Nowiny Serbian Bautzen, Saxony
Stars and Stripes English Griesheim
Vesti Serbian Frankfurt am Main
Yeni Özgür Politika Turkish Neu-Isenburg
BerlinObserver English
PPC Land EnglishFrankfurt am Main

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