Uzbekistan news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Uzbekistan news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Uzbekistan media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Uzbekistan's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 4 titles tracked in Uzbekistan sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 3 digital-native outlets (Gazeta.uz, Kun.uz and Daryo) and 1 news agency (UzA). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Uzbekistan, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead. The wire service tracked here is UzA; agency copy is written to be resold across the spectrum, which makes it the plainest baseline for spotting the framing a newsroom adds on top.
Uzbekistan sits in Central Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 2nd of the 5 countries in Central Asia and 31st of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Central Asia with hubs of their own are Kazakhstan (5), Kyrgyzstan (4), Turkmenistan (4) and Tajikistan (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Uzbekistan's main news outlets?
Across Uzbekistan's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Gazeta.uz, Kun.uz, UzA and Daryo. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Gazeta.uz is a privately owned news website founded in Tashkent in 2008, publishing in Russian and Uzbek. It is one of Uzbekistan's most popular and most professional news sources, covering politics, the economy, business and society, and is known for comparatively independent reporting and interviews within the constraints of Uzbekistan's tightly managed media environment.
Kun.uz is a privately owned Uzbek news website and one of the country's most visited online media, publishing around the clock in Uzbek, Russian and English. It covers breaking news, politics, the economy and social issues, and has built a reputation for relatively bold reporting on local problems within Uzbekistan's restrictive media environment.
UzA, the National Information Agency of Uzbekistan, is the country's official state news agency, tracing its history to 1918. Based in Tashkent, it distributes presidential decrees, government announcements and official coverage of domestic and foreign policy in Uzbek, Russian, English and several other languages, and serves as the primary channel for state information.
Daryo is a privately owned Uzbek digital news outlet launched in 2012, publishing in Uzbek, Russian and English. One of the most read news sites in Uzbekistan, it mixes fast national and regional news with coverage of technology, business and Central Asian affairs, and is aimed particularly at younger, mobile-first readers.
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