Die Presse
Die Presse is a Vienna-based national daily founded in 1848, one of Austria's oldest newspapers. It has a classical-liberal, center-right editorial line and a reputation for highly factual reporting, aimed at an educated, business-minded readership.
Die Presse at a glance
- Country
- Austria
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1848
- Owner
- Styria Media Group
- Published from
- Vienna
- Website
- diepresse.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Die Presse
Crosswire groups Die Presse as Right-leaning for comparisons within Austria's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Austria, Der Standard is listed as Left-leaning, while Kurier and ORF are listed as Centrist — so you can open Die Presse beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Die Presse sits in Austria's press
Die Presse was founded in 1848, is published from Vienna and is owned by Styria Media Group. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Austria, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Der Standard and Kurier. By outlets tracked, Austria ranks 14th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Die Presse outside Austria, starting with Western Europe, are La Libre (Belgium), NZZ (Switzerland), Luxembourg Times (Luxembourg) and Monaco-Matin (Monaco). Opening one of them beside Die Presse is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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