Libertatea
Libertatea is a Romanian daily tabloid founded in 1989 and owned by Ringier. It is one of the country's most-read outlets, covering news, social affairs and entertainment.
Libertatea at a glance
- Country
- Romania
- Kind of outlet
- Tabloid
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- libertatea.ro ↗
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How Crosswire groups Libertatea
Crosswire groups Libertatea as Centrist for comparisons within Romania's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Romania, Gândul is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open Libertatea beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Libertatea sits in Romania's press
Libertatea is one of 6 outlets tracked in Romania and the only tabloid tracked there. By outlets tracked, Romania ranks 23rd of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Libertatea outside Romania, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Aftonbladet (Sweden), Ekstra Bladet (Denmark), Ilta-Sanomat (Finland) and Õhtuleht (Estonia). Opening one of them beside Libertatea is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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