Der Tagesspiegel
Der Tagesspiegel is a German daily newspaper based in Berlin, known for its strong coverage of the capital alongside national and international affairs. Generally regarded as centrist to centre-left, it serves a broad readership interested in politics, economics, and culture. The paper combines its print edition with a widely used regional and national news website.
Der Tagesspiegel at a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1945
- Owner
- DvH Medien
- Published from
- Berlin
- Website
- tagesspiegel.de ↗
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How Crosswire groups Der Tagesspiegel
Crosswire groups Der Tagesspiegel as Centrist for comparisons within Germany'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 Germany, taz is listed as Left-leaning, while BILD and Die Welt are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Der Tagesspiegel beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Der Tagesspiegel sits in Germany's press
Der Tagesspiegel was founded in 1945, is published from Berlin and is owned by DvH Medien. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in Germany, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being FAZ, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt and taz. By outlets tracked, Germany ranks second 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 Der Tagesspiegel outside Germany, starting with Western Europe, are Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Aftenposten (Norway), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and Politiken (Denmark). Opening one of them beside Der Tagesspiegel is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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