Der Standard
Der Standard is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna and one of the country's leading quality dailies. It is widely regarded as liberal in outlook and covers politics, economics, culture, and international affairs in depth. Its website is among the most visited German-language news sites in Austria.
Der Standard at a glance
- Country
- Austria
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 1988
- Published from
- Vienna
- Website
- derstandard.at ↗
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How Crosswire groups Der Standard
Crosswire groups Der Standard as Left-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, Kurier and ORF are listed as Centrist, while Kronen Zeitung and Die Presse are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Der Standard beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Der Standard sits in Austria's press
Der Standard was founded in 1988 and is published from Vienna. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Austria, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Kurier and Die Presse. 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 Der Standard outside Austria, starting with Western Europe, are FAZ (Germany), Le Monde (France), NRC (Netherlands) and La Libre (Belgium). Opening one of them beside Der Standard is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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