Die Presse

Die Presse is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of Austria's press. 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.

Read Die Presse beside another title from Austria and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Austria covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Die Presse's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Die Presse is listed as right-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a left-leaning title from Austria on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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.