FAZ

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) is a leading German national daily newspaper based in Frankfurt. Widely regarded as a newspaper of record with a centre-right orientation, it provides detailed coverage of politics, economics, finance, and culture. It addresses an educated, professional readership and maintains a substantial online presence alongside its print edition.

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FAZ at a glance

Country: Germany
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1949
Owner: Fazit-Stiftung
Published from: Frankfurt am Main
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How Crosswire groups FAZ

Crosswire groups FAZ 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 FAZ beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where FAZ sits in Germany's press

FAZ was founded in 1949, is published from Frankfurt am Main and is owned by Fazit-Stiftung. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in Germany, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt, taz and Der Tagesspiegel. 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 FAZ outside Germany, starting with Western Europe, are NRC (Netherlands), La Libre (Belgium), Der Standard (Austria) and NZZ (Switzerland). Opening one of them beside FAZ is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.