Kronen Zeitung

Kronen Zeitung, commonly known as the Krone, is Austria's largest-circulation daily tabloid newspaper. With an exceptionally high reach relative to the country's population, it covers news, politics, crime, sport, and entertainment in a popular, accessible style and is influential in shaping public opinion.

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Kronen Zeitung at a glance

Country: Austria
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Tabloid
Editorial leaning: Right-leaning
Founded: 1900
Published from: Vienna
Website: krone.at ↗
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How Crosswire groups Kronen Zeitung

Crosswire groups Kronen Zeitung as Right-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, Der Standard is listed as Left-leaning, while Kurier and ORF are listed as Centrist — so you can open Kronen Zeitung beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Kronen Zeitung sits in Austria's press

Kronen Zeitung was founded in 1900 and is published from Vienna. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Austria and the only tabloid tracked there. 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 19 of the 23 tabloids in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Kronen Zeitung outside Austria, starting with Western Europe, are Blick (Switzerland), Daily Mail (United Kingdom), VG (Norway) and Aftonbladet (Sweden). Opening one of them beside Kronen Zeitung is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.