Protothema
Protothema is a major Greek news outlet, published in Greek and operating both as a weekly newspaper and a high-traffic news website. It covers politics, business, sport and entertainment for a broad general audience. Protothema ranks among the most-visited news portals in Greece and is a prominent source of breaking news and commentary in the country.
Protothema at a glance
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- protothema.gr ↗
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How Crosswire groups Protothema
Crosswire groups Protothema as Centrist for comparisons within Greece'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 Greece, EfSyn is listed as Left-leaning, while Kathimerini is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Protothema beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Protothema sits in Greece's press
Protothema is one of 6 outlets tracked in Greece and the only news portal tracked there. By outlets tracked, Greece ranks 16th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Protothema outside Greece, starting with Southern Europe, are Index.hr (Croatia), Klix.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina), B92 (Serbia) and Portal Analitika (Montenegro). Opening one of them beside Protothema is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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