Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by Axel Springer and based in Berlin. It is generally regarded as centre-right in editorial orientation and covers national and international politics, economics, and culture for a broad readership. The brand also operates television and digital news services alongside its print newspaper.
Die Welt at a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1946
- Owner
- Axel Springer
- Published from
- Berlin
- Website
- welt.de ↗
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How Crosswire groups Die Welt
Crosswire groups Die Welt as Right-leaning for comparisons within Germany'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 Germany, taz is listed as Left-leaning, while Der Spiegel and FAZ are listed as Centrist — so you can open Die Welt beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Die Welt sits in Germany's press
Die Welt was founded in 1946, is published from Berlin and is owned by Axel Springer. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in Germany, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being FAZ, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 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 Die Welt outside Germany, starting with Western Europe, are Luxembourg Times (Luxembourg), Monaco-Matin (Monaco), Liechtensteiner Vaterland (Liechtenstein) and The Guardian (United Kingdom). Opening one of them beside Die Welt is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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