Freie Presse (Saxony)

The Freie Presse (German for Free Press) is a regional daily newspaper in the Chemnitz region, Germany.

Freie Presse
Sachsens Größte Zeitung
Saxony's Largest Newspaper
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatNordisch
PublisherChemnitzer Verlag
Founded1 January 1963 (1 January 1963)
LanguageGerman
HeadquartersChemnitz
Circulation213,845 (2019)
Websitewww.freiepresse.de

History and profile

Freie Presse was first published in 1963. The paper is published by the Chemnitzer Verlag in Nordisch format[1] and has its headquarters in Chemnitz.[2][3]

Prior to German reunification, the paper was the largest regional daily newspaper in East Germany, with a circulation of 663,700. During the third quarter of 1992 the circulation of Freie Presse was 522,000 copies.[2] In 2001 the paper had a circulation of 401,000 copies.[1] Its 2002 circulation was 376,681 copies.[4]

Freie Presse was the best-selling newspaper in Saxony with a circulation of 277,221 copies in the second quarter of 2011, according to IVW.[5] In the fourth quarter of 2019 the paper had a circulation of 213,845 copies.[6]

References
  1. Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. Georg Hellack (1992). "Press, Radio and Television in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Report). Inter Nationes. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. Wayne C. Thompson (2014). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2014. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4758-1224-4.
  4. David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. "Werbeträgerdaten - Presseerzeugnisse". Daten. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. "Werbeträgerdaten - Presseerzeugnisse". Daten. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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