Freie Presse (Saxony)

Freie Presse

Sachsens Größte Zeitung Saxony's Largest Newspaper
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Nordisch
Publisher	Chemnitzer Verlag
Founded	20 May 1946; 78 years ago (20 May 1946)
Language	German
Headquarters	Chemnitz
Circulation	213,845 (2019)
Website	www.freiepresse.de

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

History and profile

Freie Presse was first published in 1946. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
5. "Werbeträgerdaten - Presseerzeugnisse". Daten. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
6. "Werbeträgerdaten - Presseerzeugnisse". Daten. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

External links

• Official website (in German)