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Centre-left newspapers

  • Mainichi ShimbunThe first issue of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun appeared on the 21st of February 1872. This publication marked the beginning of what would become one of…
  • HaaretzThe first edition of Haaretz appeared on the 18th of June 1919 in Jerusalem. A group of socialist-oriented Zionists from Russia established the paper under…
  • The Asahi ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun began publication in Osaka on the 25th of January 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper. It sold for one sen, which was a…
  • The GuardianThe Manchester Guardian first appeared on the 5th of May 1821, the very day Napoleon died. Cotton merchant John Edward Taylor launched the paper with backing…
  • Le MondeThe first issue of Le Monde appeared on the 18th of December 1944, though it bore the date the 19th of December 1944. Hubert Beuve-Méry founded the limited…
  • The IndependentThe first issue of The Independent appeared on the 7th of October 1986. Three former journalists from The Daily Telegraph, Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen…