World’ ten best newspapers: a Swiss study

From Reuters: “The Financial Times topped a list of the world’s best newspapers, according to a survey of executives, politicians, university lecturers, journalists and advertising professionals conducted by a Swiss-based consultant.

Among 1,000 respondents from 50 countries, 19.4 percent chose the FT as the best paper, according to the survey by Zurich-based Internationale Medienhilfe.

Following are the results of the survey. Figures in brackets show 2003 survey results:

1) Financial Times (U.K.) 19.4 (20.7)

2) Wall Street Journal (U.S.) 17.0 (7.5)

3) Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany) 16.2 (10.9)

4) Le Monde (France) 12.5 (2.1)

5) Neue Zurcher Zeitung (Switzerland) 12.1 (15.0)

6) New York Times (U.S.) 8.1 (21.3)

7) Intl. Herald Tribune (France) 5.2 (11.3)

8) Asahi Shimbun (Japan) 2.6 (0.4)

9) El Pais (Spain) 1.9 (4.8)

10) Corriere della Sera (Italy) 1.3 (0.7)

Thanks to Editors Weblog for this.

All these Newspapers have free online editions. Find them here: www.newspaperindex.com

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