The Bild (formerly Bild-Zeitung, lit. Picture Newspaper) is a German newspaper published by Axel Springer AG. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday, while on Sundays, Bild am Sonntag (lit. Picture on Sunday) is published instead, which has a different style and its own editors. Bild is tabloid in style, although actually broadsheet in size. It is the best-selling newspaper in Europe and has the sixth-largest circulation worldwide. Its mo...
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The Bild (formerly Bild-Zeitung, lit. Picture Newspaper) is a German newspaper published by Axel Springer AG. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday, while on Sundays, Bild am Sonntag (lit. Picture on Sunday) is published instead, which has a different style and its own editors. Bild is tabloid in style, although actually broadsheet in size. It is the best-selling newspaper in Europe and has the sixth-largest circulation worldwide. Its motto, prominently displayed below the logo, is unabhängig, überparteilich (independent, nonpartisan).
Bild's nearest English-language stylistic and journalistic equivalent is often considered to be The Sun in the UK - the second highest selling European tabloid newspaper - with which it shares a degree of rivalry.
Bild was founded by Axel Springer in 1952. It mostly consisted of pictures (therefore the name BILD, German for picture). Bild soon became the best-selling newspaper, by a wide margin, not only in Germany, but in all of Europe, though...
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