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Oldest Newspapers

This list features the oldest newspapers in the world that have ceased operation.

RANK	NEWSPAPERS	YEARS	COUNTRY
1	Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien	1605–1667	Holy Roman Empire
2	Avisa Relation oder Zeitung	1609–1632	Holy Roman Empire
3	Ordinari-Zeitung	1610–1624	Old Swiss Confederacy
4	Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.	1618–1664	Netherlands
5	Wöchentliche Zeitung aus mancherley Orten	1618–1652	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
6	Nieuwe Tijdinghen	1620–1629	Spanish Netherlands
7	Ordinari-Zeitung	1623–1671	Old Swiss Confederacy
8	La Gazette	1631–1915	France
9	Genova	1639–1646	Republic of Genoa
10	Milano	1640–1768	Duchy of Milan
11	Gazeta de Barcelona	1641–1808	Principality of Catalonia
12	Gazeta em Que Se Relatam as Novas Que Houve Nesta e Que vieram de Várias Partes	1641–1647	Kingdom of Portugal

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References

Britannica, (n.d.). The first newspapers. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/publishing/The-first-newspapers [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, (n.d.). Gérard Genette. [online] Available at: https://data.bnf.fr/en/ark:/12148/cb45449535w [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Brill, (2020). The Literature of the French Revolution: 1789-1799. [online] Available at: https://brill.com/display/book/9789004432628/BP000011.xml?language=en [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Wikipedia contributors, (n.d.). List of the oldest newspapers. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_newspapers [Accessed 1 December 2025].

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