Oldest Newspapers in the World Still Being Published

These newspapers began in an age of plague courts, empires and revolutions, and they are still putting out news today, in print, online or both. Each entry gives the founding date, a moment worth knowing from its history and how it publishes now. Age claims among old newspapers are slippery. Some titles count from a predecessor, some survived mergers or name changes, and a few stopped printing without ever stopping publication. Where a claim is disputed, the entry says so plainly rather than crowning a winner. The list runs in order of founding and ranges across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia, favoring titles that are the oldest in their country, region or language. Newspapers that have closed are left out, however famous they were.