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This is a list of newspapers in Indonesia.

National newspapers

All newspapers listed below are in Indonesian.

General newspapers

Name Format First published Owner Circulation readership Notes
Jawa Pos Broadsheet/Tabloid[n 1] 1949 Jawa Pos Group 450,000
Kompas Broadsheet 1965 Kompas Gramedia Group 880,990
Koran Jakarta Broadsheet 2008 PT Berita Nusantara
Koran Sindo Broadsheet 2005 MNC Media
Media Indonesia Broadsheet 1970 Media Group 250,000
Rakyat Merdeka Broadsheet 1997 Jawa Pos Group Political news daily
Republika Broadsheet 1993 Mahaka Media 325,000 Islamic stance

Business newspapers

Name Format First published Owner Notes
Bisnis Indonesia Broadsheet 1985 Bisnis Indonesia Group
Investor Daily Broadsheet 2001 B Universe
Kontan Broadsheet 2007 Kompas Gramedia Group Daily version of Kontan weekly newspaper

Sports newspapers

Name Format First published Owner
Super Ball Broadsheet 2017 Kompas Gramedia Group
TopSkor Broadsheet 2005 PT Sportjaya Sukses Lestari

Digital-only newspapers

Name Format First published Owner
Koran Tempo Tabloid 2001[n 2] Tempo Inti Media

Local newspapers

All newspapers listed below are in Indonesian.

Newspaper chain

Note: Some members of these chain are shown below this sub-section.

List of newspapers

(*) indicates a local insertion of Jawa Pos

Aceh

North Sumatra

West Sumatra

Riau

Riau Island

Jambi

South Sumatra

Bangka Belitung

Bengkulu

Lampung

Banten

Special Capital Region of Jakarta

West Java

Central Java

Special Region of Yogyakarta

East Java

Bali

West Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara

West Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan

East Kalimantan

South Kalimantan

North Kalimantan

North Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

Southeast Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi

Gorontalo

West Sulawesi

Maluku

North Maluku

West Papua

Papua

Foreign-language newspapers

Chinese

English

Japanese

Defunct and historical newspapers

Malay/Indonesian

Contemporary (1945–present)

Historical (defunct before 1945)

Party-owned

Chinese

Dutch

English

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Monday-Saturday edition in broadsheet, Sunday edition in tabloid.
  2. ^ First published as a physical newspaper. Its print edition was closed in 2020, retaining its digital edition.

Further reading

  • Hemant Shah, and Gati Gayatri. "Development News in Elite and Non-Elite Newspapers in Indonesia" Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (June 1994) 71#2 pp: 411-420 doi: 10.1177/107769909407100214
  • Hill, David T. The Press in New Order Indonesia (Equinox Publishing, 2006) online
  • Hill, David T. Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author (2010)
  • Isa, Zubaidah. "Printing and publishing in Indonesia, 1602-1970' (PhD Dissertation, Indiana University, 1972.)
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