# Newspapers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985 "2003-04-11T06:01:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985/1 "2003-04-11T06:01:01Z")

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What is the oldest still extant newspaper in the world?

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985/2 "2003-04-11T06:12:29Z")

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According to them, it’s the [Berrows Journal](http://www.berrowsjournal.co.uk/)

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985/3 "2003-04-11T06:39:52Z")

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The [London Gazette](http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/index.asp?webType=0) is older, est. 1665.

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985/4 "2003-04-11T11:22:11Z")

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It’s the Swedish newspaper **Norrköpings Tidningar** , est. 1658. Even older is, also Swedish, **Post- och Inrikes Tidningar** , est. 1645, but it doesn’t really function as a true newspaper anymore. Nowadays it’s more an organ for public messages.

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspapers/167985/5 "2003-04-11T11:28:01Z")

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According to the Guinness Book, the journal _Post och Inrikes Tidningar_ has been published since 1645 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters. The Dutch newspaper _Haarlems Dagblad/Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant_ has been published since 1656, under various titles. The oldest in the U.S. is the _Hartford Courant_, published since 1764, but it began as a weekly, not a daily.