List of newspapers in Indonesia

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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 450,000
Kompas Broadsheet 1965 Kompas Gramedia 600,000
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 Political news daily
Republika Broadsheet 1993 Mahaka Media 325,000 Islamic stance

Business newspapers[]

Name Format First published Owner Notes
Bisnis Indonesia Broadsheet 1985
Investor Daily Broadsheet 2001 BeritaSatu Media Holdings
Kontan Broadsheet 2007 Kompas Gramedia Daily version of Kontan weekly newspaper

Sports newspapers[]

Name Format First published Owner
Super Ball Broadsheet 2017 Kompas Gramedia
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.

  • Jawa Pos News Network – owned by Jawa Pos Group
    • Sumatera Ekspres Group
    • Riau Pos Group
    • Fajar Indonesia Network
  • Tribun Network – owned by Kompas Gramedia

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

  • Poskota
  • Warta Kota

West Java

Central Java

Special Region of Yogyakarta

East Java

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Bali

  • Bali Post

West Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara

West Kalimantan

  • Tribun Pontianak

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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