For our series that decodes the DNA of success, we peruse the Japanese daily paper “Yomiuri Shimbun”, which has the biggest circulation in the world and is part of a group that owns a baseball team and department stores.
The second correspondent in our series looking at foreign coverage of the US presidential election is Li Xuejiang, Washington bureau chief for China’s ‘People’s Daily’, the state controlled newspaper with a circulation of…
As editor of ‘The Zimbabwe Independent’, Trevor Ncube became all too familiar with the consequences of criticising the government. Now based in South Africa, where around 35 per cent of people live in poverty, he has plans…
The magazine store in San Francisco that's bucking the mainstream, a satirical Parisian paper and healthcare, manga-style.
Amos Schocken, publisher of Israel’s most influential newspaper, Haaretz, has remained true to his grandfather’s liberal ethos, unafraid to report fairly on Palestinian issues. Its core circulation of 75,000 has recently…
The conservative values of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung have always been echoed in its design. But the expectations of the modern reader – and falling sales – prompted a complete redesign. *Monocle* gains exclusive…
Thursday 25 April
Violent crime rates across many parts of the globe are apparently falling, but scaremongering by the press and politicians will never go away.
Monday 26 April
Most visitors to New York City newsstands began yesterday as they do every morning, choosing between the New York Post and New York Daily News.
Sunday 10 January
Barack Obama had just taken office, but the right-wing media gathered at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference a year ago felt pretty good about the state of their industry.
Alfred Sirleaf’s ‘Daily Talk’ newspaper reaches thousands of Liberians every day but only ever produces one copy. How does he do it? By writing the day’s biggest stories on a large blackboard beside
As vocal political battles rage on over the country’s democratisation, Monocle speaks to Turkey’s media stars about the role newspapers have in shaping the nation.
Sunday 22 May
“Today’s paper is just sparkling. I’m very proud of it,” exclaims Mario García – also known as the newspaper doctor – from his seat at Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post offices in Causeway Bay.
Monday 28 January
Brazil is in the middle of a magazine and newspaper boom. Here are a few catching the eye on São Paulo newsstands.
This month's media briefing.
A new look for an old newspaper brings some cheer to the Balkans.
Monday 23 May
The dynamic of unintended consequence is often hilarious, and always instructive. In Britain in the last few weeks, Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has become the latest public figure to learn the hard way that…
Tuesday 5 March
Warren Buffett's love of print newspapers is a refreshing rebuttal to iPad-or-nothing publishers.
When we think about 21st-century Europe, we think about Germany. But our picture of the character and global outlook of the country can often be shaped by outdated notions. Here, Monocle crosses the real Germany and disc…
Iconic newspaper headquarters are increasingly attractive prospects for developers
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