World’s oldest newspaper goes digital

David Johnson February 6th, 2007

Sweden’s Post-och Inrikes Tidningar newspaper, founded in 1645 by Sweden’s Queen Kristina, has ceased printing a paper edition and is now available only online. Despite its online transformation, Post-och Inrikes Tidningar remains No. 1 on a ranking of the oldest newspapers still in circulation compiled by the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers. “An online newspaper is still a newspaper, so we’ll leave it on the list,” WAN spokesman Larry Kilman said.