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The ''Bild'' newspaper (or ''Bild-Zeitung'', literally ''Picture Newspaper''; pronounced (:ˈbɪlt)) is a German tabloid published by Axel Springer AG. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper ''Bild am Sonntag'' ("Picture on the Sunday") is published instead, which has a different style and its own editors. ''Bild'' is tabloid in style but broadsheet in size. It is the best-selling non-Asian newspaper and has the sixth-largest circulation worldwide.〔World Association of Newspapers: ''(World’s 100 Largest Newspapers )'', 2005〕 Bild has been described as "notorious for its mix of gossip, inflammatory language, and sensationalism" and as having a huge influence on German politicians. Its nearest English-language stylistic and journalistic equivalent is often considered to be the British national newspaper ''The Sun'', the second highest selling European tabloid newspaper, with which it shares a degree of rivalry.〔(Sex, Smut and Shock: Bild Zeitung Rules Germany ) Spiegel Online 25 April 2006〕 ''Der Spiegel'' wrote in 2006 that'' Bild'' "flies just under the nonsense threshold of American and British tabloids ... For the German desperate, it is a daily dose of high-resolution soft porn". According to ''The Guardian'', for 28 years from 1984 to 2012, Bild had topless girls featuring on its first page; the paper published more than 5,000 topless pictures. ==History== ''Bild'' was founded by Axel Springer in 1952. It mostly consisted of pictures (hence the name ''Bild'', German for picture). ''Bild'' soon became the best-selling tabloid, by a wide margin, not only in Germany, but in all of Europe, though essentially to German readers. Through most of its history, ''Bild'' was based in Hamburg. The paper moved its headquarters to Berlin in March 2008, stating that it was an essential base of operations for a national newspaper. It is printed nationwide with 32 localized editions. Special editions are printed in some favoured German holiday destinations abroad such as Spain, Italy, Turkey and Greece. ''Bild'' sold more than five million copies every day in the 1980s. In 1993 the paper had a circulation of slightly more than four million copies, making it the most read newspaper in the country. In the period of 1995-96 its circulation was 4,300,000 copies. In 2001 ''Bild'' was the most read newspaper in Europe and also, in Germany with a circulation of 4,396,000 copies. Although it is still Germany's biggest paper, the circulation of ''Bild'', along with many other papers, has been on the decline in recent years. By the end of 2005, the figure dropped to 3.8 million copies.〔(IVW - Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V )〕 Its 2010 circulation was 3,548,000, making the paper the fifth in the list of the world's biggest selling newspapers. ''Bild'' is published in tabloid format.〔 In the paper's beginnings, Springer was influenced by the model of the British tabloid ''Daily Mirror'',〔 although Bild's paper size is larger, this is reflected in its mix of celebrity gossip, crime stories and political analysis. However, its articles are often considerably shorter compared to those in British tabloids, and the whole paper is thinner as well. ''Bild'' has been known to use controversial devices like sensational headlines and invented "news" to increase its readership. In June 2012, Bild celebrated its 60th anniversary by giving away free newspapers to almost all of Germany's 41 million households. Bild said Guinness World Records in Germany has certified the print run as “the largest circulation for the free special edition of a newspaper”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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