Baranxtuan National Review
The Baranxtuan National Review (Baranxeï: Marağauzananu Zaānu Baranxtu) is the largest newspaper in Baranxtu. It is published nationwide in all three official languages, and is also available in English in most major cities.
It went online in 2005, and selected articles can be found in its online edition.
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History
The Crown of Baranxtu
The first edition was published in 1814 after the founding of the Constitutional Monarchy of Baranxtu. It was the newspaper approved of by the king and mostly reported international incidents and royal proclamations.
A new edition was published each Monday, and its sales soon put it in first place of all newspapers. At the time, it was only available in the capital, it was published in Baranxeï.
From 1820 on, more papers were printed and delivered to the other provinces; which of course meant that in the more distant areas of the country it wasn't available until the next issue was already published in the capital.
The Crown of Baranxtu remained the most important newspaper until the early 1840s, when electrical telegraphy came to Baranxtu.
The Baranxtu Telegraph
In the early 1840s, telegraphy was introduced to Baranxtu. In the course of the decade, many lines were established, so that it was finally possible to transmit news from the capital to other provinces and vice versa.
Subsequently, a number of national newspapers came into existance; most of them faded relatively quickly and only three newspapers could establish themselves; one for each of the national languages.
The Baranxtu Telegraph was in Baranxeï and owned by the private organisation that also owned the majority of the telegraph lines. It quickly replaced the Crown of Baranxtu as the most widely available newspaper, and the Crown's sales dropped accordingly.
However, the Telegraph had harder times coming into contact with diplomats, which the Crown could regularly interview.
The Baranxtu Republic
In 1862, the Telegraph and the Crown finally merged, becoming the newspaper with highest sales rates and also one of the most informative. It was printed in different places, with main articles being telegraphed and now also featuring a local section.
The name of this newspaper now was The Baranxtu Republic.
It also started to feature columns with political commentary, also allowing criticism of the current politics and was therefore considered very liberal, as it was partially state-owned.
The Baranxtuan Weekly Review
In the early 1900s, the Republic suffered a significant loss in sales, as other weekly newspaper offered more diverse information.
The Republic was discontinued in 1913, and refounded as the Baranxtuan Weekly Review in 1915. It was now published on Sunday, featuring many columns and reports on the major events of the week passed. It was not so much a newspaper anymore, but more of a magazine.
In 1962, it was finally decided that it should also be published in Nidajii. Rather surprisingly, it became a relative success among the Nidaji newspapers.
The Weekly Review existed in this form until 1993.
The Baranxtuan National Review
The newspaper was refounded once again in 1993. Since then, it is published on Fridays and offers a great variety of articles, covering international incidents, local development, scientific news and cultural events.
In 1996, it was published for the first time also in Asuaneï and in 2000 also in English.
An online edition was launched in 2005. This version also covers breaking news and its archives can be accessed for free.
