This is largely subjective.
The largest circulated newspapers in the world are Japanese, the largest English is The Times of India, and the largest US are the WSJ and USA Today.
For online publications by readership, the Daily Mail from the UK often beats the NYT, depending on who is counting.
With regards to being respected, it depends on where you are from, but from where I am standing the British press often attracts more respect in the English speaking world than any US publications.
>>>The largest circulated newspapers in the world are Japanese, the largest English is The Times of India, and the largest US are the WSJ and USA Today.
Influence > popularity.
Re:How to Get a Job
by precisioncoder on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @06:10AM
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Do a few google searches and you'll see a broad range of newspapers cited as the best in the world. Search in a few different languages and you'll get an even wider variety. My search brought up The London Times as a contender for prestige. Wikipedia cites "Yomiuri Shimbun" as the newspaper with the largest circulation. If you were to survey people in varying countries they would give varying answers. Unless you state specific metrics it is very difficult to choose a "best" anything.
The Times/Sunday Times?
The only comparable publications are in adjacent niches, not the same one; the Economist, and, and ...