Badische Neueste Nachrichten (Baden's Latest News in German), also known as BNN, is the only printed regional newspaper in the city and district of Karlsruhe.

On Sundays, the publisher distributes the free and similarly sized Der Sonntag with a circulation of about 230,000 copies to all households in Karlsruhe and its suburbs as well as to subscribers of the Mittelbadish local editions.

[3] Since 2013, BNN distributes an app that includes an electronic version of the print edition as well as updates in the fields of politics, economics, sports and world affairs.

Wilhelm Baur [de] and Walter Schwerdtfeger were granted a license to publish a newspaper in Karlsruhe on 1 March 1946, by the Information Control Division of the American Occupation Forces.

In the city of Karlsruhe proper and surrounding area, BNN has had a de facto monopoly on local daily print market of newspapers for decades.