The newspaper was politically aligned with the Estonian government.

[1] Columnists and regular contributors of Uus Eesti included Johannes Aavik, Paul Öpik, Friedebert Tuglas, Aleksander Tõnisson, Marie Under, August Gailit, Paul Kogerman, Mait Metsanurk, Henrik Visnapuu, and others.

[3] In 1937, the National Archives of Estonia made an agreement with Uus Eesti photographer A. Kalm to share one photograph of each major public event in Estonia, as part of a larger project to preserve photographs from national newspapers.

[4] The Soviets shut the paper down on 21 June 1940.

The pro-Soviet, communist newspaper Rahva Hääl was printed in its place.