Mladá fronta DNES
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The front page of Mladá fronta Dnes on 16 May 2012 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | MAFRA, a.s. |
| Editor | Jaroslav Plesl |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Political alignment | Centre-right,[1] neoliberal |
| Headquarters | Prague |
| Website | www.mfdnes.cz |
Mladá fronta Dnes (Young Front Today), also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes (Today), is a daily newspaper in the Czech Republic.[1] Its name could be translated into English as Youth Front Today.
History and profile
The paper is owned by MAFRA a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the Czech Minister of Finance (as of 2014), Andrej Babiš. MAFRA a.s. was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH[2] (the publisher of the Rheinische Post), that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994. MAFRA a.s. also owns the Czech daily Lidové noviny, the Czech edition of the freesheet Metro, the TV music channel Óčko, the radio stations Expresradio and Rádio Classic FM.
It was set up in 1945 under the name Mladá fronta as a daily newspaper for youths. During the era of socialism, Mladá fronta was the newspaper of the Socialist Union of Youth. After the Velvet Revolution, its popularity grew and nowadays it is not connected to the Socialist Youth in any way, neither in terms of organisation nor policy. Mladá fronta started out as a serious newspaper but has been slipping into a more tabloid feature, with sensationalist stories.[1] The paper is published in Berliner format.[3] It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.[1]
Circulation of Mladá fronta DNES
- 2001: 338,000 copies[3]
- 2002: 312,000 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country)[4]
- 2003: 316,206 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country)[5]
- 2006: 300,000 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country)[6]
- 2007: 287,864 copies (the third best selling newspaper in the country)[7]
- 2008: 291,711 copies[8]
- 2009: 256,118 copies[8]
- 2010: 239,646 copies[8]
- 2011: 222,377 copies[8]
- 2013: The paper had the highest circulation in the country.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 The Czech media landscape - print media
- ↑ "The press in the Czech Republic". BBC. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- 1 2 Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "World Press Trends 2003" (PDF). Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ Milan Smid. "Czech Republic" (PDF). Mirovni Institut. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Georgios Terzis, ed. (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Intellect Books. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ Jan Jirák; Barbara Köpplová (2008). "The Reality Show Called Democratization: Transformation of the Czech media After 1989" (PDF). Global Media Journal 1 (4). Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "Tabloid Blesk continues to be most popular daily". Prague Daily Monitor. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.