Večer (Slovenia)

Večer
Type Daily newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner(s) Delo, d.d.
Publisher Časopisno-založniško podjetje Večer, d.d.
Editor Tomaž Ranc
Founded 1945
Political alignment Centrism
Headquarters Maribor
Circulation 131,000 (2013)
Website Official website

Večer (English: Evening) is a daily newspaper published in Maribor, Slovenia.[1]

History and profile

Večer was officially established on 9 May 1945 as a publication declaring the liberation of Maribor called Maribor svoboden (English: Free Maribor). Regular circulation started on 25 May 1945 under the name Vestnik. But it was not before 1949 that it became a daily newspaper. In 1952, the newspaper was renamed Večer.[2]

Slovenia's major newspaper company Delo, d.d. holds almost 80% of shares of Večer. In June 2010, the company attempted to sell its 79.24% stake to a small IT company, 3Lan, based in Murska Sobota.[3] The sale was ordered by the competition watchdog to reduce its majority in the paper.[3][4] However, the proposal of the IT company was not accepted by the ministry of culture.[4]

The circulation of Večer was 62,000 copies in 2003.[5] Its 2007 circulation was 53,500 copies, making it the fourth most read daily in the country.[6] As of 2013 it was the third largest daily newspaper in Slovenia (not counting tabloids) with a circulation of about 130.000 copies daily.[7]

There are several weekly supplements and separate editions published by Večer:

References

  1. Sandra B. Hrvatin; Marko Milosavljevic (2001). "Media policy in Slovenia in the 1990s" (PDF). Peace Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. about the newspaper and the company (in Slovene)
  3. 1 2 "Daily newspaper Vecer sold to IT company". Publicitas. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Newspaper Publisher Vecer to be Auctioned off". Invest Slovenia. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. Martine Robinson Beachboard; John C. Beachboard (2006). "Implications of Foreign Ownership on Journalistic Quality in a Post-Communist Society: The Case of Finance" (PDF). Informing Science Journal 9. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. "Media" (PDF). IPA Section Slovenia. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. National Circulation of Printed Press (in Slovene)

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