- Mladá fronta DNES
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Mladá fronta Dnes Type Daily newspaper Format Berliner Owner MAFRA, a.s. Editor Robert Čásenský Founded 1945 Political alignment right-wing conservative,[1] neoliberal, pro-Civic Democratic Party Headquarters Karla Engliše 519/11 Prague Circulation 224,000 Official website http://www.idnes.cz Mladá fronta Dnes, also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes (Today), is the second most sold daily newspaper in the Czech Republic.[1] Its name could be translated into English as Youth Front Today. The paper is owned by MAFRA a.s., 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] It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.[1] Its circulation as of 2011 is around 224,000 papers per day[3] and as such it is one of the most popular and influential newspapers in the country.
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Headquarters of Mladá fronta Dnes and Lidové Noviny in Prague.
See also
- Lidové noviny, Czech newspaper edited by the same publishing group
- Concentration of media ownership in the Czech Republic
References
- ^ a b c d The Czech media landscape - print media
- ^ "The press in the Czech Republic". BBC news. December 10, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4068647.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ ABC: Periodický tisk - březen 2011
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