Mladá fronta Dnes (Young Front Today), also known as MF Dnes or simply Dnes (Today), is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic.[1] As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper,[2] after the tabloid Blesk.
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 The front page of Mladá fronta Dnes on 16 May 2012 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Mafra |
| Editor | Jaroslav Plesl |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Political alignment | |
| Language | Czech |
| Headquarters | Prague |
| Website | mfdnes |
History and profile
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Mladá fronta Dnes is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Mafra was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei - und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH,[3] the publisher of the Rheinische Post that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994.
The newspaper is published in Berliner format.[4] 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
edit- 2001: 338,000 copies[4]
- 2002: 312,000 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[5]
- 2003: 316,206 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[6]
- 2006: 300,000 copies (the second-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 newspaper had the highest circulation in the country.[9]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "The Czech media landscape | print media". Wien International. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Deníky: Nejčtenější je Blesk, Sport předběhl Právo". Mediaguru (in Czech).
- ^ "The press in the Czech Republic". BBC News. BBC. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ a b Smith, Adam (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". Campaign Live. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "World Press Trends 2003" (PDF). Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Smid, Milan. "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.
- ^ a b c d "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. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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