Mladá fronta DNES
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The front page of Mladá fronta Dnes on 16 May 2012
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | MAFRA, a.s. |
| Editor | Jaroslav Plesl |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Political alignment | right-wing,[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.
Contents
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][original research?] 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
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