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As a student of [[University of Zagreb]]'s Faculty of Political Sciences Babić began his career in the media in the late 1990s when he launched political news websites Vlast.net and Izbori.net. This caught attention of Globalnet, one of the pioneering Croatian [[ISP]]s, who hired him as editor of their [[web portal]] Online.hr. Although the portal managed to attract more readership during his tenure, the portal's parent company decided to cease funding the portal in late 2001 and in December 2002 Babić left Online.hr to found [[Index.hr]], one of the first Croatian Internet-only news outlets.<ref name="monitor">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.hr/interview/matija_babic.htm|title=Nismo više kmetovi|date=9 December 2002|work=Internet Monitor|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>
As a student of [[University of Zagreb]]'s Faculty of Political Sciences Babić began his career in the media in the late 1990s when he launched political news websites Vlast.net and Izbori.net. This caught attention of Globalnet, one of the pioneering Croatian [[ISP]]s, who hired him as editor of their [[web portal]] Online.hr. Although the portal managed to attract more readership during his tenure, the portal's parent company decided to cease funding the portal in late 2001 and in December 2002 Babić left Online.hr to found [[Index.hr]], one of the first Croatian Internet-only news outlets.<ref name="monitor">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.hr/interview/matija_babic.htm|title=Nismo više kmetovi|date=9 December 2002|work=Internet Monitor|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>


Initially designed as a [[news aggregator]], Index.hr provided news content from Croatia, [[Serbia]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The website quickly gained popularity in the early 2000s and over time more original content produced by the growing staff was being added to the site, until it became a popular media outlet in its own right. Around the same time the website gained a reputation for [[yellow journalism]] after exposing a series of scandals, the two most notable being the 2003 controversy stirred by a discovered recording of popular singer [[Marko Perković]] in which Perković publicly performed ''[[Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara]]'', a song praising the WWII fascist [[Ustaše]] regime,<ref name="index1">{{cite news|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/reakcije-medija-na-slucaj-thompson/178641.aspx|title=Reakcije medija na slučaj Thompson|date=31 December 2003|publisher=Index.hr|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> and the 2004 [[celebrity sex tape]] scandal involving [[Severina Vučković]], a pop singer.<ref name="vjesnik">{{cite news|url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2004/11/13/Clanak.asp?r=sss&c=1|title=Neshvaćena duhovitost i prikrivene suze|last=Boršić|first=Zrinka|date=13 November 2004|publisher=''[[Vjesnik]]''|language=Croatian|accessdate=11 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2014}}</ref> Babić's website was sued by Vučković for [[copyright infringement]] and breach of privacy, but the lawsuit was later dismissed by a [[Zagreb]] district court in July 2004.<ref name="prijava">{{cite web|url=http://www.sarajevo-x.com/lifestyle/clanak/040701001|title=Odbačena Severinina kaznena prijava|date=1 July 2004|work=Sarajevo-X.com|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>
Initially designed as a [[news aggregator]], Index.hr provided news content from both [[Croatia]] and all around the world. The website quickly gained popularity in the early 2000s and over time more original content produced by the growing staff was being added to the site, until it became a popular media outlet in its own right. Around the same time the website gained a reputation for [[yellow journalism]] after exposing a series of scandals, the two most notable being the 2003 controversy stirred by a discovered recording of popular singer [[Marko Perković]] in which Perković publicly performed ''[[Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara]]'', a song praising the WWII fascist [[Ustaše]] regime,<ref name="index1">{{cite news|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/reakcije-medija-na-slucaj-thompson/178641.aspx|title=Reakcije medija na slučaj Thompson|date=31 December 2003|publisher=Index.hr|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> and the 2004 [[celebrity sex tape]] scandal involving [[Severina Vučković]], a pop singer.<ref name="vjesnik">{{cite news|url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2004/11/13/Clanak.asp?r=sss&c=1|title=Neshvaćena duhovitost i prikrivene suze|last=Boršić|first=Zrinka|date=13 November 2004|publisher=''[[Vjesnik]]''|language=Croatian|accessdate=11 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2014}}</ref> Babić's website was sued by Vučković for [[copyright infringement]] and breach of privacy, but the lawsuit was later dismissed by a [[Zagreb]] district court in July 2004.<ref name="prijava">{{cite web|url=http://www.sarajevo-x.com/lifestyle/clanak/040701001|title=Odbačena Severinina kaznena prijava|date=1 July 2004|work=Sarajevo-X.com|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>


On account of the website's success, the Austrian-based media concern [[Styria (company)|Styria Medien AG]] (who owned ''[[Večernji list]]'', one of the most widely circulated daily newspapers in the country) had hired Babić as editor-in-chief of ''[[24sata (Croatia)|24sata]]'', a new tabloid newspaper which was intended to target "young, urban and modern" readers.<ref name="nacional">{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/14151/matija-babic-tvorac-prvog-hrvatskog-dnevnog-tabloida|title=Matija Babić - tvorac prvog hrvatskog dnevnog tabloida|last=Skender|first=Melisa|date=12 April 2005|publisher=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=11 March 2010|trans_title=Matija Babić - Creator of the first Croatian daily tabloid|archivedate=7 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68yoT2u5d}}</ref> Babić left Index.hr and joined ''24sata'' which was launched in March 2005 and soon established itself as Croatia's third daily newspaper in terms of circulation, behind ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' and ''Večernji list''. However, it was also criticized for sensationalism and poor quality of writing, and Babić was sacked only four months later in July 2005, following an issue which featured a cover page with then Prime Minister [[Ivo Sanader]] and the headline "Everybody Hates Sanader".<ref name="otkaz">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/matija-babic-vise-nije-urednik-24sata/273224.aspx|title=Matija Babić više nije urednik 24sata|date=5 July 2005|work=[[Index.hr]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> Babić then returned to Index.hr and continued to run the website, currently holding the title of "author and editor of the project".<ref name="index2">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/index/default.aspx?id=2|title=Index.hr - Impressum|publisher=Index.hr|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>
On account of the website's success, the Austrian-based media concern [[Styria (company)|Styria Medien AG]] (who owned ''[[Večernji list]]'', one of the most widely circulated daily newspapers in the country) had hired Babić as editor-in-chief of ''[[24sata (Croatia)|24sata]]'', a new tabloid newspaper which was intended to target "young, urban and modern" readers.<ref name="nacional">{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/14151/matija-babic-tvorac-prvog-hrvatskog-dnevnog-tabloida|title=Matija Babić - tvorac prvog hrvatskog dnevnog tabloida|last=Skender|first=Melisa|date=12 April 2005|publisher=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=11 March 2010|trans_title=Matija Babić - Creator of the first Croatian daily tabloid|archivedate=7 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68yoT2u5d}}</ref> Babić left Index.hr and joined ''24sata'' which was launched in March 2005 and soon established itself as Croatia's third daily newspaper in terms of circulation, behind ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' and ''Večernji list''. However, it was also criticized for sensationalism and poor quality of writing, and Babić was sacked only four months later in July 2005, following an issue which featured a cover page with then Prime Minister [[Ivo Sanader]] and the headline "Everybody Hates Sanader".<ref name="otkaz">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/matija-babic-vise-nije-urednik-24sata/273224.aspx|title=Matija Babić više nije urednik 24sata|date=5 July 2005|work=[[Index.hr]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> Babić then returned to Index.hr and continued to run the website, currently holding the title of "author and editor of the project".<ref name="index2">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/index/default.aspx?id=2|title=Index.hr - Impressum|publisher=Index.hr|language=Croatian|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>

Matija Babić, alongside with Vana Šalov Violić, was accused of damaging ''Prva stranica d.o.o.'' company for 2,8 millions of kunas with fictitious contracts. In April 2015, he pleaded guilty at county court in [[Zagreb]]. He got sentenced to a year in jail, but the sentence was replaced by a year of [[community service]]. Additionally, Matija Babić has to pay a fine of 300 000 kunas, while Vana Šalov Violić has to pay a fine of 150 000 kunas. <ref name="Večernji list">{{cite news|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro-1000093|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić Sentenced to Community Service|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="Novi list">{{cite news|url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Crna-kronika/Zbog-zlouporabe-studentskih-ugovora-Matija-Babic-radit-ce-za-opce-dobro|title=Zbog zlouporabe studentskih ugovora Matija Babić radit će za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Because of misuse of student contracts, Matija Babic will do community service|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="tportal">{{cite news|url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/crnakronika/377365/Matija-Babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro.html|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić sentenced to community work|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="nacional">{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/hrvatska/10214/donesena-presuda-vlasniku-indexa-matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić sentenced to community work|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="jutarnji list">{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/hrvatska/10214/donesena-presuda-vlasniku-indexa-matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|deadurl=no</ref> They are both obliged to pay up 1 000 000 kunas to state budget, and return 600 000 kunas to ''Prva stranica d.o.o.''.<ref name="Večernji list">{{cite news|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro-1000093|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić Sentenced to Community Service|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="tportal">{{cite news|url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/crnakronika/377365/Matija-Babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro.html|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić sentenced to community work|deadurl=no</ref><ref name="nacional">{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/hrvatska/10214/donesena-presuda-vlasniku-indexa-matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro|title=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić sentenced to community work|deadurl=no</ref>




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Revision as of 18:26, 14 April 2015

Matija Babić (born 1978) is a Croatian journalist and entrepreneur best known for editing news website Index.hr.

As a student of University of Zagreb's Faculty of Political Sciences Babić began his career in the media in the late 1990s when he launched political news websites Vlast.net and Izbori.net. This caught attention of Globalnet, one of the pioneering Croatian ISPs, who hired him as editor of their web portal Online.hr. Although the portal managed to attract more readership during his tenure, the portal's parent company decided to cease funding the portal in late 2001 and in December 2002 Babić left Online.hr to found Index.hr, one of the first Croatian Internet-only news outlets.[1]

Initially designed as a news aggregator, Index.hr provided news content from both Croatia and all around the world. The website quickly gained popularity in the early 2000s and over time more original content produced by the growing staff was being added to the site, until it became a popular media outlet in its own right. Around the same time the website gained a reputation for yellow journalism after exposing a series of scandals, the two most notable being the 2003 controversy stirred by a discovered recording of popular singer Marko Perković in which Perković publicly performed Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara, a song praising the WWII fascist Ustaše regime,[2] and the 2004 celebrity sex tape scandal involving Severina Vučković, a pop singer.[3] Babić's website was sued by Vučković for copyright infringement and breach of privacy, but the lawsuit was later dismissed by a Zagreb district court in July 2004.[4]

On account of the website's success, the Austrian-based media concern Styria Medien AG (who owned Večernji list, one of the most widely circulated daily newspapers in the country) had hired Babić as editor-in-chief of 24sata, a new tabloid newspaper which was intended to target "young, urban and modern" readers.[5] Babić left Index.hr and joined 24sata which was launched in March 2005 and soon established itself as Croatia's third daily newspaper in terms of circulation, behind Jutarnji list and Večernji list. However, it was also criticized for sensationalism and poor quality of writing, and Babić was sacked only four months later in July 2005, following an issue which featured a cover page with then Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and the headline "Everybody Hates Sanader".[6] Babić then returned to Index.hr and continued to run the website, currently holding the title of "author and editor of the project".[7]

Matija Babić, alongside with Vana Šalov Violić, was accused of damaging Prva stranica d.o.o. company for 2,8 millions of kunas with fictitious contracts. In April 2015, he pleaded guilty at county court in Zagreb. He got sentenced to a year in jail, but the sentence was replaced by a year of community service. Additionally, Matija Babić has to pay a fine of 300 000 kunas, while Vana Šalov Violić has to pay a fine of 150 000 kunas. [8][9][10][5][11] They are both obliged to pay up 1 000 000 kunas to state budget, and return 600 000 kunas to Prva stranica d.o.o..[8][10][5]


References

  1. ^ "Nismo više kmetovi". Internet Monitor (in Croatian). 9 December 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Reakcije medija na slučaj Thompson" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  3. ^ Boršić, Zrinka (13 November 2004). "Neshvaćena duhovitost i prikrivene suze" (in Croatian). Vjesnik. Retrieved 11 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)[dead link]
  4. ^ "Odbačena Severinina kaznena prijava". Sarajevo-X.com (in Croatian). 1 July 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Skender, Melisa (12 April 2005). "Matija Babić - tvorac prvog hrvatskog dnevnog tabloida" (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "nacional" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Matija Babić više nije urednik 24sata". Index.hr (in Croatian). 5 July 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Index.hr - Impressum" (in Croatian). Index.hr. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ^ a b {{cite news|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro-1000093%7Ctitle=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić Sentenced to Community Service|deadurl=no
  9. ^ {{cite news|url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Crna-kronika/Zbog-zlouporabe-studentskih-ugovora-Matija-Babic-radit-ce-za-opce-dobro%7Ctitle=Zbog zlouporabe studentskih ugovora Matija Babić radit će za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Because of misuse of student contracts, Matija Babic will do community service|deadurl=no
  10. ^ a b {{cite news|url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/crnakronika/377365/Matija-Babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro.html%7Ctitle=Matija Babić osuđen na rad za opće dobro|date=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|trans_title=Matija Babić sentenced to community work|deadurl=no
  11. ^ {{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/hrvatska/10214/donesena-presuda-vlasniku-indexa-matija-babic-osuden-na-rad-za-opce-dobro%7Cdate=13 April 2015|language=Croatian|accessdate=14 March 2015|deadurl=no

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