Robert Coban
Robert Čoban coowner (50%) of a Serbian media company Color Press Group currently publishes 84 periodicals, including its centerpiece publication - weekly tabloid Svet and health lifestyle magazine Lepota i zdravlje. Color Press Group with assets in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia, as well as over 2 million copies of its various publications sold each month and an annual revenue stream of over 20 million, it is among the biggest media companies in South-Eastern Europe.
Early life
Date and place of birth: July, 27th 1968, Bač, Vojvodina, Serbia
Family: Wife: Sandra (1975) Daughters: Elena (2004) and India (2006) Mother: Lujza Čoban (1941), nee Tot, housewife Father: Josip Čoban (1932), farmer Sister: Lidija Ćulibrk (1963), nee Čoban, clinical psychologist, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Lepota i zdravlje”
Primary school education: "Vuk Karadžić", Bač
Secondary school education: Secondary school for economics “Dr. Radivoje Uvalić”, Bačka Palanka
University education: Faculty of Law, Novi Sad Entered University in 1988. Became senior undergraduate in 1993.
Professional career
Worked as a correspondent from Novi Sad for the Belgrade newspaper “Večernje novosti”, Zagreb newspaper “Arena” and Sarajevo newspaper “Naši dani” (1990-1991). Editor-in-chief of the student magazine “Index” and of the independent magazine “Nezavisni index” (1992). Editor-in-chief of the magazine “Svet”, from 1993 to 2005. Today President of the company “Color Press Group”, the biggest publishing house in all ex-Yugoslavia, with 78 editions (Svet, Lepota i zdravlje, CKM, Bravo, JOY, Auto Start, Metal Hammer, TV Novele, Alan Ford, PC Magazin, Bratz, Girl Talk...), over 300 employees and branch
Interviews
- Official Site
- Tadiću, nemoj da potpišeš ovaj Zakon o informisanju, Pravda July, 25 2009
- Trenutno samo dva tabloida, Link June, 17 2009
- Ko ne pamti, iznova preživljava, Građanski list April, 25 2009
- Najuspešniji privrednici ne žele dase pojavljuju u medijima, Taboo October, 3 2008
- Robert Čoban, Playboy August, 2008
- Prepunjeni pasoš kao najveći statusni simbol, E-kapija June, 17 2008
- Od tabloida 20 miliona€, Info Biznis June, 27 2008
- Tabloidi se isplate više od politike, Biznis JUne, 18 2008
- Ženu sam zaprosio u bazenu, Glas Javnosti February, 17 2008
- Preko "Sveta" u svijet biznisa, BIZNIS MONTENEGRO January, 2008, PDF
- Не сум злопамтило!, VEČER April, 25 2007
- Na dvoru gospodara tračeva, GLORIJA January, 2006
- Balkanski kralj žute štampe, GLOBUS January 27, 2006
- Susret: Robert Čoban, Direktor i glavni urednik "Sveta", NIN, January 21, 1999
- Čoban za milione ovaca, BH Dani February 1, 2002
- Blic vodič kroz Novi Sad: Robert Čoban od Bača do Zmaj Jovine ulice Od jogurt revolucije pobegao - u bioskop, Blic, May 7, 2007
