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Korzár
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherPetit Press
Editor-in-chiefPeter Bercik
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Political alignmentRight-wing
LanguageSlovak
HeadquartersKošice
Circulation15,713 (2013)
Sister newspapersSME
Új Szó
WebsiteKorzár

Korzár (meaning Corsair in English)[1] is a regional newspaper published in Košice, Slovakia.

History and profile

The newspaper was established in 1998. At the initial stage, the paper was named Korzo and was renamed later as Korzár.[2] It is headquartered and published in Košice.[3] The paper was published in broadsheet format.[4] Then it switched to the tabloid format.[5]

Korzár is the largest and only regional publication of Slovakia.[6] It covers news on eastern Slovakia and has the highest circulation in the region.[6][7] It is published in four regional editions.[6] The editor-in-chief of the daily is Peter Bercik,[7] and the publisher is the Petit Press publishing house.[8][9] The Petit Press also publishes SME and Új Szó among the others.[1][10][11]

Korzár has a right-wing political leaning.[1]

The paper had a circulation of 33,000 copies in 2003[4] and 30,000 copies in 2004.[12] The audited circulation of the paper was 27,231 copies in 2008.[1] In 2011 the paper had a circulation of 20,000 copies. It was 15,713 copies in 2013.[1] The same year its readership was at 5 percent.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nikola Belakova (2013). "Surveillance Cameras Everywhere You Look? The portrayal of the Security vs. Privacy Dilemma in the Slovak Press, 2010 - 2013" (PDF). Prague SECONOMICS Discussion Papers. 2.
  2. ^ "SME, Slovakia: MDLF's first loan". MDIF. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Korzar". Hot Newspapers. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Coding Scheme Picmin Instrument" (PDF). Media Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Korzar". Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ^ a b "More Publishers Join Piano's Slovak System". Piano Media. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  8. ^ Slovakia. Daily Newspapers Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  9. ^ Robert Andrews (6 February 2012). "Slovakia's News Pay Wall Gets A Little Higher". Paid Content. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  10. ^ Miroslav Kollar; Tomáš Czwitkowics. "Mapping digital media: Slovakia" (PDF). Open Society Foundation.
  11. ^ Andrej Skolkay (2011). Media Law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-411-3439-4. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. ^ Stanislav J. Kirschbaum (14 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-8030-6.
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