Polityka
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Polityka ("Politics") is a weekly newsmagazine in Poland. With a circulation of 170,000 (as of June 2006) it is the country's biggest selling weekly, ahead of Newsweek's Polish edition and Wprost. Today, the magazine has a slightly intellectual, social liberal profile, setting it apart from the more conservative Wprost and the glossier approach of Newsweek Poland. Prominent editors and permanent contributors include Adam Krzemiński, Janina Paradowska, Daniel Passent, Ludwik Stomma, Adam Szostkiewicz, Jacek Żakowski, and Krzysztof Zanussi.
From 1992, Polityka annually confers the prestigious Paszport Polityki awards to artists and scientists.
Established in 1957, after the end of Polish Stalinism, the magazine slowly developed a reputation for moderately critical journalism, although always remaining within the constraints of the tightly controlled press in a communist country. Notably, Polityka was launched to replace the more radical Po prostu (1947-1957). In 1990, Polityka left the state-owned publisher Prasa Książka Ruch and established an independent cooperative called "Polityka" - Spółdzielnia Pracy. In 1995, the magazine changed its format from broadsheet to a standard coloured magazine.
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