Mladá fronta DNES

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Mladá fronta DNES or MF DNES is the most sold daily newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its name could be translated as into English as The Front of Today's Youth. The paper is owned by Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH, the publisher of the Rheinische Post, who bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994.

It was set up in 1945 under name Mladá fronta as a daily newspaper for youths. During the era of socialism, Mladá fronta was a newspaper of the Socialist Union of Youth. After the Velvet Revolution, its popularity grew and nowadays it is sometimes referred to as MF Dnes. Circulation as of 2004 is around 310,000 papers per day and as such it is one of the most popular and influential newspapers.

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