Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | compact |
Owner | Hermis Capital |
Publisher | Diena Media News |
Editor-in-chief | Žilvinė Petrauskaitė-Taranda |
Founded | 1945 |
Language | Lithuanian |
Circulation | 38 000 (2005) |
Sister newspapers | Vilniaus diena |
ISSN | 1392-7639 |
Official website | http://www.kaunodiena.lt |
Kauno diena (English: 'Kaunas Daily') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas. In 1998, it was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press, and in December 2006 by investment company Hermis Capital. Its daily circulation in 2005 was c. 38,000 copies.
It was formerly known as Tarybų Lietuva (Soviet Lithuania, 1945–1950) and Kauno Tiesa (Kaunas Truth, 1950–1992).
The present editor in chief of Kauno diena is Žilvinė Petrauskaitė-Taranda.