Korzár

Korzár
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Publisher Petit Press
Editor-in-chief Peter Bercik
Founded 1998
Political alignment Right-wing
Language Slovak
Headquarters Kosice
Circulation 15,713 (2013)
Sister newspapers SME
Új Szó
Website Korzár

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

History and profile

The newspaper was established in 1998.[2] At the initial stage, the paper was named Korzo and was renamed later as Korzár.[3] It is headquartered and published in Kosice.[4] The paper was published in broadsheet format.[5] Then it switched to the tabloid format.[6]

Korzár is the largest and only regional publication of Slovakia.[7] It covers news on eastern Slovakia and has the highest circulation in the region.[7][8] It is published in four regional editions.[7] The editor-in-chief of the daily is Peter Bercik,[8] and the publisher is the Petit Press publishing house.[9][10] The Petit Press also publishes SME and Új Szó among the others.[1][11][12]

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

The paper had a circulation of 33,000 copies in 2003[5] and 30,000 copies in 2004.[13] The audited circulation of the paper was 27,231 copies in 2008.[1] In 2011 the paper had a circulation of 20,000 copies.[2] It was 15,713 copies in 2013.[1] The same year its readership was at 5 percent.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nikola Belakova (2013). "Surveillance Cameras Everywhere You Look? The portrayal of the Security vs. Privacy Dilemma in the Slovak Press, 2010 - 2013". Prague SECONOMICS Discussion Papers 2. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Branislav Ondrášik (2013). "The State of Newspaper Industry in Slovakia". Global Media Journal 1 (1): 109. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "SME, Slovakia: MDLF’s first loan". MDIF. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Korzar". Hot Newspapers. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "World Press Trends". World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Coding Scheme Picmin Instrument". Media Project. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Korzar". Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "More Publishers Join Piano's Slovak System". Piano Media. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Slovakia. Daily Newspapers Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Robert Andrews (6 February 2012). "Slovakia’s News Pay Wall Gets A Little Higher". Paid Content. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Miroslav Kollar; Tomáš Czwitkowics. "Mapping digital media: Slovakia". Open Society Foundation.
  12. ↑ Andrej Skolkay (2011). Media Law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-411-3439-4. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union". Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Stanislav J. Kirschbaum (14 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-8030-6. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

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