Korzár
Type | Daily newspaper |
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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
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- 1 2 Branislav Ondrášik (2013). "The State of Newspaper Industry in Slovakia" (PDF). Global Media Journal. 1 (1): 109. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "SME, Slovakia: MDLF's first loan". MDIF. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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- 1 2 "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Coding Scheme Picmin Instrument" (PDF). Media Project. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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- 1 2 "More Publishers Join Piano's Slovak System". Piano Media. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Slovakia. Daily Newspapers Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Robert Andrews (6 February 2012). "Slovakia's News Pay Wall Gets A Little Higher". Paid Content. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Miroslav Kollar; Tomáš Czwitkowics. "Mapping digital media: Slovakia" (PDF). Open Society Foundation.
- ↑ Andrej Skolkay (2011). Media Law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-411-3439-4. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ Stanislav J. Kirschbaum (14 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-8030-6. Retrieved 31 October 2014.