{{Short description|Serbian daily tabloid newspaper}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Alo! | image = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = {{Start date and age|2007|10|15|df=y}} | political_position = Serbian Progressive Party<br />Sensationalism<br>Populism<br />Nationalism<ref>{{cite news |title=Desničarski univerzum u Srbiji: Ljuti konkurenti se najviše podržavaju, Informer najveće čvorište {{!}} Raskrikavanje |url=https://raskrikavanje.rs/page.php?id=Desnicarski-univerzum-u-Srbiji-Ljuti-konkurenti-se-najvise-podrzavaju-Informer-najvece-cvoriste-1404 |access-date=20 August 2025 |work=www.raskrikavanje.rs |archive-date=16 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516075927/https://www.raskrikavanje.rs/page.php?id=Desnicarski-univerzum-u-Srbiji-Ljuti-konkurenti-se-najvise-podrzavaju-Informer-najvece-cvoriste-1404 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />Far-right<ref name="Ramet2010"/><br />Ultranationalism<ref name="Ramet2010">{{Cite journal |last=Ramet |first=Sabrina P. |date=2010-01-01 |title=Serbia since July 2008: at the Doorstep of the EU |journal=Comparative Southeast European Studies |language=en |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=20 |doi=10.1515/soeu-2010-580105 |issn=2701-8202|doi-access=free }}</ref> | editor = Dejan Vukelić | owner = Saša Blagojević | headquarters = Žorža Klemansoa 19, Belgrade, Serbia | circulation = ~56,000 copies sold (2016) | website = [http://www.alo.rs www.alo.rs] }} '''''Alo!''''' is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2024, ''Alo'' published over 321 biased and unfounded articles in its newspaper.<ref name=":0" /> In 2025, it published 2107 manipulative news in its newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitrovic |first=Vojin |date=2025-07-25 |title=Informer, Alo i Novosti objavili 5.773 manipulacije |url=https://www.cenzolovka.rs/etika/informer-alo-i-novosti-objavili-5-773-manipulacije/ |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Cenzolovka |language=sr-RS}}</ref> During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ''Alo'' has published disinformation on events related to the war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cenzolovka |date=2022-08-11 |title=Mediji iz Srbije su u regionu najčešći izvor dezinformacija o ratu u Ukrajini |url=https://www.cenzolovka.rs/mediologija/mediji-iz-srbije-su-u-regionu-najcesci-izvor-dezinformacija-o-ratu-u-ukrajini/ |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Cenzolovka |language=sr-RS |archive-date=2025-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617163942/https://www.cenzolovka.rs/mediologija/mediji-iz-srbije-su-u-regionu-najcesci-izvor-dezinformacija-o-ratu-u-ukrajini/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has also published disinformation regarding the 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunjic |first=Perica |date=2025-08-12 |title=Vlast i tabloidi tokom protesta obmanjivali iz dana u dan: U proseku 32 manipulacije dnevno na samo tri portala |url=https://www.cenzolovka.rs/etika/vlast-i-tablodi-tokom-protesta-obmanjivali-iz-dana-u-dan-u-proseku-32-manipulacije-dnevno-na-samo-tri-portala/ |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Cenzolovka |language=sr-RS |archive-date=2025-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819200532/https://www.cenzolovka.rs/etika/vlast-i-tablodi-tokom-protesta-obmanjivali-iz-dana-u-dan-u-proseku-32-manipulacije-dnevno-na-samo-tri-portala/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History == Launched by Ringier AG (owners of another Serbian daily ''Blic'') on October 15, 2007, ''Alo!'' attempts to establish itself on the saturated Serbian daily tabloid market through aggressive campaign that announces it as 'Najveće dnevne novine u Srbiji' ("The biggest daily in Serbia") – referring to its format size.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
On October 12, 2009, the daily changed its the format and design, where the newspaper's slogan "Najveće dnevne novine u Srbiji" was dropped, introducing the new billboard campaign "Cela slika na manjem formatu" ("A whole picture on less format").{{cn|date=November 2025}}
It also tries to gain market share by initially setting its price at RSD30, which is lower than other established Serbian tabloids such as ''Blic'' and ''Kurir'' that are sold at RSD45. ''Alo!''s first two issues were distributed for free.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zaposleni u TV Čačak traže poništenje privatizacije |url=http://www.ndnv.org/vest.php?id=3634 |website=ndnv.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722151157/http://www.ndnv.org/vest.php?id=3634 |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>
''Alo!'' appeared on the Serbian market around the time many other similar tabloid dailies such as ''Pravda'', ''Sutra'', and ''Gazeta'' hit the stands as well, raising questions of their financial viability and political allegiance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/o/info/vesti/index|title=Uloga novih tabloida|website=B92.net|access-date=2026-03-25|archive-date=2024-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727143119/https://www.b92.net/info|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kablovskiforum.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=24440|title=Kablovski forum :: View topic - Uz "Alo", uskoro i "Gazeta" i "Sutra"|website=kablovskiforum.7.forumer.com|access-date=2008-01-13|archive-date=2011-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217085242/http://kablovskiforum.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=24440|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2010, when Ringier AG and Axel Springer AG launched a new joint venture Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, ''Alo!'' got incorporated among the assets of the newly created company.
According to the investigative journalist organisation KRIK, ''Alo'' published over 321 biased and unfounded articles in its newspaper in 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Vučić |first1=Marija |last2=Ljubičić |first2=Milica |last3=Kosanović |first3=Stefan |last4=Radojević |first4=Vesna |date=24 April 2025 |title=Šest novina, više od 1.400 manipulacija: Kako su izgledale naslovnice 2024. godine |trans-title=Six newspapers, more than 1,400 manipulations: What the covers looked like in 2024 |url=https://raskrikavanje.rs/page.php?id=Sest-novina-vise-od-1-400-manipulacija-Kako-su-izgledale-naslovnice-2024--godine-1461 |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=KRIK |language=sr |archive-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424111117/https://raskrikavanje.rs/page.php?id=Sest-novina-vise-od-1-400-manipulacija-Kako-su-izgledale-naslovnice-2024--godine-1461 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2025, the Press Council ruled that ''Alo'' violated the Codex of Journalism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitrovic |first=Vojin |date=2025-08-01 |title=Savet za štampu: Portali Glas zapadne Srbije, Informer, Alo i Republika prekršili Kodeks |url=https://www.cenzolovka.rs/etika/savet-za-stampu-portali-glas-zapadne-srbije-informer-alo-i-republika-prekrsili-kodeks/ |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Cenzolovka |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
== See also == * List of newspapers in Serbia * Informer (newspaper)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.alo.rs/ Official website]
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