Mladá fronta Dnes
Daily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Founded1945 (age 81)
OwnersMafra
HeadquartersPrague
EditorJaroslav Plesl
LanguageCzech
Websitemfdnes.cz

Mladá fronta Dnes (lit. 'Young Front Today'), also known as MF Dnes or simply Dnes, is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic.[1] As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper,[2] after the tabloid Blesk.

History and profile

Mladá fronta Dnes is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Mafra was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei - und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH,[3] the publisher of the Rheinische Post that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994.

The newspaper is published in Berliner format.[4] It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.[1]

Circulation of Mladá fronta Dnes

  • 2001: 338,000 copies[4]
  • 2002: 312,000 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[5]
  • 2003: 316,206 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[6]
  • 2006: 300,000 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[7]
  • 2008: 291,711 copies[8]
  • 2009: 256,118 copies[8]
  • 2010: 239,646 copies[8]
  • 2011: 222,377 copies[8]
  • 2013: The newspaper had the highest circulation in the country.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Czech media landscape | print media". Wien International. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Deníky: Nejčtenější je Blesk, Sport předběhl Právo" (in Czech). Mediaguru
  3. ^ "The press in the Czech Republic". BBC News. BBC. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  4. ^ Smith, Adam (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". Campaign Live. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ "World Press Trends 2003". Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ Smid, Milan. "Czech Republic". Mirovni Institut. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  7. ^ Georgios Terzis (ed.) (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Intellect Books. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  8. ^ "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Tabloid Blesk continues to be most popular daily". Prague Daily Monitor. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.