Lidové noviny

{{Short description|Czech daily newspaper}} {{Expand Czech|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Lidové noviny | logo = Lidové-noviny-Logo.svg | image = Lidove-Noviny-15-September-2018.jpg | caption = ''Lidove noviny'' cover (15 September 2018) | type = Daily newspaper | format = Berliner | founded = 1893 | owners = Mafra | publisher = Lidové noviny AS | political_position = right of center, <br />liberal conservative,<br /> formerly pro-ODS, now pro-ANO 2011<ref name=EUI>[http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/GEMI/Report.shtml Pre-workshop Report, Robert Schumann centre for Advanced Studies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929161845/http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/GEMI/Report.shtml|date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> | circulation = 43,171 | circulation_date = 2011 | headquarters = Karla Engliše 519/11, Prague | editor = Petr Bušta | language = Czech | ISSN = 1213-1385 | website = {{URL|lidovky.cz}} }}

'''''Lidové noviny''''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈlɪdovɛː ˈnovɪnɪ}}; "The People's News") is a daily newspaper published in Prague, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily still in print, and a newspaper of record.<ref name=wien>{{Cite web|title=The Czech media landscape—print media|url=http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/11577|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325070306/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/11577|archive-date=25 March 2011|access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref><ref name=dgaw/> It is a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right,<ref name=EUI/><ref name=dgaw>{{Cite web|first=Daniela|last=Gawrecká|title=Who Watches the Watchmen?|url=https://www.soc.cas.cz/sites/default/files/soubory/who_watches_the_watchmen.pdf|publisher=Institute of Sociology|date=1 November 2013|access-date=17 February 2015|location=Prague|format=Discussion Paper}}</ref> conservative view.<ref name=wien/> It often hosts commentaries and opinions of prominent personalities from the Czech Republic and from abroad.

==History and profile== ''Lidové noviny'' was founded by Adolf Stránský in 1893<ref name=rcg>{{Cite web|first=R. G.|last=Carlton|title=Newspapers from East Central and Southeastern Europe|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2010/20100111001ne/20100111001ne.pdf|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 December 2014|location=Washington D.C.|year=1965}}</ref> in Brno.<ref name=eurot>{{cite web|title=Lidové noviny|date=19 June 2006|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=396|publisher=Euro Topics|access-date=17 February 2015|archive-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217142419/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=396|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its high prestige was due to the number of famous Czech personalities that were contributing—writers, politicians and philosophers—and its attention toward foreign politics and culture. It was also the first Czech daily publishing political cartoons. Its publication was interrupted during World War II. The newspaper changed its name to ''Svobodné noviny'' ("The Free News") after the liberation before returning to the original name from 9 May 1948. It was closed down in 1952.<ref name=wien/>

In 1987, a group of political dissidents led by {{ill|Jiří Ruml|cs}}, Jiří Dienstbier, Ladislav Hejdánek, and Jan Petránek recommenced the publication in a monthly ''samizdat'' version.<ref name=wien/><ref name=pdm>{{Cite news|title=Journalist and commentator Jan Petránek dead at 86|url=http://praguemonitor.com/2018/11/12/journalist-and-commentator-jan-petr%C3%A1nek-dead-86|newspaper=Prague Daily Monitor|date=12 November 2018|access-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116020130/http://praguemonitor.com/2018/11/12/journalist-and-commentator-jan-petr%C3%A1nek-dead-86 |archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In the autumn, two "zero editions" were published and in January 1988 the first edition was issued.<ref name=bbc4>{{Cite web|title=The press in the Czech Republic|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3654061.stm|access-date=17 February 2015|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=29 April 2004}}</ref> The paper has its headquarters in Prague.<ref name=bbc4/> It had been published legally and daily, both since November 1989 and Spring 1990 respectively.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} Years later,{{When|date=February 2025}} the newspaper merged with dissolved ''Lidová demokracie'', from which they inherited the blue colour of the title.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 1998, ''Lidové noviny'' became part of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Czech Republic|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Co-Fa/The-Czech-Republic.html|publisher=Press Reference|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> (the publisher of the daily ''Rheinische Post'' in Germany) and its Czech subsidiary ''Mafra'', that is also publisher of the second largest Czech newspaper ''Mladá fronta Dnes'', the Czech edition of the freesheet ''Metro'', the TV music channel ''Óčko'', the radio stations ''Expresradio'' and ''Rádio Classic FM'' and the weekly music magazine ''Filter''. In 2013, ''Mafra'' became a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the Czech Prime Minister (as of 2018), Andrej Babiš.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Pavla|last=Francová|title=Miliardář Babiš mediálním magnátem. Koupil vydavatele MF Dnes, Lidových novin i Metra|url=https://byznys.ihned.cz/c1-60141790-andrej-babis-koupil-mafru|newspaper=Hospodářské noviny|publisher=Economia|date=26 June 2013|access-date=27 July 2014|language=cs}}</ref> The publisher of the daily is Lidové noviny AS.<ref name=smid>{{cite web|author=Milan Smid|title=Czech Republic|url=http://www2.mirovni-institut.si/media_ownership/pdf/czech%20republic.pdf|publisher=Mirovni Institut|access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> The paper was published in Berliner format.<ref name=w3/> In July 2024, it was announced that ''Lidové Noviny'' ceased imprint publications the same year in August.<ref name="end_print">{{cite web |date=16 July 2024 |title=Tištěný deník Lidové noviny na konci srpna zanikne, informovala Mafra |url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/ekonomika-tisteny-denik-lidove-noviny-na-konci-srpna-zanikne-informovala-mafra-255924 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=Seznam Zprávy|publisher=Seznam.cz|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Fodor |first1=Anna |last2=Müllerová |first2=Anna |date=17 July 2024|title=End of an era: esteemed national newspaper Lidové Noviny no longer to go out in print |url=https://english.radio.cz/end-era-esteemed-national-newspaper-lidove-noviny-no-longer-go-out-print-8823074 |access-date=26 July 2024|website=Radio Prague International|publisher=Czech Radio}}</ref>

==Circulation== [[File:Praha, Anděl, Sídlo MF a LN II.JPG|thumb|200px|Headquarters of ''Lidové Noviny'' and ''Mladá fronta Dnes'' in Prague]] ''Lidové noviny'' had a circulation of 270,000 copies in June 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Michal|last=Klima|title=Lidove noviny Challenges 'Decline'|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/19231-lidove-noviny-challenges-decline.html|newspaper=The Prague Post|date=29 March 1995|access-date=17 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217165025/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/19231-lidove-noviny-challenges-decline.html |archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> The circulation of the paper was 91,000 copies in 2002.<ref name=w3>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends 2003|url=http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf|url-status=dead|website=World Association of Newspapers|date=1 January 2004|access-date=15 February 2015|location=Paris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108215853/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf|archive-date=8 November 2017}}</ref> In October 2003, the paper had a circulation of 77,558 copies.<ref name=smid/> In December 2004 the paper had a circulation of 70,593 copies.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Vladimir Kroupa|author2=Milan Smid|title=Media System of the Czech Republic|url=http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/webfm_send/337|work=Hans Bredow Institut|access-date=17 February 2015|location=Hamburg|format=Report|date=13 May 2005|archive-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217212437/http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/webfm_send/337|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was 72,000 copies for 2004 as a whole.<ref>{{cite web|title=Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union|url=https://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media_taskforce/doc/pluralism/media_pluralism_swp_en.pdf|website=Commission of the European Communities|location=Brussels|date=16 January 2007|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref>

The 2007 circulation of the paper was 70,680 copies. In 2008, it had a circulation of 70,413 copies<ref name=ifabc>{{Cite web|title=National newspapers total circulation|url=http://www.ifabc.org/site/assets/media/National-Newspapers_total-circulation_IFABC_09-07-12.xls|publisher=International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations|access-date=5 December 2014|archive-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206234846/http://www.ifabc.org/site/assets/media/National-Newspapers_total-circulation_IFABC_09-07-12.xls|url-status=dead}}</ref> and reached up to 232,000 readers per day.<ref name=wien/> The circulation of ''Lidové noviny'' was 58,543 copies in 2009, 49,920 copies in 2010 and 43,171 copies in 2011.<ref name=ifabc/> By 2024, the circulation fell to 17,514 copies.<ref name="end_print" />

== Editors == This list includes only editors-in-chief of the new ''Lidové noviny''. * {{ill|Jiří Ruml|cs}} (1988–1990) * Rudolf Zeman (1990–1991) * Jaroslav Veis (1991–1992) * Tomáš Smetánka (1992–1993) * Jaromír Štětina (1993–1994) * Jiří Kryšpín (1994) – interim * {{ill|Libor Ševčík|cs}} (1994–1996) * {{ill|Jefim Fištejn|cs}} (1996–1997) * {{ill|Pavel Šafr|cs}} (1997–2000) * Veselin Vačkov (2000–2009) * {{ill|Dalibor Balšínek|cs}} (2009–2013) * {{ill|István Léko|cs}} (2013–2021) * Petr Bušta (2021–)

==References== {{Reflist|33em}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://lidovky.cz/ Lidovky.cz - zprávy z domova i ze světa Official page] {{In lang|cs}}

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