Mladá fronta Dnes explained

Mladá fronta Dnes
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Berliner
Owners:	MAFRA, a.s.
Political:	Conservatism Economic liberalism
Headquarters:	Prague
Editor:	Jaroslav Plesl
Language:	Czech

Mladá fronta Dnes (Young Front Today), also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes (Today), 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 the former Czech Prime Minister (from 2018), Andrej Babiš. MAFRA a.s. 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
• 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

• List of newspapers in the Czech Republic
• Concentration of media ownership in the Czech Republic

External links

• • iDNES, the independent Internet portal of MF DNES

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Czech media landscape - print media. dead. Wien International. https://web.archive.org/web/20110325070306/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/11577. 25 March 2011.
2. Web site: Deníky: Nejčtenější je Blesk, Sport předběhl Právo. Mediaguru. cs.
3. News: The press in the Czech Republic. BBC. 10 December 2005. 13 December 2008.
4. News: Adam. Smith. Europe's Top Papers. 7 February 2015. Campaign Live. 15 November 2002.
5. Web site: World Press Trends 2003. World Association of Newspapers. 15 February 2015. Paris. 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108215853/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/2003wpt.pdf. 8 November 2017. dead.
6. Web site: Milan Smid. Czech Republic. Mirovni Institut. 28 October 2014.
7. Book: Georgios Terzis. European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. 13 December 2013. 2007. Intellect Books. 978-1-84150-192-5. 340.
8. Web site: National newspapers total circulation. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. 5 December 2014.
9. News: Tabloid Blesk continues to be most popular daily. 13 December 2013. Prague Daily Monitor. 8 November 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20131213074641/http://praguemonitor.com/2013/11/08/tabloid-blesk-continues-be-most-popular-daily. 13 December 2013.