Primorske novice explained

Primorske novice
Type:	Daily newspaper
Owners:	Splošna Plovba Portorož and other companies
Publisher:	Primorske novice ČZD, d.o.o.
Editor:	Denis Sabadin
Circulation:	65,000 (2013)
Headquarters:	Koper, Slovenia
Website:	Official website

Primorske novice (en|Littoral News) is a regional daily newspaper published in Koper, Slovenia.

History and profile

Primorske novice was establied in 1963^[1] as result of the merger of weekly paper Nova Gorica (founded in 1947) with another weekly named Slovenski Jadran (meaning "The Slovene Adriatic" in English; founded in 1950).^[2] It started as a weekly newspaper^[2] and became a daily in 2004.^[3] It became also the first regional daily newspaper in the country.^[2]

Primorske novice is published by Primorske novice d.o.o. which is based in Koper and the paper launched its website in 1996.^[2] It has no political affiliation.^[2]

As of 2009 it was still the only regional daily newspaper in Slovenia.^[2] The 2007 circulation of the paper was 23,000 copies.^[4] It became 65,000 in 2013.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Michael Biggins. Publishing in Slovenia. Slavic & East European Information Resources. 2001. 1. 2–3. 3–38. 10.1300/J167v01n02_01.
2. Web site: Jasna Merklin. Petra Znoj. Urška Zalar. Reporting about Neighbors in Slovenian Daily Newspapers. University of Novi Sad. 8 December 2014. Conference paper. July 2011.
3. Web site: Slovenia Newspapers Magazines Journals and Weeklies. Ljubljana Slovenia Travel. 6 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216203832/http://ljubljanasloveniatravel.com/slovenia-newspapers-magazines-journals-and-weeklies.html. 16 February 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Media. IPA Section Slovenia. 15 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141128160754/http://www.ipaslovenija.org/eng/about/09_media.pdf. 28 November 2014. dmy-all.
5. http://www.nrb.info/podatki National Circulation of Printed Press (in Slovene)