Życie Warszawy | |
Type: | National daily newspaper |
Format: | 34 x 24 cm |
Founder: | Marian Spychalski PPR |
Publisher: | Czytelnik Publishing House (1946–1951) Prasa Workers Publishing House (1951–1991) Życie Press (1991–2000) Dom Prasowy Sp. z o.o. (2000–2007) Presspublica Sp.z o.o. (2007–present) |
Chiefeditor: | Tomasz Sobiecki |
Political: | Pro-PRL establishment (1944–1991) Right-wing (1990–2011) |
Language: | Polish |
Headquarters: | ul. Prosta 51,00-838 Warsaw |
Publishing City: | Warsaw |
Publishing Country: | Poland |
Circulation: | 167 000 |
Circulation Date: | 1946 |
Sister Newspapers: | Trybuna Ludu (1948–1990) Życie Częstochowy (1947–1997) |
Issn: | 0137-9437 |
Życie Warszawy (English: Life of Warsaw|italic=yes)[1] was a Polish language newspaper published in Warsaw. Despite its name it was a national pro-establishment newspaper, but since 1990 it was an independent publication increasingly focused on local Varsovian issues.
Życie Warszawy was founded in 1944[2] as an initiative of Polish Workers' Party and/or Marian Spychalski.
During the communist era the paper was a semi-official organ of the Polish government.[3] It was a pro-PRL mouthpiece, right until the end of communism in the country. In the years 1978 and 1988 the paper consisted of 12-16 pages. The number of pages was 20 in 1998.[4]
In 2004 Życie Warszawy had a circulation of 250,000 copies in weekdays and of 460,000 copies in weekends.[2] The paper was published by Gremi Media Group.[5] As of 2004 Zbigniew Jakubiec, a Polish businessman, was the owner of the paper.[2] It was acquired by Presspublica in August 2007 and in December 2011 the newspaper and its website was integrated into Rzeczpospolita as the local press section.