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Korzár
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherPetit Press
Editor-in-chiefJaroslav Vrábel
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Political alignmentRight-wing
LanguageSlovak
HeadquartersKošice
Sister newspapers
ISSN1335-4418
Websitekorzar.sme.sk

Korzár (Slovak: Corsair)[1] is a regional newspaper published in Košice, Slovakia.[2] The newspaper has been in circulation since 1998.

History and profile

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The newspaper was established in 1998 under the name Korzo, later renamed as Korzár.[3] It was published in broadsheet format[4] before switching to the tabloid format.[5]

Korzár is the largest and only regional publication of Slovakia.[6] It covers news on eastern Slovakia and has the highest circulation in the region, with four regional editions.[6] From 1998 until 2016, Peter Bercik was editor-in-chief, after which Jaroslav Vrábeľ succeeded him in the post. The publisher is the Petit Press publishing house,[7][8] which also publishes SME and Új Szó among others.[1][9][10]

Korzár has a right-wing political leaning.[1]

Korzár had a circulation of 33,000 copies in 2003[4] and 30,000 copies in 2004.[11] The audited circulation of the paper was 27,231 copies in 2008.[1] The paper sold 20,000 copies in 2011 and its circulation was 15,713 copies in 2013.[1] The same latter year, its readership was at 5%.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Nikola Belakova (2013). "Surveillance Cameras Everywhere You Look? The portrayal of the Security vs. Privacy Dilemma in the Slovak Press, 2010 - 2013" (PDF). Prague SECONOMICS Discussion Papers. 2.
  2. ^ "Korzar". Hot Newspapers. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. ^ "SME, Slovakia: MDLF's first loan". MDIF. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Coding Scheme Picmin Instrument" (PDF). Media Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Korzar". Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ^ Robert Andrews (6 February 2012). "Slovakia's News Pay Wall Gets A Little Higher". Paid Content. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Daily Newspapers". rheinischepostmediengruppe.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  9. ^ Miroslav Kollar; Tomáš Czwitkowics. "Mapping digital media: Slovakia". Open Society Foundation.
  10. ^ Andrej Skolkay (2011). Media Law in Slovakia. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-411-3439-4. OCLC 709890536.
  11. ^ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  12. ^ Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-8030-6.
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