Press (Belgrade newspaper)
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Press was a daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in Belgrade between 2005 and 2012.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | see below |
Editor | see below |
Founded | 15 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-15) |
Political alignment | Center-right Populism |
Ceased publication | 15 November 2012 |
Headquarters | 27. marta 69/14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia |
Website | www.pressonline.rs |
Launched by a group of journalists who left Kurir and published by the company they established called Press Publishing Group, Press quickly developed sizable readership, reaching high circulation in the process. In time, the company parleyed the daily's market success into other print media projects such as another daily Biznis, aimed at business people, as well as a lifestyle weekly magazine Lola and a glossy monthly magazine FAME.
For years, much like many other Serbian media outlets, the paper faced speculation and accusations about its ownership structure. Rumours about the Press' real owners being some of Serbia's most powerful politically connected business tycoons was rampant with individuals like Miroslav Mišković and Dragan Đilas often mentioned in this regard.
The daily was shut down in November 2012 amid great controversy that played out in the Serbian media when tycoon Miroslav Mišković announced his pull-out from the paper's ownership structure, thereby confirming his long-speculated association with the paper.