Cotidianul

Cotidianul (meaning The Daily in English) is a Romanian-language newspaper published in Bucharest, Romania.

Cotidianul

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Academia Caţavencu, through Realitatea-Caţavencu
Editor-in-chief	Cornel Nistorescu
Editor	Doru Buşcu
Founded	1927 re-founded in 1991 re-launched in 2003
City	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Website	www.cotidianul.ro
Media of Romania List of newspapers

Old logo of Cotidianul newspaper, used in the inter-war period, and in the early 1990s

The logo used between 2003 and 2007

History and profile

Founded by Ion Rațiu, Cotidianul was first published on 10 May 1991^[1] and was the first privately held newspaper in Romania following the Romanian Revolution of 1989.^[2] The paper had its headquarters in Bucharest.^[1] It was published Monday to Saturday in Berliner format.

Cotidianul ceased print publication on 23 December 2009^[1] due to financial difficulties, but remains active as an online news source.^[2] The owners announced the closure was temporary due to insolvency, but no buyers was found.^[3][4]

Since November 2016, the newspaper appears again in print.^[5]

Notable contributors

• Cătălin Avramescu [ro]
• Doru Bușcu
• Adrian Cioroianu
• Mirela Corlățan
• Răzvan Dumitrescu
• Eugen Istodor
• Adrian Majuru
• Andrei Marga
• Ioan T. Morar
• Cornel Nistorescu
• Cristian Oprea
• Octavian Paler
• Ovidiu Pecican
• Magdalena Popa Buluc
• Valerian Stan
• Jean-Lorin Sterian
• Liviu Ioan Stoiciu
• Cristian Teodorescu
• Vladimir Tismăneanu
• Robert Turcescu
• Traian Ungureanu
• Ioan Vieru
• Sever Voinescu

References

1. "Cotidianul". VoxEurop. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
2. "Cotidianul". Presseurop. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
3. Calen, Ioana; Nicuț, Mihai (21 December 2009). "Ziarul "Cotidianul" se închide. Nistorescu şi-a anunţat demisia". Capital.ro. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
4. Preda, Raluca; Bunea, Iulia (22 December 2009). ""Cotidianul", pe ultimul drum". Adevarul.ro. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
5. ""Cotidianul se întoarce", așa spune Cornel Nistorescu în editorialul primului număr pe print". Ovidiu Blag. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)