Željko Mitrović (born on 31 May 1967) is a

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n media magnate, entrepreneur, investor, CEO and founder of the

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Career

In 1988, Mitrović had founded one of the first music recording studios in

. He opened a radio station in 1993, followed by
TV Pink
station in 1994. Later on, Mitrović founded the music publishing house CITY Records, which has more than 500 performers under its label. After launching satellite program, Mitrović launched TV Pink Montenegro in 2002 and Pink BiH, in

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a year later. Mitrović included a subsidiary in the Pink International Company: the ''PFI – Pink Films International'' – a film production complex catering producers of blockbusters and TV shows. In May 2008, Los Angeles Times conducted an interview with Mitrović and wrote about his new project, a 452,000-square-foot film studio complex. In 2004, Mitrović founded a business jet airline ''Air Pink'', one of seven companies under Pink Media Group. They extended its eleven airplane fleet with three new Cessna XLS+ aircraft. It specializes in

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and

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aviation services. Mitrović created a new, digital company of the Pink Media Group. The Pink Digital Company is a regional provider of digital communications that bridges the difference and gap between cutting-edge digital creative ideas, products and technologies. Pink Digital Media System has created applications, such as Pink.rs, KlikTV. Since 2012. Zeljko Mitrovic has been an invaluable tool in the propaganda of the Serbian government, regularly promoting their political programme, while the opposition is heavily criticised and insulted throughout his media group. He is also known as a person that has a television channel with a national frequency, that does not show any cultural or child programmes. His television with national frequency Pink TV is mostly know for vulgar reality show, and news programmes which include a large amount of pro Serbian Progressive Party propaganda, with emphasis on promoting the president Aleksandar Vucic.

Honors and awards

In 2015, Mitrović received the "Golden Chain" award from the Cultural and Educational Community of Belgrade for lasting contribution to culture. In 2014, the Karić foundation awarded Mitrović for outstanding achievements in the sphere of the media, television and film production. In 2012, Mitrović was awarded by The Man magazine, in the category "

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". In 2006, Mitrović received the "Manager of the Year" award from the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce (BCC) for the achievement in the growth and development of the Pink Media Group, as one of the strongest and most influential media/entertainment businesses in Southeast Europe.

References

External links

Pink Media Group website
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