''Blesk'' is a daily
tabloid newspaper published in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
, the
Czech Republic
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. Its name translates as ''lightning''.
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History and profile
''Blesk'' was first published on 14 April 1991.[ In 1992, it launched a weekly edition published on Sundays and its magazine, which is a comprehensive TV guide, was started in 1993.][ The paper is headquartered in ]Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
[ and was owned by ]Ringier
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until December 2013. Its owner is the Czech News Center
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Overview
The company publishes several daily newspapers (Blesk, Aha! and Sport), many printed magazines, online ...
(CNC) and its publisher is the Czech Print Center, a subsidiary of the CNC.
Its lay-out is modelled from the Swiss tabloid ''Blick
''Blick'' is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle.
History and profile
''Blick'' was established in 1959. The newspaper was the first Swiss tabloid public ...
'', also published by Ringier, and the German daily ''Bild
''Bild'' (or ''Bild-Zeitung'', ; ) is a German tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer SE. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper ''Bild am Sonntag'' ("''Bild on Sunday''") is published instead, which ...
'' which is published by ''Axel Springer SE
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''.[ Thus, ''Blesk'' is a tabloid newspaper and is neutral in its political and religious leaning.
The daily's sister paper is '' Aha!'', another tabloid. Vladimír Mužík is among the former ]editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
s of the daily who served until April 2011 when Pavel Šafr was appointed editor-in-chief of the paper. Šafr's tenure ended on 1 May 2013 and Radek Lain became the editor-in-chief of the paper.
Circulation
The circulation of ''Blesk'' was 378,000 copies in 2002, making it the best selling newspaper in the country. In October 2003 the paper had a circulation of 485,334 copies and was the most read newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its circulation was 458,000 copies in 2003, making it the best selling newspaper in the country. In December 2004 the paper had a circulation of 500,840 copies. It was 514,000 copies for 2004 as a whole.
In 2006, ''Blesk'' ranked first with the circulation of 480,000 copies.[ In 2012 its circulation was 305,600 copies.]
See also
* List of newspapers in the Czech Republic
In 1995 there were eight national newspapers in the Czech Republic and their total circulation was about 1.8 million copies. The number of daily newspapers was 96 in 2004.
Major national newspapers
Paid classified advertising newspaper ''Anonce' ...
References
External links
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Czech-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Prague
Daily newspapers published in the Czech Republic
Publications established in 1991