Denis Kuljiš (8 December 1951 – 18 August 2019) was a Croatian writer, entrepreneur and journalist. Kuljiš was born in

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. He studied linguistics and sociology at the

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. He frequently wrote for the press since 1972. From 1979 he wrote for communist youth magazine ''Polet'' and from 1980 for ''

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''. He worked as an editor and journalist for ''

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'', '' Danas'' and ''

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''. In 1991, Kuljiš and partners founded Media Press, a company which launched an independent political weekly ''

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''. He was an editor-in-chief for five years, and in that time, the company evolved into

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(EPH), the largest press publishing house in

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. The company also started issuing ''

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Croatian Writers' Society. Accessed 6 April 2017 Kuljiš left the Europapress holding with stockholders of the Media Press and started issuing a political weekly ''

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''. He led the magazine for two years, when the leadership was replaced. After that, Kuljiš started issuing a bi-weekly ''Ultra'' which was a failure. Soon, Kuljiš started the magazine ''Penthouse'' under the aegis of ''

Slobodna Dalmacija ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' () is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. The first issue of ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' was published on 17 June 1943 by Tito's Partisans in an abandoned stone barn on Mosor, a mountain near Split, while the city ...

'' and worked as an adviser for the EPH board.

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