''Kauno diena'' (''Kaunas Daily'') is a
Lithuania
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n daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
, printed in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
.
History and profile
In 1998, ''Kauno diena'' was bought by
Norwegian media giant
Orkla Media subsidiary
Orkla Press Orkla may refer to:
Places
* Orkla (river), a river in Trøndelag county, Norway
Business
* Orkla Group (or ''Orkla ASA''), a large Norwegian company
* Orkla Mining Company, a historic company in Norway
* Orkla Metall, a former smelting company i ...
. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media stakes to the investment company
Hermis Capital
Hermis (foaled 1899 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
Hermis was a chestnut horse bred by Hiram Berry: H. A. Engman owned his dam, Katy of the West. He was purchased as a two-year-old by Cincinnati theatre man Henry ...
.
Its daily circulation in 2005 was about 38,000 copies.
It was formerly known as ''Tarybų Lietuva'' (''Soviet Lithuania'', 1945–1950) and ''Kauno Tiesa'' (''Kaunas Truth'', 1950–1992).
The present
editor in chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of ''Kauno diena'' is Arūnas Andriuškevičius.
Previous editors
* 1945 – Jonas Šimkus
* 1945–1950 – Donatas Roda
* 1950 – Juozas Chlivickas
* 1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas
* 1954–1956 – Julius Čygas
* 1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša
* 1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius
* 1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas
* 1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė
* 1999–2007 –
Aušra Lėka
''Aušra'' or ''Auszra'' (literally: ''dawn'') was the first national Lithuanian newspaper. The first issue was published in 1883, in Ragnit, East Prussia, Germany (newspaper credited it as lt, Ragainė) East Prussia's ethnolinguistic part - ...
* 2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis
See also
*
Eastern Bloc information dissemination
References
External links
Kauno diena online
Eastern Bloc mass media
Newspapers established in 1945
Newspapers published in Kaunas
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Daily newspapers published in Lithuania
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