The ''Krakow Post'' is an

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newspaper based in

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. Owned by Lifeboat Limited since 2008, the monthly newspaper covers local and national news, politics, culture, business, sports, and human interest stories.

History

Founded as a weekly in 2007, the newspaper was then led by Editor-in-Chief Anne Fratczak and Founding Editor Hal Foster, a former ''Los Angeles Times'' journalist. After coming under new ownership in 2008, the ''Krakow Post'' was redesigned as a monthly newspaper, with Anna Spysz serving as the editor-in-chief until late 2010.
In January 2011, Jamie Stokes took over her role at the newspaper's helm. Steven Hoffman has been editor-in-chief of the online version since February 2015. In 2011, ''

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'' referred to the ''Krakow Post'' and other English-language press in

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as having acted as "springboards for a generation of American journalists interested in working in the former

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— though not in the servile role of many local publications." The ''Krakow Post'' came under new management and was relaunched in a magazine format in November 2012. In May 2021, Giuseppe Sedia launched the website Kino Mania which functions also as an archive of the film reviews on Polish cinema that he penned for the ''Krakow Post'' in the previous decade.

Print characteristics

Broadsheet format (289 x 390 mm), 32 pages, full color. The

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of the paper 1898-4762.

References

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External links

''Krakow Post'' website
2007 establishments in Poland English-language newspapers published in Europe Newspapers published in Poland Mass media in Kraków Monthly newspapers Publications established in 2007 Polish news websites