''Mladá fronta Dnes'' (''Young Front Today''), also known as ''MF DNES'' or simply ''Dnes'' (''Today''), is a daily

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in the

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.The Czech media landscape - print media
Its name could be translated into English as ''Youth Front Today''. As of 2016, it is the second largest Czech newspaper, after the Czech

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History and profile

The paper was set up in 1945 under the name ''Mladá fronta'' as a daily newspaper for youth. During the era of

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, ''Mladá fronta'' was the newspaper of the

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. After the 1989

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, its popularity grew and nowadays it is not connected to the Socialist Youth in any way, neither in terms of organisation nor policy. The paper is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the

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group, a company owned by the Czech Prime Minister (from 2018),

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. MAFRA a.s. was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (the publisher of the ''

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''), that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994. MAFRA a.s. also owns the Czech daily newspaper ''

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'' Óčko''. The paper is published in

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. It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.

Circulation of ''Mladá fronta DNES''

* 2001: 338,000 copies * 2002: 312,000 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country) * 2003: 316,206 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country) * 2006: 300,000 copies (the second best selling newspaper in the country) * 2007: 287,864 copies (the third best selling newspaper in the country) * 2008: 291,711 copies * 2009: 256,118 copies * 2010: 239,646 copies * 2011: 222,377 copies * 2013: The paper had the highest circulation in the country.

References

External links

*
iDNES, the independent Internet portal of MF DNES
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mlada Fronta Dnes Czech-language newspapers Newspapers published in Prague Daily newspapers published in the Czech Republic Newspapers established in 1945

History and profile

Circulation of ''Mladá fronta DNES''

See also

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