''Monitor'' () is a weekly
news magazine
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published in
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...
,
Montenegro
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Started on October 19, 1990 by journalist
Milka Tadić Mijović, media publisher
Miodrag Perović Miodrag "Miško" Perović (born in Belgrade) is a Montenegrin journalist, media publisher, university professor, political activist, and businessman.
Most notable for starting various media outlets in Montenegro during the 1990s and 2000s such as ...
and businessman Stanislav Koprivica, the magazine appeared at a time when the
single-party political system in
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
had been abolished and its constituent republics were preparing for parliamentary elections with multiple parties. At the time, the
Socialist Republic of Montenegro
The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...
was ruled by the
Yugoslav Communist League's (SKJ)
Montenegrin branch (SKCG); more specifically the triumvirate of
Momir Bulatović
Momir Bulatović ( sr-cyr, Момир Булатовић; 21 September 1956 – 30 June 2019) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He was the first President of the Republic of Montenegro from 1990 to 1998, after which he served as the Prime ...
,
Milo Đukanović
Milo Đukanović ( cnr, Мило Ђукановић, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2003. He also served as the Prime Minister o ...
, and
Svetozar Marović
Svetozar Marović ( sr-cyr, Светозар Маровић; born 31 March 1955) is a Montenegrin lawyer and politician who served as the last head of state and head of government of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until Montenegro's declaratio ...
who were swept into power the previous year during the
anti-bureaucratic revolution, an administrative putsch within Montenegrin Communist League initiated by
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...
and carried out with the great deal of help from the state security apparatus that he had gained control of by this time.
History
The first issue of ''Monitor'' was printed in
Sarajevo
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in 20,000 copies and then distributed in SR Montenegro where it sold in symbolic numbers—only couple of hundred of copies. Although the magazine listed 76 individuals as its founders (among them politicians
Slavko Perović
Slavko Perović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Славко Перовић; born 2 August 1954) is a Montenegrin politician. He is best known as a co-founder and former leader of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), former party that was fighting for in ...
,
Žarko Rakčević
Žarko Rakčević (Cyrillic: Жарко Ракчевић; born March 21, 1961 in Podgorica) is a Montenegrin politician and businessman. He was one of the founders and first president (2015–17) of social liberal political party United Reform Acti ...
,
Ljubiša Stanković Ljubiša Stanković ( sr-cyrl, Љубиша Станковић; born June 1, 1960) is a doctor in signal processing, while also being the former Rector (2003-2008) and University Board President (2008-2011) for the University of Montenegro. Since M ...
,
Dragiša Burzan, etc.), in actuality only the editor-in-chief
Miodrag "Miško" Perović and main financier Stanislav "Ćano" Koprivica had actual influence on its editorial policy. Following the poor sales of the first issue, the magazine effectively went bankrupt and was only kept alive via individual donations. The subsequent eight issues were also printed in
Sarajevo
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.
Since Koprivica also generously financed the
Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
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(LSCG) and
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
(SDP), ''Monitor'' was in essence another arm of the same political front. Somewhat similar in tone and political stance to other newly-launched liberal publications throughout Yugoslavia such as
Belgrade
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's ''
Vreme
''Vreme'' ( Serbian for ''Time'') is a weekly news magazine based in Belgrade, Serbia.
History
Launch
In 1990, dissatisfied with the media climate in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia's largest constituent unit, a group of liberal Serbian intellectuals, ...
'' or
Split
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Arts, enterta ...
's ''
Feral Tribune
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'', ''Monitor'' was also critical of the rising
nationalism
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across the country, especially of the Slobodan Milošević-led authorities in
SR Serbia
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. Furthermore, it also frequently criticized the
SR Montenegro
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communist leadership, considering them to be Milošević's pawns. As the League of Communists of Montenegro transformed into the
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
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(DPS) in July 1991 and Yugoslavia began to disintegrate through
war
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, ''Monitor'' adopted an anti-war stance with pointed criticism of Montenegro's involvement and effort in it through the attack on
Konavle
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It is administratively part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and the center of the municipality is Cavtat.
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The total municipality population wa ...
and the
Siege of Dubrovnik
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. Managed out of a family house in Podgorica's Dalmatinska Street, the magazine intensely criticized the ruling DPS party and its leadership: Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin President Momir Bulatović as well as the regime's chief ideologue and party's leader at the time Svetozar Marović. Its makeshift offices were even fire bombed during the Siege of Dubrovnik. During the same period, and especially following the creation of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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after the
1992 Montenegrin referendum, ''Monitor'' was a strong supporter and advocate of Montenegrin independence, which even more aligned it politically and ideologically with LSCG and SDPCG.
By spring 1994, Koprivica mostly ended his financial support of ''Monitor'', which is when Miško Perović took over that aspect of the magazine's operation as well. Organizationally, the magazine was under the umbrella of Perović's Montenegropublic company. Although
George Soros
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already had a prominent part in ''Monitors financing through the local branch of his newly founded
Open Society Institute
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network, this affiliation became even more pronounced after Koprivica left.
In September 1995, the magazine's place in the Montenegropublic's organizational structure got changed when it was registered within the company as a distinct entity with
Željko Ivanović Željko Ivanović is a Montenegrin journalist, producer and human rights activist. He was born in Nikšić (Montenegro). After graduating from University of Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences, Ivanović found employment as a journalist.Peter D ...
as its managing director. On the same occasion, the same was done with Montenegropublic's other assets: radio station
Antena M and radio production studio Mouse. By the late 1990s, most on the list of original owners signed their stake in the magazine over to Perović who thus basically became the sole owner.
Srđan Kusovac o stvaranju “Monitora”, Jokić: Miodrag Perović je procijenio da bi ga spor kompromitovao, jer bi se iznijela istinu o načinu na koji je stekao ogroman novac koji je kasnije, kako sam saznao uložio i u banke čija će se vrijednost mjeriti stotinama miliona eura
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See also
*''Vreme
''Vreme'' ( Serbian for ''Time'') is a weekly news magazine based in Belgrade, Serbia.
History
Launch
In 1990, dissatisfied with the media climate in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia's largest constituent unit, a group of liberal Serbian intellectuals, ...
'', weekly news magazine based in Belgrade
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, Serbia
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References
External links
The Monitor website
(in Montenegrin)
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