''Gardianul'' ("The Guardian") was a

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n daily

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published in

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. It claimed to have had an anti-

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stance, investigating organized crime and high-level corruption. The newspaper was founded in 2002 by Şerban Roibu, the son of a

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senator and therefore is accused of bias in favour of the

, although it did publish articles which are critical of Social Democrat members being investigated for corruption. It eventually was sold to "Petrom Service" a company owned by the

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, but it kept its editorial stance. It was one of the newspapers involved in the 'governmental advertising funds for political subversion' scandal of 2004 (''see

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''). Overall the newspaper had a low readership and circulation for a national newspaper - at its peak distributing no more than 10.000 copies daily, out of which less than 6.000 paid for. Publishing of the newspaper ceased on 1 January 2010, the editorial board claiming that ''Gardianul'' would switch to a web-only new-media format. However, by the end of January 2010, ''Gardianul''s website was also shut down.

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*Informaţia
Revista presei în ianuarie 2005
14 January 2005 *Cartianu, Grigore et al.

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Domnule Nastase, am aflat noi cine a dat bani presei!
3 February 2005 *Biroul Roman de Audit al Tirajelor (The Romanian Circulation Audit Office
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