''Korzár'' (
Slovak: ''Corsair'')
is a regional
newspaper
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published in
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...
,
Slovakia
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. The paper has been in circulation since 1998.
History and profile
The newspaper was established in 1998. At the initial stage, the paper was named ''Korzo'' and was renamed later as ''Korzár''. It is headquartered and published in Košice. The paper was published in
broadsheet format.
Then it switched to the
tabloid format
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Etymology
The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs We ...
.
''Korzár'' is the largest and only regional publication of Slovakia.
It covers news on eastern Slovakia and has the highest circulation in the region.
[ From 1998 to 2016 the ]editor-in-chief
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of the daily was Peter Bercik.[ In 2016 Jaroslav Vrábeľ succeeded him in the post. The publisher is the Petit Press publishing house. The Petit Press also publishes '' SME'' and '' Új Szó'' among others.][
The paper had a circulation of 33,000 copies in 2003][ and 30,000 copies in 2004. The audited circulation of the paper was 27,231 copies in 2008.][ In 2011 the paper sold 20,000 copies, and its circulation was 15,713 copies in 2013.][ The same year its readership was at 5 percent.]
See also
* List of newspapers in Slovakia
References
External links
*
Official website
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1998 establishments in Slovakia
Mass media in Košice
Newspapers established in 1998
Newspapers published in Slovakia
Slovak-language newspapers