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''Życie Warszawy'' (, ) was a
Polish language Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spo ...
newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
published in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
. Despite its name it was a national pro-establishment newspaper, but since 1990 it was an independent publication increasingly focused on local Varsovian issues.


History and profile

''Życie Warszawy'' was founded in 1944 as an initiative of
Polish Workers' Party The Polish Workers' Party (, PPR) was a communist party in Poland from 1942 to 1948. It was founded as a reconstitution of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) and merged with the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) in 1948 to form the Polish United W ...
and/or
Marian Spychalski Marian "Marek" Spychalski (, 6 December 1906 – 7 June 1980) was a Polish architect in pre-war Poland, and later, military commander and a communist politician. During World War II he belonged to the Polish underground forces operating within ...
. During the
communist era A communist era is a sustained period of national government by a single party following the philosophy of Marxism–Leninism. Many countries have experienced such a period of communist rule. Current communist states China The Chinese Communist ...
the paper was a semi-official organ of the
Polish government The government of Poland takes the form of a Unitary state, unitary semi-presidential republic, semi-presidential Representative democracy, representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Poland, president is the head of state and t ...
. In the years 1978 and 1988 the paper consisted of 12-16 pages. The number of pages was 20 in 1998. In 2004 ''Życie Warszawy'' had a circulation of 250,000 copies in weekdays and of 460,000 copies in weekends. The paper was published by Gremi Media Group. As of 2004 Zbigniew Jakubiec, a
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
businessman, was the owner of the paper. It was acquired by Presspublica in August 2007 and in December 2011 the newspaper and its website was integrated into ''
Rzeczpospolita () is a traditional Polish term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "rzeczpospolita", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage" "thing, matter" and "common" is analogous to the Latin ''rēs pūblica' ...
'' as the local press section.


See also

*
List of newspapers in Poland Below is a list of newspapers published in Poland. In Poland, the distinction between the broadsheet and Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspapers is mostly format, as most newspapers converted to the latter in the early 1990s. The Daily news ...


References


External links


Newspaper website
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