Milomir Marić (

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: Миломир Марић; born 7 January 1956) is a Serbian journalist and writer. Currently, he is host of several programs on Happy TV — daily morning show ', weekly panel show ', irregularly broadcast one-on-one talk show ', as well as earlier the reality show ''

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''.

Biography

Marić studied Journalism at the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade. He began his journalism career in the mid-1970s at '' Duga'', a bi-weekly magazine re-launched a few years earlier in the early 1970s in Belgrade,

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. He made his name via interviews with Yugoslav dissidents, such as

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, whom he interviewed in 1981. His articles were controversial and in some cases led to terminations of his editors and supervisors. Throughout the 1980s, Marić was able to secure interviews with a number of aging Yugoslav

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— a basis for his 1987 book ''Deca komunizma'' ("Children of Communism"). Vladimir Dedijer was his mentor during the time (1979–1986) he wrote this book. The book was a considerable commercial and critical success, and he soon got an invitation to speak at

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and

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. In the early 1990s, he returned to Belgrade and his old magazine ''Duga'' where he was appointed editor-in-chief. Although the magazine was ostensibly critical of

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, it also published a monthly column written by Milošević's wife Mira Marković, which was often ridiculed for its poetic

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. During this time, ''Duga'' journalist Dada Vujasinović died from a gunshot under suspicious circumstances (the death is officially described as suicide). Later in the 1990s, Marić was sacked from ''Duga'', leading to a period during which he worked for and edited several publications, including most notably ''Profil'', which he launched himself. In 2001, he became a director at

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's BK TV. His involvement with BKTV ended during the mid-2000s after the network lost its national broadcasting license. By 2008, Marić landed at the Predrag "Peconi" Ranković-owned Happy TV where he has been working ever since. His Happy TV station was banned in Montenegro and Bosnia for airing and promoting war criminals.

References

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