Danas

Danas
9 June 2017 front page (20th anniversary edition)
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
OwnerUnited Media (United Group)
EditorDragoljub Petrović
Founded9 June 1997 (1997-06-09)
Political alignmentCentre-left
Pro-Europeanism
Atlanticism
Anti-nationalism
LanguageSerbian (Latin script)
HeadquartersAlekse Nenadovića 19-23, Belgrade, Serbia
Circulation~4,000 copies sold (June 2016[1])
Websitewww.danas.rs

Danas (pronounced [ˈdǎnas], lit.'Today') is a United Group-owned daily newspaper of record published in Belgrade, Serbia.[2] It is a left-oriented media, promoting social-democracy and European Union integration. It is a vocal media supporter of Serbian NGO activities towards human rights and minorities protection.[2]

History

The first issue of Danas appeared on 9 June 1997. It was established in 1997 after a group of discontented journalists from the Naša borba newspaper walked out after getting into a conflict with the paper's new private majority owner.[3]

In the period since the regime change, Danas has been one of the rare Serbian newspapers (or Serbian media outlets in general, for that matter) to ignore the commercial temptations of yellow journalism. Its circulation has been continually in decline. Most of the foreign investors in Serbian media market have been avoiding it. Danas publishes political comic strips drawn by the famous caricaturist Predrag Koraksić Corax.[4]

Staff

Ownership and publishing

The paper is published and managed by an entity called Dan Graf d.o.o. – a limited liability company based in Belgrade. The company's ownership was previously shared by six people : Dušan Mitrović (26.67%), Zdravko Huber (24.22%), Radomir Ličina (20.92%), Vesna Ninković (13.94%), Grujica Spasović (11.10%), and Rade Radovanović (3.15%).[10] However, in March 2021, the company was sold to Luxembourg-based publisher United Media for 1.5 million USD.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "U Srbiji Nemamo Konkurenciju! Informer ubedljivo prvi - I Najprodavaniji i Najčitaniji!". Informer (in Serbian). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Danas". VOXeurop. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Jmatic" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Corax". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Preminula Vesna Ninković, jedna od osnivača lista Danas". Danas (in Serbian). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Svetislav Basara". Danas (in Serbian). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Borka Pavićević". Danas (in Serbian). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Marko Šelić Marčelo". Danas (in Serbian). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Aleksej Kišjuhas". Danas (in Serbian). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  10. ^ Претрага правних лица и предузетника (in Serbian). Government of Serbia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Junajted medija i formalno postala vlasnik lista "Danas"" (in Serbian). UNS. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  12. ^ "List Danas i izdavaštvo prodati za milion i po evra" (in Serbian). Raskrikavanje. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.