Právo

Právo (in Czech Right or Law) is a Czech daily newspaper published in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

Not to be confused with Rudé právo.

Právo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherBorgis
EditorZdeněk Porybný
Founded1991 (1991)
Political alignmentCentre-left, social democrat, pro-Social Democratic Party
HeadquartersPrague
Circulation112,000 (2012)
WebsitePrávo

History and profile

Právo emerged in 1991[2] following the Velvet Revolution, when some editors of the daily Rudé právo founded a new company unaffiliated with the Czechoslovak Communist Party but taking advantage of the existing reader base.[1] The paper is not directly linked to any political party, but is ideologically close to the Czech Social Democratic Party.[3] It maintains a left-wing stance[1][4] and tends to focus on social issues.[5]

In 2019 Právo allowed the Chinese embassy to produce an eight-page paid supplement to the paper labelled as a “theme and commercial supplement.” The articles featured exclusively positive coverage of China and were signed by the paper’s reporters.[6]

Právo is published in Prague by Borgis.[2][7] a stock company that issues only Právo and its supplements,[1] owned for 91% by the paper's editor-in-chief, Zdeněk Porybný.[5] The paper is published in broadsheet format.[8]

Circulation

The circulation of Právo was 205,000 copies in 2002, making it the third best selling newspaper in the country.[8] In October 2003 the paper had a circulation of 189,583 copies and was again the third most read newspaper in the Czech Republic.[7] In December 2004 the circulation of the paper was 189,583 copies.[9]

The 2007 circulation of Právo was 164,157 copies. The circulation of the paper was 145,031 copies in 2008 and 138,476 copies in 2009.[10] It was 128,404 copies in 2010 and 120,449 copies in 2011.[10] Between April and September 2012 Právo had a circulation of 112,000 copies.[2]

See also

References
  1. The Czech media landscape - print media Archived 25 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Media Landscape Media Claims" (PDF). European Social Survey. May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. Daniela Gawrecká (November 2013). "Who Watches the Watchmen?" (Discussion Paper). Prague: Institute of Sociology. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. Vlastimil Nečas (Fall 2009). "Constitutional debate in the Czech Republic" (PDF). Central European Journal of Communication. 2 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. "The press in the Czech Republic". BBC News. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  6. Karásková, Ivana. "How China Influences Media in Central and Eastern Europe". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. Milan Smid. "Czech Republic" (PDF). Mirovni Institut. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  8. "World Press Trends 2003" (PDF). Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. Vladimir Kroupa; Milan Smid (13 May 2005). "Media System of the Czech Republic" (Report). Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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