Mladá fronta Dnes (Young Front Today), also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes (Today), is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic.[1] As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper,[2] after the tabloid Blesk.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | MAFRA, a.s. |
Editor | Jaroslav Plesl |
Founded | 1945 |
Political alignment | Right-wing conservative,[1] neoliberal |
Language | Czech |
Headquarters | Prague |
Website | mfdnes |
History and profile
Mladá fronta Dnes is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the former Czech Prime Minister (from 2018), Andrej Babiš. MAFRA a.s. was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH[3] (the publisher of the Rheinische Post), that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994.
The newspaper is published in Berliner format.[4] It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.[1]
Circulation of Mladá fronta DNES
- 2001: 338,000 copies[4]
- 2002: 312,000 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[5]
- 2003: 316,206 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[6]
- 2006: 300,000 copies (the second-best-selling newspaper in the country)[7]
- 2008: 291,711 copies[8]
- 2009: 256,118 copies[8]
- 2010: 239,646 copies[8]
- 2011: 222,377 copies[8]
- 2013: The newspaper had the highest circulation in the country.[9]