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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Berliner |
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| Owner | Ringier |
| Editor | Răzvan Ionescu |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Dimitrie Pompeiu, 6 Bucharest, Romania |
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| Website: www.evz.ro | |
Evenimentul Zilei is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Berliner, or " midi " is a Newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470 mm × 315 mm (18½ in × 12 Ringier AG is the largest media corporation in Switzerland founded in Zofingen and based in Zürich. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 110,000. Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Its name means "The event of the day".
It was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog and the first issue was published on 22 June 1992. Ion Cristoiu (born November 16, 1948, Găgeşti, Vrancea County) is a Romanian journalist with some influence in the early 1990s famous Cornel Nistorescu (born December 15, 1948) is a Romanian journalist best known as the editor of Evenimentul Zilei daily Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
In those early years of Romanian journalism after the fall of Communism, many of the stories in the Romanian newspapers (even the serious ones) were actually made up. The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of increasingly violent riots and fighting in late December 1989 that overthrew the Communist regime of Nicolae Evenimentul Zilei also had its share of bizarre stories, such as reports of "smuggling of headless cats".
However, the most famous episode was a series of articles regarding a hen which gave birth to a live chicken. The original article was published on 2 October 1993. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) As many readers were interested in more details, Evenimentul Zilei published several other articles on this theme, placing the event in the Republic of Moldova (in order to be harder to verify) and giving the testimony of an alleged leading Moldovan scientist. Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova ( Republica Moldova) is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania The author, Cătălin Ştefănescu, later said that he made up that article because Ion Cristoiu, the chief editor, demanded every reporter to write three articles each day and he expected that the article would go unnoticed.
The newspaper reached its peak daily circulation of 675,000 in 1993. In 1997 Chief Editor Ion Cristoiu quit and this job was taken by Cornel Nistorescu.
The newspaper was purchased along with its parent company Expres Publishing in 1998 by the German company Gruner+Jahr (owned, in turn, by Bertelsmann), which later, in 2003 sold it to the Swiss press trust Ringier[1]; at the time of purchase, Ringier representatives stated that there would be no direct or indirect intervention in the newspaper's editorial policy. Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835 based in Gütersloh, Germany. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Ringier AG is the largest media corporation in Switzerland founded in Zofingen and based in Zürich.
In September 2004 more than 50 Evenimentul Zilei journalists protested Ringier's management decisions. Similar issues were raised at the same time at rival daily România Liberă, owned by Germany's Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. România Liberă ( Romanian: Free Romania) is one of the leading Newspapers in Romania. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung is a leading commercial newspaper from Essen, Germany, published by WAZ-Mediengruppe. At both papers, journalists have complained that foreign owners are telling them to lessen the political coverage and tone down their negative reporting of the government. Their concern has been echoed by a variety of organizations including the Open Society Foundation [2]. The Open Society Institute (OSI a private operating and grantmaking foundation aims to shape public policy to promote democratic Governance, After this scandal, Evenimentul Zilei became one of the most fervent attackers of the government's corruption.
Nonetheless, Evenimentul Zilei remained "The biggest thorn in [Adrian] Nastase's side" (Gallagher, 2005) throughout the 2004 Romanian elections. Adrian Năstase (born June 22 1950 is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004 A presidential election was held in Romania on November 28, 2004.
Ten days after Năstase's defeat in the 13 December 2004 runoff elections, Ringier group moved the EZ editor-in-chief, Dan Turturică, to Bacău (officially, to look into the possibility of starting a free newspaper there) and began changing the editorial policy, to become a tabloid. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Bacău (in Romanian: /ba'kəw/ is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest As a response, 80 journalists signed a protest against these decisions and organized rallies in front of the Swiss and EU embassies. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Subsequent negotiations were unsuccessful and on 4 January 2005, 30 journalists resigned, in addition to another five that resigned several days earlier. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paid circulation dropped at least 40% from a high of over 100,000. (Gallagher, 2005)
Notes
- ^ Ringier, Annual Press Conference, 2003
- ^ Business Romania, Press Freedom in Romania, 2004
References
- Business Magazin, "Evenimentele Evenimentului", nr. 8/2005 (8 Martie 2005), pag. 68
- Academia Caţavencu, "Oda de slavă - 'Găina naşte pui vii'", nr. Academia Caţavencu ("The Caţavencu Academy" is a Romanian satirical magazine founded in 1991, and made famous by its Investigative journalism 8/2005 (2 Martie 2005), pag. 23
External links
- (Romanian) Evenimentul Zilei's home page
- (English) Evenimentul Zilei's home page
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