Gazeta Wyborcza

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Gazeta Wyborcza

description Polish daily newspaper
publishing company Agora SA
Headquarters Warsaw
First edition May 8, 1989
Frequency of publication daily Monday to Saturday
Sold edition 370,784 copies
(ZKDP March 2009, Mon. – Sat. Total)
Editor-in-chief Adam Michnik
Web link wyborcza.pl
ISSN (print) 0860-908X
Warsaw editorial office
Local edition office building in a historic factory building on Sienkiewicz Street in Łódź . Since 2004 there is also a branch of the radio station Złote Przeboje , which also belongs to the Agora media group.

Gazeta Wyborcza ( [ɡaˈzɛta vɨˈbɔrtʂa] , translated election newspaper) is the second largest national Polish daily newspaper (after the tabloid Fakt ) with an average circulation of around 500,000 and an estimated readership of 4.5 million. It is considered to be the most important opinion- forming body in Poland . It is published by the Polish media group Agora .

The Gazeta Wyborcza was created as a result of the round table discussions . At that time, the Solidarność trade union was granted the right to publish a daily newspaper for the first democratic elections in Poland after the era of communism (hence the name election newspaper ). The first eight-page edition appeared on May 8, 1989 with a print run of 150,000 copies. The editor-in-chief is Adam Michnik . Today the newspaper employs 700 journalists in Poland and five abroad. Politically, Gazeta Wyborcza is most likely to represent both civil and economically liberal positions, but sees itself as non-partisan.

Originally, since May 8, 1989, the logo looked roughly as it is on the front wall of the Łódź editorial office, but oriented vertically. At the lower end was the slogan “Nie ma wolności bez solidarności” (there is no freedom without solidarity). However, due to disagreements with the union, this slogan soon disappeared. Instead there was a red square. From the beginning, the word "gazeta" was written in large black letters, with the word "wyborcza" underneath in small letters. The logo was later positioned horizontally.

Since June 4, 2016 the red rectangle has remained unchanged, the word "gazeta" has been replaced by "wyborcza" and the word "GAZETA" appeared above it. Below that came the motto: "NAM NIE JEST WSZYSTKO JEDNO" (we don't care about everything). This change is intended to symbolize the newspaper's commitment to future elections.

Daily local editions

Weekly topic attachments

  • Monday :
    • Gazeta Praca ( work ),
    • Gazeta Sport,
    • Duży Format ( The large format , from 1993, appears in magazine form)
  • Tuesday :
    • Kujon Polski ( education ),
    • Gazeta Komunikaty ( notifications ),
    • Gazeta Komputer (only in the capital edition) (no longer appears)
  • Wednesday :
    • Gazeta Dom ( house ),
    • Gazeta Nieruchomości ( Real Estate , in 13 local editions)
    • Europe. Praca i Studia ( Europe - work and study ; no longer appears),
  • Thursday :
    • Wysokie Obroty ( High RPM , About Cars),
    • Gazeta Pieniądze (Economy),
  • Friday :
    • Gazeta Televitsyjna ( The TV Newspaper ),
    • Gazeta Co Jest Grane ( What's up ),
    • Teatry ( theater , only in the capital edition ),
    • Supermarket (only in Łódź and Tricity ),
    • Wieża Ciśnień ( water tower ; only in the Wroclaw edition), Komiksowo (published until 2004)
  • Saturday :
    • Turystyka. Podróże małe i duże ( tourism ),
    • Wysokie Obcasy ( high heels , for the woman),
    • Gazeta Książki, Zdrowie i Uroda (Books, Health and Beauty, once a month in the capital edition)

Since March 1995 it has also been represented with an Internet portal.

Web links

Commons : Gazeta Wyborcza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information according to of the Polish circulation control ZKDP regarding the average sales in March 2009 in a list at Media2.pl from May 8, 2009 (in Polish)