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Founded: 1900
Ownership
Novi list is a daily newspaper based in Rijeka and is the oldest Croatian-language daily still in existence (founded 1900). After socialist-era state ownership it was privatised in the 1990s with employees holding about 97.6% of shares; majority control later passed to businessman Robert Jezic (2008) and then to Albert Faggian and Slaven Zmak (2011). In 2016 it was acquired by the Slovak-based JOJ Media House group.
Funding
Financed commercially through newspaper sales/subscriptions, online readership and advertising, with the backing of its owner JOJ Media House; as a private regional paper it relies on market revenue rather than state or party subsidy.
Affiliation & stance
Privately owned (JOJ Media House) with no party or state control, which makes it INDEPENDENT; historically it was notable as the one Croatian daily that kept critical distance from the Tudjman government in the 1990s. Its editorial line was long seen as centre-left/liberal, though more recent characterisations describe it as centre-right (the file's CENTER_LEFT label may now be dated).
Editorial lean
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- Lean Left
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Croatia doesn't have a paper menu at the moment.
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