Jutarnji list (lit.'The Morning Paper') is a Croatian daily newspaper based in Zagreb. It was published on 6 April 1998 by EPH (Europapress holding, owned by Ninoslav Pavić), which eventually changed its name in Hanza Media after being bought by Marijan Hanžeković.[3] The newspaper is published in the Berliner format and online. Its online edition, Jutarnji.hr, is the second most-visited news website in Croatia after Index.hr.[4]
According to Hanžeković, "Jutarnji list should be conceptually a newspaper of liberal and social-democratic orientation, with emphasis on accuracy and relevance."[2]
History and profile
Jutarnji list was launched in April 1998,[5] becoming the first successful Croatian daily newspaper to appear since the 1950s.[6] It was named after the Jutarnji list[hr] Zagreb daily that used to circulate from 1912 until 1941. The newspaper is part of Hanza Media media group.
In 2003, Jutarnji list launched a comprehensive Sunday edition, Nedjeljni Jutarnji. On 19 February 2005, Jutarnji list published an exhaustive biography of Ante Gotovina.[a]
The paper quickly took the majority of the Croatian media market and became one of the most-read newspapers in that country. In the first five years, it sold more than 214 million copies.[6] During the actual economic crisis, the number of sold copies diminished from about 80,000 in 2007 to 52,763 in 2013.[6][8] The crisis hit in the same manner as other daily newspapers in Croatia.[9] The circulation of Jutarnji list was 66,000 copies in October 2014.[10]
Controversies
In February 2008, Jutarnji list was involved in a scandal when it published an interview[11][12] with what was thought to be Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader. The reporter contacted then-23-year-old Viktor Zahtila by e-mail and SMS, whom he assumed to be the prime minister.[13] Zahtila replied via e-mail[14] and did not state that he was Ivo Sanader.
References
Footnotes
↑A French translation of this investigation can be found in and titled "Courrier des Balkans".[7]
General
↑"Impressum" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
Sinovčić, Dean; Ožegović, Nina (19 June 2007). "Novi val hrvatskih novina"[New wave of Croatian newspapers]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
