Primorske novice

Primorske novice (English: Littoral News) is a regional daily newspaper published in Koper, Slovenia.

Primorske novice
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Splošna Plovba Portorož and other companies
PublisherPrimorske novice ČZD, d.o.o.
EditorAntiša Korljan
Founded1963 (1963)
HeadquartersKoper, Slovenia
Circulation65,000 (2013)
WebsiteOfficial website

History and profile

Primorske novice was establied in 1963[1] as result of the merger of weekly paper Nova Gorica (founded in 1947) with another weekly named Slovenski Jadran (meaning "The Slovene Adriatic" in English; founded in 1950).[2] It started as a weekly newspaper[2] and became a daily in 2004.[3] It became also the first regional daily newspaper in the country.[2]

Primorske novice is published by Primorske novice d.o.o. which is based in Koper and the paper launched its website in 1996.[2] It has no political affiliation.[2]

As of 2009 it was still the only regional daily newspaper in Slovenia.[2] The 2007 circulation of the paper was 23,000 copies.[4] It became 65,000 in 2013.[5]

References
  1. Michael Biggins (2001). "Publishing in Slovenia". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 1 (2–3): 3–38. doi:10.1300/J167v01n02_01.
  2. Jasna Merklin; Petra Znoj; Urška Zalar (July 2011). "Reporting about Neighbors in Slovenian Daily Newspapers" (Conference paper). University of Novi Sad. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. "Slovenia Newspapers Magazines Journals and Weeklies". Ljubljana Slovenia Travel. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. "Media" (PDF). IPA Section Slovenia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. National Circulation of Printed Press (in Slovene)
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