''Kauno diena'' (''Kaunas Daily'') is a
Lithuania
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n daily
newspaper
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, printed in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Traka ...
.
History and profile
In 1998, ''Kauno diena'' was bought by
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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media giant
Orkla Media
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subsidiary
Orkla Press. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media stakes to the investment company
Hermis Capital.
Its daily circulation in 2005 was about 38,000 copies.
It was formerly known as ''Tarybų Lietuva'' (''Soviet Lithuania'', 1945–1950) and ''Kauno Tiesa'' (''Kaunas Truth'', 1950–1992).
The present
editor in chief
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of ''Kauno diena'' is Arūnas Andriuškevičius.
Previous editors
* 1945 – Jonas Šimkus
* 1945–1950 – Donatas Roda
* 1950 – Juozas Chlivickas
* 1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas
* 1954–1956 – Julius Čygas
* 1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša
* 1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius
* 1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas
* 1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė
* 1999–2007 –
Aušra Lėka
* 2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis
See also
*
Eastern Bloc information dissemination
Eastern Bloc media and propaganda was controlled directly by each country's communist party, which controlled the state media, censorship and propaganda organs. State and party ownership of print, television and radio media served as an important ...
References
External links
Kauno diena online
Eastern Bloc mass media
Newspapers established in 1945
Newspapers published in Kaunas
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Daily newspapers published in Lithuania
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