''Právo'' (in

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''Right'' or ''Law'') is a

daily newspaper published in

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.The Czech media landscape - print media

History and profile

''Právo'' emerged in 1991 following the

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution ( cs, Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution ( sk, Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations agains ...

, when some editors of the daily '' Rudé právo'' founded a new company unaffiliated with the

Czechoslovak Communist Party The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comint ...

but taking advantage of the existing reader base. The paper is not directly linked to any political party, but is ideologically close to the

Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a ...

. It maintains a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

stance and tends to focus on social issues. In 2019 Právo allowed the

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embassy to produce an eight-page paid supplement to the paper labelled as a “theme and commercial supplement.” The articles featured exclusively positive coverage of China and were signed by the paper’s reporters. ''Právo'' is published in Prague by Borgis, a stock company that issues only ''Právo'' and its supplements, owned for 91% by the paper's

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, Zdeněk Porybný. The paper is published in broadsheet format.

Circulation

The circulation of ''Právo'' was 205,000 copies in 2002, making it the third best selling newspaper in the country. In October 2003 the paper had a circulation of 189,583 copies and was again the third most read newspaper in the Czech Republic. In December 2004 the circulation of the paper was 189,583 copies. The 2007 circulation of ''Právo'' was 164,157 copies. The circulation of the paper was 145,031 copies in 2008 and 138,476 copies in 2009. It was 128,404 copies in 2010 and 120,449 copies in 2011. Between April and September 2012 ''Právo'' had a circulation of 112,000 copies.

References

External links

Official website of the current Právo daily

"Novinky", the internet magazine of Právo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pravo 1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia Publications established in 1991 Czech-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in the Czech Republic Newspapers published in Prague

History and profile

Circulation

See also

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