''Super Express'' is a Polish tabloid published in

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with daily circulation of about 370,000.

History and profile

''Super Express'' was established in 1991. The paper, owned and published by the Media Express, is best known for publications about political scandals. The former owners of the paper were Bonnier and ZPR Express, each held 50%. Before the 1993 and 1995 elections in Poland ''Super Express'' published pre-election polls, although there's a 24-hour time period without media information about politics. The paper published also photos of Polish Television (

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) war-correspondent Waldemar Milewicz's body after he was killed by the Iraqi insurgents. For the first decade of its operation (until 2003) ''Super Express'' ranked as second in

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in terms of the quality of information and sale results, behind the leading ''

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''. The editorial profile of SE changed for a few years to a more competitive format after the introduction of ''

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'' published by German conglomerate

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, which became the most popular Polish daily. Since 2007, with the new

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formerly from ''Fact'', ''Super Express'' adjusted its profile to become (similar to ''Fact'') "a noble version of the tabloid daily" with a wide range of readership. The newspaper came under criticism from the

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, the

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parliament after publishing a photo-montage picturing

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coach

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carrying the severed heads of

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head coach

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and captain

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in the buildup of their

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Group B opener against the Germans in Klagenfurt (

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, the

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parliament, to take appropriate action on ''Super Express'', labelling the issue a scandal. Beenhakker has since distanced himself from the image, calling the people who put together the spread named "bring us their heads" ''"sick"''. ''Super Express'' had a circulation of 386,000 copies during the first three quarters of 1998. The circulation of the paper was 353,882 copies between January and February 2001.

Editorial board

* Editor-in-chief, Grzegorz Zasępa * Co-editors, Stanisław Drozdowski, Małgorzata Guss-Gasińska, Hubert Biskupski * Senior art director, Piotr Dąbrowski * Senior editor, Krzysztof Bogus * Politics, Grzegorz Zasępa * Opinions, Tadeusz Płużański * International news, Marcin Kowalczyk * City news, Dagmara Kijanowska * Sports, Andrzej Kostyra * Celebrity news, Sławomir Kowalski * Photography, Andrzej Lange

American editions

Since 15 April 1996 an edition of ''Super Express'' has been published for

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; the first time that any publication from

issued its own separate version overseas. Adam Michejda served as its main editor between 2008 and 2013,https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-michejda-2a485b3b/details/experience/ who had earlier served as an associate editor in

. Its

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offices are located in

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, on John Street in the vicinity of the

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. A

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version has also been issued since September 2010. The publisher of both publications is Super Express USA and its president is Beata Pierzchała.

References

External links

''Super Express'' home page

New York's ''Super Express'' edition
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History and profile

Editorial board

American editions

See also

References

External links