24sata (Croatia)

24sata (lit. '24hours') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Zagreb, Croatia. As of 2007, it is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in Croatia. It is also most visited news website in Croatia and leading news source on social media platforms.^[1]

24sata

Cover of the 2 March 2005 issue
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid^[1]
Owner(s)	Styria Media Group
Publisher	24sata d.o.o.
Editor	Goran Gavranović
Founded	2 March 2005; 18 years ago (2005-03-02)
Language	Croatian
Headquarters	Oreškovićeva 6H/1
City	Zagreb
Country	Croatia
Circulation	116,000 (2013)
ISSN	1845-3929
Website	www.24sata.hr
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History and profile

24sata is a daily newspaper in Croatia.^[2] It was launched by Styria Medien AG, an Austrian media group, in March 2005.^[3][4] Its first editor-in-chief, Matija Babić,^[5] announced that the new newspaper would target "young, urban and modern" audiences.

The first issue of 24sata seemed to be nothing more than the first Croatian daily tabloid newspaper in terms of both its content and format.^[2] However, within six months after its launch the paper managed to firmly establish its position as the third daily newspaper in Croatia in terms of circulation (after Večernji list and Jutarnji list). This success was due partly to the attractive price.^{[citation needed]}

After Matija Babić was removed from the post of editor-in-chief on 5 July 2005, Boris Trupčević became the new editor in chief. Before he joined 24sata he was the publisher of Sanoma Magazines in Croatia. He was succeeded by Renato Ivanuš, and as of 2015. editor-in-chief is Goran Gavranović.^[6]

24sata had a circulation of 116,000 copies in 2013,^[7] and was the only Croatian daily that saw its revenue grow that year.^[8]

Online

The online version was launched at the same time as the print edition. It became the most visited website in Croatia in 2012.^[3] Online version has a Mobile Website, as well as iOS, Android and Windows phone applications.^[9]

Awards and recognition

• In 2009, 24sata was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the category of Judges' Special Recognition by the European Newspapers Congress.^[10]
• In October 2012, the paper was given the Best Use of Facebook Award at the XMA Cross Media Awards held in Frankfurt, Germany.^[3]
• In 2014 INMA awarded 24sata with second place in category Best Idea To Grow Digital Audience or Engagement ^[11]

References

1. Popović et al. 2010, p. 79.
2. Singer, Jane B.; Domingo, David; Heinonen, Ari; Hermida, Alfred; Paulussen, Steve; Quandt, Thorsten; Reich, Zvi; Vujnovic, Marina (21 March 2011). Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers. John Wiley & Sons. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4443-4072-3. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
3. "24sata Most Visited News Portal In Croatia". Croatia Week. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
4. Popović et al. 2010.
5. "A new colorful daily in Croatia: ready for the "digital-age reader"". Garcia Media. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
6. "Smjene u uredništvu 24sata, Poslovni dnevnik ide Večernjem listu" (in Croatian). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
7. (in Croatian). February 2013. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
8. "24sata jedine dnevne novine s rastom prihoda u 2013". seebiz.eu (in Croatian). 4 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
9. (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
10. "Eleventh European Newspaper Award:Main prize winners from Sweden, Germany, Portugal and Croatia". Publicitas. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. "24sata grows digital engagement". Retrieved 2 January 2015.

Bibliography

• Popović, Helena; Bilić, Paško; Jelić, Tomislav; Švob-Đokić, Nada (29 October 2010). "The case of Croatia". (PDF). Athens: The Mediadem Consortium. pp. 77–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2 January 2015.