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Diena (The Day) is a Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia, published since 23 November 1990. It is one of Latvia's largest daily periodicals and used to be considered as a paper of record.[1]
The newspaper was initially founded as the official paper of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia. Since privatisation in 1993, Diena was owned by Swedish media group Bonnier. Diena had 18,277 subscribers in December 2009, down from 26,866 in February 2009, and 41,471 in April 2000.[2] It shifted from berliner to compact format in 2007. The newspaper's Russian language edition was discontinued in 2000.[citation needed]
Controversiesedit
In 2002, the publisher was fined for articles published in 1998 and criticizing then-minister for economy Laimonis Strujevičs. In 2007, the European Court of Human Rights held the fine to be in violation of freedom of expression.[3]
In 2009, AS Diena together with its sister business daily Dienas Bizness was sold to an ambiguous investor group owned by Jonathan and David Rowland.[4] The Latvian businessman Viesturs Koziols 6 August 2010 acquired a 51% stake in the joint-stock company Diena.[5] However, an investigation by the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau into the "Oligarchs Case" determined in 2011 that the paper in reality was owned by three Latvian oligarchs: Andris Šķēle, Aivars Lembergs and Ainārs Šlesers through the AS Rīgas tirdzniecības osta (JSC Riga Commercial Port, RTO – renamed AS Riga Port in 2022) company. This was further confirmed with the release of the notorious "Rīdzene Tapes [lv]" in 2017, in which the oligarchs are heard discussing their takeover of the paper.[6][7] RTO ultimately sold the paper in 2015.
Following the change of ownership, many of the newspaper's staff resigned in October 2009. They started the online paper Cita Diena, which was transformed into the weekly newspaper Ir in 2010.[8]
Leadershipedit
After long-time chief editor Sarmīte Ēlerte left the paper in 2008, it experienced a frequent change of leadership from 2009 to 2013. These included editors Ilmārs Znotiņš, Juris Bojārs [lv] and sociologist Aigars Freimanis [lv]. On May 10, 2013, Gatis Madžiņš [lv] became the incumbent chief editor of the newspaper.[9]
The owner of the paper since 2015 is former Latvijas Televīzija head Edgars Kots [lv].
Referencesedit
^Purs, Aldis; Plakans, Andrejs (2017-05-02). Historical Dictionary of Latvia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 90. ISBN9781538102213.
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For other uses see Diena disambiguation You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Latvian January 2021 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Latvian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Latvian Wikipedia article at lv Diena laikraksts see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated lv Diena laikraksts to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Diena The Day is a Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia published since 23 November 1990 It is one of Latvia s largest daily periodicals and used to be considered as a paper of record 1 DienaTypeDaily newspaperFormatCompactOwner s Edgars KotsPublisherDienas mediji LtdEditor in chiefGatis MadzinsFounded23 November 1990LanguageLatvianHeadquartersRiga LatviaWebsitewww diena lv Contents 1 History 2 Controversies 3 Leadership 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe newspaper was initially founded as the official paper of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia Since privatisation in 1993 Diena was owned by Swedish media group Bonnier Diena had 18 277 subscribers in December 2009 down from 26 866 in February 2009 and 41 471 in April 2000 2 It shifted from berliner to compact format in 2007 The newspaper s Russian language edition was discontinued in 2000 citation needed Controversies editIn 2002 the publisher was fined for articles published in 1998 and criticizing then minister for economy Laimonis Strujevics In 2007 the European Court of Human Rights held the fine to be in violation of freedom of expression 3 In 2009 AS Diena together with its sister business daily Dienas Bizness was sold to an ambiguous investor group owned by Jonathan and David Rowland 4 The Latvian businessman Viesturs Koziols 6 August 2010 acquired a 51 stake in the joint stock company Diena 5 However an investigation by the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau into the Oligarchs Case determined in 2011 that the paper in reality was owned by three Latvian oligarchs Andris Skele Aivars Lembergs and Ainars Slesers through the AS Rigas tirdzniecibas osta JSC Riga Commercial Port RTO renamed AS Riga Port in 2022 company This was further confirmed with the release of the notorious Ridzene Tapes lv in 2017 in which the oligarchs are heard discussing their takeover of the paper 6 7 RTO ultimately sold the paper in 2015 Following the change of ownership many of the newspaper s staff resigned in October 2009 They started the online paper Cita Diena which was transformed into the weekly newspaper Ir in 2010 8 Leadership editAfter long time chief editor Sarmite Elerte left the paper in 2008 it experienced a frequent change of leadership from 2009 to 2013 These included editors Ilmars Znotins Juris Bojars lv and sociologist Aigars Freimanis lv On May 10 2013 Gatis Madzins lv became the incumbent chief editor of the newspaper 9 The owner of the paper since 2015 is former Latvijas Televizija head Edgars Kots lv References edit Purs Aldis Plakans Andrejs 2017 05 02 Historical Dictionary of Latvia Rowman amp Littlefield p 90 ISBN 9781538102213 Latvian Association of Press Publishers ECtHR judgment on application no 16657 03 in Latvian Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine in French Rowland family acquired Diena and Dienas Bizness baltic course com 2009 10 09 Retrieved 2010 08 06 Viesturs Koziols buys controlling interest in Diena baltic course com 2010 08 06 Retrieved 2010 08 06 The Three Little Oligarchs Latvia s Corruption Scandal Foreign Policy Research Institute www fpri org Retrieved 2023 10 16 Magazine releases oligarch case transcripts eng lsm lv 2017 06 29 Retrieved 2023 10 16 Ir Weekly newspaper profile eurotopics net Retrieved 2022 01 10 www DELFI lv 2013 05 02 Par Dienas galveno redaktoru klus LTV portala vaditajs Madzins delfi lv in Latvian Retrieved 2022 07 09 External links editOfficial website nbsp in Latvian nbsp nbsp This Latvian newspaper related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diena amp oldid 1180437452, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
