Gatra (magazine)

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Gatra
Gatra Cover.jpg
February 2012 cover
Editor-in-ChiefMukhlison Sri Widodo
CategoriesNews and politics
FrequencyWeekly (on Thursdays)
Circulation 3,000 (2024)
PublisherEra Media Informasi
Founder Bob Hasan
First issue19 November 1994;30 years ago (1994-11-19)
Final issue25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
Country Indonesia
Based in Jakarta
Language Indonesian
Website gatra.com
ISSN 0853-1706

Gatra (stylized in all caps) was a weekly news magazine published in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1994 to 2024. It was one of the two principal news magazines in the country, the other being Tempo. [1] [2]

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Gatra was founded in 1994, following Suharto administration's ban on Tempo magazine; it was primarily founded by former Tempo staff. [3] The magazine has its headquarters in Jakarta. [4] [5] It provides articles on news and was published on a weekly basis. [5] [6]

The magazine's motto was Baca Gatra Baru Bicara (Read Gatra, Then Talk). The magazine folded in July 2024 after 30 years of publication due to economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8] [9]

List of editors-in-chief

References

  1. ↑ Kuipers, Joel C. "The Media". In Indonesia: A Country Study (William H. Frederick and Robert L. Worden, eds.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (2011).
  2. ↑ An earlier titled magazine had more in its title - Gatra:majalah warta wayangSekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia (1985), Gatra : majalah warta wayang, Sekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia, retrieved 17 August 2024
  3. ↑ Rosgani, Oki (25 July 2024). "Majalah Gatra: Pamit dan Tak Terbit Lagi". TintaHijau.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Matt Davies (2006). Indonesia's War Over Aceh: Last Stand on Mecca's Porch. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-134-19331-8.
  5. 1 2 Elizabeth Fuller Collins (2007). Indonesia Betrayed: How Development Fails . University of Hawaii Press. p.  235. ISBN   978-0-8248-3183-7 . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Gatra indeks artikel, MBM Gatra, 1900, retrieved 17 August 2024
  7. ↑ "Majalah "Gatra" Tutup mulai 31 Juli 2024". Kompas (in Indonesian). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "'Mati' Untuk LAHIR Kembali", Gatra (in Indonesian), p. 43, 25 July 2024
  9. ↑ Wakang, Aisyah Amira (25 July 2024). "Gatra Umumkan Tutup Mulai 31 Juli 2024". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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