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Front page of the 17 October 2009 issue | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) |
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| Publisher | Hanza Media d.o.o. |
| Editor-in-chief | Goran Ogurlić [1] |
| Founded | 6 April 1998 |
| Political alignment | Liberalism [2] Social democracy [2] |
| Language | Croatian |
| City | Zagreb |
| Country | Croatia |
| Circulation | 66,000 (October 2014) |
| ISSN | 1331-5692 |
| Website | www |
Jutarnji list (lit. 'The Morning Paper') is a Croatian daily newspaper based in Zagreb. It was published on 6 April 1998 by EPH (Europapress holding, owned by Ninoslav Pavić), which eventually changed its name in Hanza Media after being bought by Marijan Hanžeković. [3] The newspaper is published in the berliner format and online. Its online edition, Jutarnji.hr, is the second most-visited news website in Croatia after Index.hr . [4]
According to Hanžeković, "Jutarnji list should be conceptually a newspaper of liberal and social-democratic orientation, with emphasis on accuracy and relevance." [2]
Jutarnji list was launched in April 1998, [5] becoming the first successful Croatian daily newspaper to appear since the 1950s. [6] It was named after the Jutarnji list Zagreb daily that used to circulate from 1912 until 1941. The newspaper is part of Hanza Media media group.
In 2003, Jutarnji list launched a comprehensive Sunday edition, Nedjeljni Jutarnji . On 19 February 2005, Jutarnji list published an exhaustive biography of Ante Gotovina. [a]
The paper quickly took the majority of the Croatian media market and became one of the most-read newspapers in that country. In the first five years, it sold more than 214 million copies. [6] During the actual economic crisis, the number of sold copies diminished from about 80,000 in 2007 to 52,763 in 2013. [6] [8] The crisis hit in the same manner as other daily newspapers in Croatia. [9] The circulation of Jutarnji list was 66,000 copies in October 2014. [10]
In February 2008, Jutarnji list was involved in a scandal when it published an interview [11] [12] with what was thought to be Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader. The reporter contacted then-23-year-old Viktor Zahtila by e-mail and SMS, whom he assumed to be the prime minister. [13] Zahtila replied via e-mail [14] and did not state that he was Ivo Sanader.