24 Chasa (Bulgarian:24 часа,lit. '24 hours') is a Bulgarian daily newspaper. Its headquarters are located inSofia.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Media Group Bulgaria[1] |
| Editor | Borislav Zumbulev |
| Founded | 1 April 1991; 34 years ago (1991-04-01) |
| Language | Bulgarian |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
| City | Sofia |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Circulation | 50 000 (daily) |
| Website | www |
History and profile
editThe newspaper, part of the168 Chasa (meaning168 Hours in English) Press Group founded byPetyo Blaskov, was launched in April 1991,[2][3] a few months after the launch of the168 Hours weekly newspaper.[4]
Thetabloid format and the colloquial, somewhat derisive, writing style of24 Chasa quickly gained wide popularity.[4]
One of the most popular features in the newspaper is the dailycartoonIvancho i Mariyka, drawn by the well-known Bulgarian cartoonistIvaylo Ninov, which also exists in animation version.[5]
The newspaper was a part of the GermanWAZ media group until 2010[6] when it was acquired by the Media Group Bulgaria, LLC.[7]
Its current editor-in-chief is Borislav Zumbulev.
The circulation of the paper is 50,000 copies during weekdays, up to 90,000 during weekends.[4]
References
edit- ^Media Group Bulgaria LLC About us (in Bulgarian)
- ^24 ChasaArchived 27 December 2013 at theWayback MachinePresseurop. Retrieved 3 December 2013
- ^"24 Chasa".VoxEurop. Retrieved12 March 2015.
- ^abcMaria Bakardjieva (1995)."The New Media Landscape in Bulgaria".Canadian Journal of Communication.20 (1). Retrieved27 October 2014.
- ^Animation cartoon first page of animated cartoons (in Bulgarian)
- ^Vassil Vassilev (June 1997)."A Bulgarian newspaper group working with Müller Martini equipment"(PDF).WAN IFRA. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved12 March 2015.
- ^Media Group Bulgaria About us (in Bulgarian)