Monitor (Montenegrin pronunciation:[mǒnitor]) is a weeklynews magazine published inPodgorica,Montenegro.

Started on October 19, 1990 by journalistMilka Tadić Mijović, media publisherMiodrag Perović and businessman Stanislav Koprivica, the magazine appeared at a time when thesingle-party political system inSFR Yugoslavia had been abolished and its constituent republics were preparing for multiple-party parliamentary elections.

TheSocialist Republic of Montenegro was ruled by theYugoslav Communist League's (SKJ)Montenegrin branch (SKCG); more specifically the triumvirate ofMomir Bulatović,Milo Đukanović, andSvetozar Marović^[1] who had been swept into power the previous year during theanti-bureaucratic revolution, an administrative putsch within Montenegrin Communist League initiated bySlobodan Milošević and carried out with a great deal of help from the state security apparatus that he had gained control of by this time.

The first issue ofMonitor was printed inSarajevo in 20,000 copies and then distributed in SR Montenegro where it sold in symbolic numbers—only couple of hundred of copies. Although the magazine listed 76 individuals as its founders (among them politiciansSlavko Perović,Žarko Rakčević,Ljubiša Stanković,Dragiša Burzan, etc.^[2]), in actuality only the editor-in-chiefMiodrag "Miško" Perović and main financier Stanislav "Ćano" Koprivica had actual influence on its editorial policy. Following the poor sales of the first issue, the magazine effectively went bankrupt and was only kept alive via individual donations. The subsequent eight issues were also printed inSarajevo.

Since Koprivica also generously financed theLiberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG) andSocial Democratic Party (SDP),Monitor was in essence another arm of the same political front. Somewhat similar in tone and political stance to other newly-launched liberal publications throughout Yugoslavia such asBelgrade'sVreme orSplit'sFeral Tribune,Monitor was also critical of the risingnationalism across the country, especially of the Slobodan Milošević-led authorities inSR Serbia. Furthermore, it also frequently criticized theSR Montenegro leadership, considering them to be Milošević's pawns.

As the League of Communists of Montenegro transformed into theDemocratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) in July 1991 and Yugoslavia began to disintegrate throughwar,Monitor adopted an anti-war stance with pointed criticism of Montenegro's involvement and effort in it through the attack onKonavle and theSiege of Dubrovnik.^[3] Managed out of a family house in Podgorica's Dalmatinska Street, the magazine intensely criticized the ruling DPS party and its leadership: Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin President Momir Bulatović as well as party's leader at the time Svetozar Marović. Its makeshift offices were even fire bombed during the Siege of Dubrovnik. During the same period, and especially following the creation of theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia after the1992 Montenegrin referendum,Monitor was a strong supporter and advocate of Montenegrin independence, which even more aligned it politically and ideologically with LSCG and SDPCG.

By spring 1994, Koprivica mostly ended his financial support ofMonitor, which is when Miško Perović took over that aspect of the magazine's operation as well. Organizationally, the magazine was under the umbrella of Perović'sMontenegropublic company. AlthoughGeorge Soros already had a prominent part inMonitor's financing through the local branch of his newly foundedOpen Society Institute network, this affiliation became even more pronounced after Koprivica left.

In September 1995, the magazine's place in theMontenegropublic's organizational structure changed when it was registered within the company as a distinct entity withŽeljko Ivanović as its managing director.^[4] On the same occasion, the same was done withMontenegropublic's other assets: radio stationAntena M and radio production studio Mouse.

By the late 1990s, most on the list of original owners signed their stake in the magazine over to Perović, who thus basically became the sole owner.^[5]

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