24 sata (Croatia)
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24 sata ("24 hours") is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb with a circulation of about 150,000[1] copies.
24 sata is the youngest newspaper in Croatia. It was started by Styria, an Austria-based media group, in March 2005. Its editor-in-chief, Matija Babić, announced the new newspaper to be directed to "young, urban and modern" audience.
However, the first issue of 24 sata seemed to be nothing more than the first Croatian daily tabloid newspaper. Many critics were appalled by the poor quality of the writing and the fact that most articles were sensationalist in nature. Many believed that the paper wouldn't survive.
Babić, however, proved critics wrong. 24 sata quickly became the third most circulated newspaper in Croatia. This success was due partly to the attractive price and partly due to pandering to Croatian nationalism and chauvinism[citation needed], especially in articles dealing with the participation of ethnic Serb refugees in 2005's local elections. On the other hand, the newspaper was also very critical of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his policies, as well as very vocal in condemning corruption and paedophilia in the Catholic Church.
The latter proved too much[citation needed] for Styria AG, which had Babić removed from the post of editor-in-chief on July 5, 2005.
After Matija Babić left 24sata, Boris Trupcevic became new editor in chief. Before he joined 24sata he was publisher of Sanoma Magazines in Croatia.
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- ^ "New Croatian Newspaper is Launched Using Complete Publishing Solution from DTI", http://www.dtint.com/dtint/news/article100019.ece, accessed: 9.6.2006.
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