Aha! (tabloid)

Aha! is a Czech daily tabloid newspaper published in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Aha!
The front page of Aha! on 16 May 2012
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Czech News Center
PublisherCzech Print Center
Founded1 October 2004 (2004-10-01)
LanguageCzech
HeadquartersPrague
Circulation88,671 (2011)
Sister newspapersBlesk
WebsiteAha!

History and profile

Aha! was established in October 2004 and its owner was Ebika.[1] The daily was bought by Ringier, more specifically Ringier Axel Springer Czech Republic, in October 2007.[1][2][3]

The owner of the paper is the Czech News Center, which acquired it in 2013.[3][4] The publisher is the Czech Print Center, a subsidiary of the CNC.[5]

The paper focuses on the news about the Czech celebrities. The major audience of the daily is the Czech youth.[6] It is published in tabloid format[7] and has a right-wing stance.[8]

Aha! has been sued by several Czech public figures, including Michal Viewegh, a Czech writer, due to its allegedly false reports.[9]

Ringier stated that Aha! was the second best-selling tabloid in the country after Blesk which was also owned by it.[10] The 2006 circulation of Aha! was 91,000 copies and it was 140,022 in August 2007.[1] The circulation of the paper was 114,238 copies in 2008 and 107,271 copies in 2009.[11] It was 100,397 copies in 2010 and 88,671 in 2011.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Ringier takes over Czech newspaper Aha!". Wordpress. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. Ringier Today Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Ringier. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. "Entrepreneurs Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč take over activities in the Czech Republic". Ringier. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. "About Us". Czech News Center. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. "Media plurality overview in the Czech Republic". Czech Defamation Law. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. "Czech Republic". European Journalism Centre. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  7. "Coding Scheme Picmin Instrument" (PDF). Media Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. Daniela Gawrecká (November 2013). "Who Watches the Watchmen?" (Discussion Paper). Institute of Sociology. Prague. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. "Viewegh fights the tabloids". Czech Literature Portal Newspaper. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. Eva Rybková; Vera Rihácková (20 June 2013). "Mapping Digital Media: Czech Republic" (PDF). Open Society Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  11. "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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