Nacional (weekly)

Nacional (weekly)
Nacional
Type Weekly newsmagazine
Owner Unknown
Publisher NCL Media Grupa d.o.o.
Editor Sina Karli
Founded 1995
Language Croatian
Headquarters Vlaška 40,
Zagreb, Croatia
ISSN 1330-9048
Official website www.nacional.hr

Nacional is a Croatian weekly newsmagazine published in Zagreb.

Contents

History

Nacional was started in 1995 by Denis Kuljiš, Ivo Pukanić and other journalists dissatisfied with the editorial policies of Croatian weekly newspaper Globus. Both publications were hostile to the ruling HDZ government. Soon, a bitter competition developed between the two magazines, as they tried to grab the same readership using the same techniques of investigative journalism. Both magazines became renowned for publishing sensational articles against political opponents often based on the alleged testimonies of anonymous or fictional witnesses.

In late 1990s Nacional’s circulations plummeted following the launch of Jutarnji list. At the end of 2000, Ivo Pukanić borrowed a loan from the Hypo bank and launched the Republika daily. Critics immediately accused the bank of influencing editorial policy and complaints of excessive advertising soon flooded in. Readers couldn’t distinguish between news articles and advertisements. It shut down after just six months with a reported loss of DM 600,000 per month. On September 5, 2001, Zagreb’s Foreign Press Bureau reported Republika: "Promised to be a respectable political newspaper. However, its profile quickly swung this paper close to being considered a tabloid. Namely, its CEO, Ivo Pukanić, is known to advocate publishing unconfirmed news, which frequently led to unfounded accusations and even litigation. Pukanić's reason for closing down the newspaper was its low readership, i.e. inadequate sales."

Pukanić then intensified Nacional’s editorial policy against leading figures in the ruling HDZ. He was the first journalist to attack Croatian general Ante Gotovina with accusations of criminality (Nacional 204. 10.13.1999). These attacks continued between 1999-2000 in the run-up to a crucial governmental election where the HDZ was replaced. The articles bore a familiar pattern: Croatian war veterans were liberally denounced as drunkards, war profiteers, arms fixers and drug barons. Some verged on the farcical. Unidentified senior officers of the Croatian Ministry of Defence were accused of arms dealing with the IRA and ETA. This was clearly intended to signify General Gotovina whom Pukanić had previously accused as being the chief collaborator in an alleged presidential coup. The allegations were later discovered to have been fabricated in order to boost Nacional’s sales.

In 2001, General Gotovina was indicted by the ICTY and went into hiding. The general enjoys widespread support amongst the Croatian public. Pukanić claims to be the only journalist to have interviewed Gotovina since his disappearance and Nacional has published a number of articles apparently supportive to him. Gotovina supporters view Nacional’s motives with suspicion however and many consider it as commercial exploitation. Suspicions are also abound due to Pukanić’s self-confessed close relationship with Croatian police chiefs working alongside MI6 agents in Operation Cash - the undercover operation to catch Gotovina.

Political stance

After the year 2000, Nacional shifted its editorial policies to include more business and entertainment oriented content. Today's Nacional is similar in format and content to German language newsweeklies.

Nacional is owned by its editors and journalists, Ivo Pukanić being the majority shareholder.

Vienna Capital Partners had a stake in the company.[1]

Ivo Pukanić

Ivo Pukanić was assassinated by car bomb at 18:20 CET on 23 October 2008 outside the offices of Nacional. Niko Franić, marketing director at Nacional also died in the explosion. Two others were injured.

References

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nacional — is the Portuguese and Spanish word for national. Nacional may also refer to: Contents 1 Airlines 2 Bank 3 Music 4 Newspapers 5 …   Wikipedia

  • Nacional Records — Founded 2004 Distributor(s) RED Distribution Sony Music Entertainment Genre Latin Alternative Official Website Nacional Records Website …   Wikipedia

  • Nacional (newspaper) — For other uses of the term, see Nacional. Nacional was Daily newspaper of Serbia published in Belgrade from 2001 until 2003. Financially supported by publishing company NIP INFO ORFEJ, whose general manager was Milorad Antonić, and by income… …   Wikipedia

  • Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista — The Falange Española Tradicionalista de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS, Spanish for Traditionalist Spanish Falange and of the Unions of the National Syndicalist Offensive ) was the official political party founded …   Wikipedia

  • Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos — El Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos de los Estados Unidos («National Register of Historic Places», NRHP) es un registro oficial que elabora las listas de las propiedades distritos, lugares, edificios, estructuras y objetos que se… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Himno Nacional Mexicano — Página inicial de la partitura del Himno Nac …   Wikipedia Español

  • Aviación Nacional de Venezuela — Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana Escudo de la Aviación Militar Venezolana. Activa 22 de junio de 1946 País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ejército Nacional Afgano — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ejército Nacional Afgano Emblema del Ejército Nacional Afgano Activa 1880s–1992, 2001–Pres …   Wikipedia Español

  • Himno Nacional Mexicano — English: National Anthem of Mexico National anthem of …   Wikipedia

  • Dodge Weekly Series — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Las Dodge Weekly Series son unas series de competición automovilística semi profesional de la NASCAR. Se ve comúnmente como el nivel más bajo de competir con un NASCAR, y es así el punto de entrada para un número de… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”