Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Kathimerini

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Type
  
Daily newspaper

Owner(s)
  
Kathimerini S.A. (90%)

Publisher
  
Giannis Alafouzos

Format
  
Broadsheet

Founder(s)
  
Georgios Vlachos

Managing editors
  
Alexis Papahelas Nikos Konstandaras

I Kathimerini (Greek: Η Καθημερινή, meaning "The Daily") is a daily morning newspaper published in Athens. Its first edition was printed on September 15, 1919. It is published in the Greek language, as well as in an abridged English-language edition. The English edition is sold separately in the United States and as a supplement to the international edition of The New York Times (formerly the International Herald Tribune) in Greece and Cyprus. On November 2008 a Kathimerini Cypriot weekend edition began to circulate. Kathimerini is also affiliated with the weekly newspaper Athens Plus published by I Kathimerini S.A. and the International Herald Tribune.

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History

Kathimerini was founded by Georgios Vlachos in 1919 and was later inherited by his daughter Helen Vlachos (Eléni Vláchou) and her husband, retired submarine commander Constantine Loundras. Considered a high-quality broadsheet, Kathimerini is traditionally perceived as one of the main conservative voices of Greek media. The newspaper was highly critical of Eleftherios Venizelos in the early 20th century, and also opposed the Papandreou family in the postwar years. It maintains a traditional layout, with its original griffin logo, and incorporates illustrated glossy inserts in its Sunday edition. Vlachos sold the company shortly before her death in October 1995. Kathimerini has been owned by Aristidis Alafouzos since then.

Circulation

There is no data on Kathimerini's daily edition circulation, since the newspaper has prohibited press agencies to release such data. Its Sunday edition had a circulation of 95,007 in January 2014.

According to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and SimilarWeb, Kathimerini's website is the 81th and 86th most visited in Greece respectively, as of August 2015. SimilarWeb rates the site as the 23th most visited news website in Greece, attracting over 3 million visitors per month.

Editing staff

  • Editor-in-chief – Andreas Paraschos
  • Managing editor – Alexis Papahelas
  • References

    Kathimerini Wikipedia