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Kauno diena

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Type
  
Daily newspaper

Owner(s)
  
Hermis Capital

Founded
  
1945

Format
  
compact

Publisher
  
Diena Media News

Editor-in-chief
  
Žilvinė Petrauskaitė-Taranda

Kauno diena (English: Kaunas Daily) is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas.

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History and profile

In 1998, Kauno diena was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media stakes to the investment company Hermis Capital. Its daily circulation in 2005 was about 38,000 copies.

It was formerly known as Tarybų Lietuva (Soviet Lithuania, 1945–1950) and Kauno Tiesa (Kaunas Truth, 1950–1992).

The present editor in chief of Kauno diena is Žilvinė Petrauskaitė-Taranda.

Previous editors

  • 1945 – Jonas Šimkus
  • 1945–1950 – Donatas Roda
  • 1950 – Juozas Chlivickas
  • 1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas
  • 1954–1956 – Julius Čygas
  • 1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša
  • 1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius
  • 1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas
  • 1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė
  • 1999–2007 – Aušra Lėka
  • 2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis

    • References

    Kauno diena Wikipedia
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