Type Daily newspaper Publisher Ringier Slovakia a.s. Headquarters Bratislava, Slovakia | Format Tabloid Language Slovak Circulation 98,815 (June 2014) | |
Nový čas (literally meaning New Time in English) is a tabloid and the best-selling daily in Slovakia.
History and profile
Nový čas was founded in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution , initially as a rough copy of the Austrian Kronen Zeitung. The newspaper is owned and published by Ringier Slovakia a.s., a Swiss company. The former owner of the paper was Gruner + Jahr. Its content is gutter press. The widely read supplement "Nový čas víkend" is added on Saturdays. In 2006 a Sunday version of Nový čas was introduced: Nový čas Nedeľa (New Time Sunday).
The circulation of Nový čas was 157,000 copies in 2003 and 167,000 in 2004. It was 189,000 copies in 2006 and 172,000 copies in 2008. The 2011 circulation of the paper was 136,000 copies. The circulation of the paper was 121,700 copies in 2012. The paper had a circulation of 98,815 copies in June 2014.