Polityka

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::summary Polish weekly periodical ::

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Field	Value
logo	Tygodnik-polityka-logo.jpg
image_file	Polityka1.jpg
image_caption	Anna Maria Jopek and Dorota Masłowska on Polityka cover
frequency	Weekly
political alignment	centre-left
circulation	182,000 (October 2016)
founded
company	Spółdzielnia Pracy Polityka
country	Poland
editor	Jerzy Baczyński
website
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| logo = Tygodnik-polityka-logo.jpg | image_file = Polityka1.jpg | image_caption = Anna Maria Jopek and Dorota Masłowska on Polityka cover | frequency = Weekly | political alignment = centre-left | format = | circulation = 182,000 (October 2016) | founded = | company = Spółdzielnia Pracy Polityka | country = Poland | editor = Jerzy Baczyński | website = Polityka (, Politics) is a centre-left weekly news magazine in Poland. It had a circulation of 95,300 during 2021. Polityka has a slightly intellectual, socially liberal profile, setting it apart from the more conservative Wprost and the glossier approach of Newsweek Poland.

Prominent editors and permanent contributors have included Adam Krzemiński, Janina Paradowska, Daniel Passent, Adam Szostkiewicz, Jacek Żakowski, Ryszard Kapuściński, Jerzy Urban, and Krzysztof Zanussi.

History and profile

Established in 1957, after Stalinism had subsided in Poland, Polityka slowly developed a reputation for moderately critical journalism, promoting an economical way of thinking, although always remaining within the communist-imposed boundaries that still constrained the press. Notably, Polityka was launched to replace the more radical Po prostu (1947–1957). ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Siedziba_tygodnika_Polityka_ul._Słupecka_6_w_Warszawie_2021.jpg" caption="Polityka's headquarters in [[Warsaw]]."] ::

The first editor-in-chief of Polityka was Stefan Żółkiewski who served in the post from 1957 to 1958. It was he who would become the final First Secretary of the Polish Communist Party, the last communist prime minister of Poland, and who would eventually oversee the winding down of communist rule in Poland in 1989. Polityka supported the Round Table talks, which concluded with an agreement to hold the free elections that would result in a peaceful end to communist rule in Poland. The magazine achieved renown in 1961 when it printed five parts of Adolf Eichmann's memoires that had been stolen and given to it by anti-Nazis (the only other magazine that acquired fragments of these memoires was Life). It earned the ire of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983 after expressing a favorable view of political pluralism.

Jan Bijak became editor-in-chief of the magazine in 1982 and served in the post until 1994. After the fall of communism in 1989, Polityka continued to play an influential role as part of Poland's newly free press. In 1990, the Polityka team left the state-owned publisher RSW Prasa-Książka-Ruch with rights to the title, and established an independent cooperative called "Polityka" – Spółdzielnia Pracy. Such a publishing cooperative is unique in the Polish press. Since 1994, the editor of Polityka has been Jerzy Baczyński. In 1995, the format was switched from a broadsheet to a standard colour magazine, which has more than 100 pages per issue.

Circulation

In 2001 Polityka had a circulation of 245,000 copies. The circulation of the magazine was 143,089 copies in 2010 and 133,324 copies in 2011. It was 124,761 copies in 2012.

Awards

Since 1959, Polityka has awarded its History Award (for history book of the year), and, since 1993, an annual award for the arts, the Paszport Polityki. Since the late 1990s, it has also funded scholarships for young scientists.

References

References

1. "Polish newspapers and magazines". Pecob.
2. "Press and Publishers". Republic of Poland.
3. Magdalena Przybysz-Stawska. (September 2013). "The Opinion Press in Poland from 1989 to 2012". The 2nd Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference.
4. (2010). ""Classic ageism" or "brutal economy"? Old age and older people in the Polish media". Journal of Aging Studies.
5. Jacqueline Hayden. (23 March 2006). "The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes". Routledge.
6. Daniel Passent: ''Zbrodniarz na łamach'', Polityka nr 10/2007 (2595)
7. Wiesław Władyka: ''Historia Polityki dla dorosłych'', ''Polityka'' nr 9/2007 (2594)
8. "Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation)". Magazine Organization.
9. (30 April 2014). "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC.
10. "Circulation of dailies". Teleskop.

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