From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Mafra (company)

Czech media company

Field	Value
name	Mafra, a.s.
logo	MAFRA logo.png
image	Praha, Anděl, Sídlo MF a LN II.JPG
image_size	200
type	Joint-stock
foundation
location_city	Prague
location_country	Czech Republic
industry	Publishing, Internet
products	Newspapers, Magazines
parent	Kaprain Chemical, Cyprus
homepage

Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. From 2013 to 2023, it was a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Mafra owns newspapers Mladá fronta Dnes and Lidové noviny. In September 2023, Agrofert sold the group to the Czech billionaire investor Karel Pražák (Kaprain Group).

History

Founded in 1992 in Prague, Mafra was acquired in 1994 by the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (RBDV) (the publisher of the Rheinische Post), which bought Mafra from French press group Socpresse. In 2013, Mafra was acquired by Czech holding group Agrofert, which is owned by Andrej Babiš.

Mafra publishes the daily newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, which – with 224,000 circulation as of March 2011 – is the second largest newspaper in the Czech Republic, after tabloid Blesk. Fully owned subsidiary Lidové noviny, a.s. publishes daily newspaper Lidové noviny with circulation of 44,000, 60% subsidiary Metro Česká republika, a.s. publishes a freesheet Czech edition of Metro with a circulation of 266,000.

As of February 2011, Mladá fronta Dnes is the third most visited Czech website on the internet, with 3.7 million unique visitors per month.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mafra benefited disproportionately from state aid.

References

(28 July 2014). "The new Czech media owners".
"Zpravodajci na českém webu: přehled zpravodajských serverů".
(1 September 2024). "Agrofert sells Mafra group and other assets".
(10 December 2005). "The press in the Czech Republic". [[BBC]].
"Mafra - 2009 Annual Report".
Francová, Pavla. (26 June 2013). "Miliardář Babiš mediálním magnátem. Koupil vydavatele MF Dnes, Lidových novin i Metra". [[Economia]].
"Periodický tisk".
"Portfolio Metro". Mafra.
"Návštěvnost internetu v ČR v únoru stagnovala na 7,7 milionu lidí".
"Czech Republic: Nations in Transit 2021 Country Report".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1992-establishments-in-czechoslovakia companies-based-in-prague mass-media-companies-established-in-1992 mass-media-companies-of-the-czech-republic mass-media-in-prague

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Mafra (company) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report