Życie Warszawy
{{Short description|Polish language newspaper}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Życie Warszawy
| image = Zycie Warszawy 1944 nr 1.jpg
| type = National daily newspaper
| format = 34 x 24 cm
| founder = Marian Spychalski
PPR
| publisher = Czytelnik Publishing House (1946–1951)
Prasa Workers Publishing House (1951–1991)
Życie Press (1991–2000)
Dom Prasowy Sp. z o.o. (2000–2007)
Presspublica Sp.z o.o. (2007–present)
| chiefeditor = Tomasz Sobiecki
| launched = {{start date|1944|11|15}} | political = Pro-PRL establishment (1944–1991)
Right-wing (1990–2011)
| language = Polish
| ceased publication = {{end date|2011|12|17}}
| headquarters = ul. Prosta 51,
00-838 Warsaw
| publishing_city = Warsaw
| publishing_country = Poland
| circulation = 167 000
| circulation_date = 1946
| sister newspapers = Trybuna Ludu (1948–1990)
Życie Częstochowy (1947–1997)
| ISSN = 0137-9437
| website = {{URL|https://www.zw.com.pl/}}
}}
Życie Warszawy ({{IPA|pl|ˈʐɘ.t͡ɕɛ varˈʂa.vɘ|-}}, {{langx|en|Life of Warsaw|italic=yes}}){{cite book|author=Annika Frieberg|title=The Project of Reconciliation: Journalists and Religious Activists in Polish-German Relations, 1956--1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkV7PIHGe4gC&pg=PA226|accessdate=10 November 2014|year=2008|isbn=978-0-549-53566-9|page=226}} was a Polish language newspaper published in Warsaw. Despite its name it was a national pro-establishment newspaper, but since 1990 it was an independent publication increasingly focused on local Varsovian issues.
History and profile
Życie Warszawy was founded in 1944{{cite news|title=The press in Poland|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3669427.stm|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=BBC|date=29 April 2004}} as an initiative of Polish Workers' Party and/or Marian Spychalski.
During the communist era the paper was a semi-official organ of the Polish government.{{cite news|title=Polish Newspaper Appeals For an Open Government|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/03/world/around-the-world-polish-newspaper-appeals-for-an-open-government.html|accessdate=10 November 2014|work=The New York Times|agency=Reuters|date=3 January 1981}} In the years 1978 and 1988 the paper consisted of 12-16 pages. The number of pages was 20 in 1998.{{cite web|author=Melanie Armstrong|title=Polish Women in the Press|url=http://germslav.byu.edu/perspectives/2001/8-Polish.pdf|work=Perspectives|accessdate=10 November 2014|year=2001}}
In 2004 Życie Warszawy had a circulation of 250,000 copies in weekdays and of 460,000 copies in weekends. The paper was published by Gremi Media Group.{{when|date=March 2022}}{{cite web|title=Życie Warszawy|url=http://www.publicitas.com/russia/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/zycie-warszawy/?PARAM1=PWUZW1#.VGDilvSsUX4|work=Publicitas|accessdate=10 November 2014}} As of 2004 Zbigniew Jakubiec, a Polish businessman, was the owner of the paper. It was acquired by Presspublica in August 2007 and in December 2011 the newspaper and its website was integrated into Rzeczpospolita as the local press section.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.zw.com.pl/ Newspaper website]
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Category:1944 establishments in Poland
Category:Newspapers established in 1944
Category:Defunct Polish-language newspapers
Category:Daily newspapers published in Poland
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Warsaw