24 Chasa
{{Short description|Periodical literature}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = 24 Chasa
| logo = 24 Chasa.svg
| image =
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| owner = Media Group Bulgaria[https://www.mgb.bg/AboutUs Media Group Bulgaria LLC] About us (in Bulgarian)
| editor = Borislav Zumbulev
| foundation = {{start date and age|1991|4|1|df=yes}}
| language = Bulgarian
| headquarters = Sofia
| publishing_city = Sofia
| publishing_country = Bulgaria
| circulation = 50 000 (daily)
| circulation_date =
| website = {{URL|www.24chasa.bg}}
}}
24 Chasa ({{langx|bg|italic=yes|24 часа|lit=24 hours}}) is a Bulgarian daily newspaper. Its headquarters are located in Sofia.
History and profile
The newspaper, part of the 168 Chasa (meaning 168 Hours in English) Press Group founded by Petyo Blaskov, was launched in April 1991,[http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-information/566051-24-chasa 24 Chasa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227200053/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-information/566051-24-chasa |date=27 December 2013 }} Presseurop. Retrieved 3 December 2013{{cite web|title=24 Chasa|url=http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/566051-24-chasa|work=VoxEurop|accessdate=12 March 2015}} a few months after the launch of the 168 Hours weekly newspaper.{{cite journal|author=Maria Bakardjieva|title=The New Media Landscape in Bulgaria|journal=Canadian Journal of Communication|date=1995|volume=20|issue=1|url=http://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/845/751|accessdate=27 October 2014}}
The tabloid format and the colloquial, somewhat derisive, writing style of 24 Chasa quickly gained wide popularity.
One of the most popular features in the newspaper is the daily cartoon Ivancho i Mariyka, drawn by the well-known Bulgarian cartoonist Ivaylo Ninov, which also exists in animation version.[https://www.24chasa.bg/mnenia/6006562/ Animation cartoon] first page of animated cartoons (in Bulgarian)
The newspaper was a part of the German WAZ media group until 2010{{cite web|author=Vassil Vassilev|title=A Bulgarian newspaper group working with Müller Martini equipment|url=http://www.wan-ifra.org/system/files/field_ifra_mag_file/E_nt976_70-71.pdf|work=WAN IFRA|accessdate=12 March 2015|date=June 1997|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011638/http://www.wan-ifra.org/system/files/field_ifra_mag_file/E_nt976_70-71.pdf|url-status=dead}} when it was acquired by the Media Group Bulgaria, LLC.[https://www.mgb.bg/AboutUs Media Group Bulgaria] About us (in Bulgarian)
Its current editor-in-chief is Borislav Zumbulev.
The circulation of the paper is 50,000 copies during weekdays, up to 90,000 during weekends.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.24chasa.bg}}
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Category:1991 establishments in Bulgaria