Cotidianul
{{Short description|Romanian newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Cotidianul
| image = Logo of Cotidianul.jpg
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Berliner
| foundation = 1927
re-founded in 1991
re-launched in 2003
| ceased publication =
| owners = Academia Caţavencu, through Realitatea-Caţavencu
| editor = Doru Buşcu
| chiefeditor = Cornel Nistorescu
| publishing_city = Bucharest
| publishing_country = Romania
| website = {{official URL}}
}}
File:Cotidianul old logo.gif, and in the early 1990s]]
Cotidianul (meaning The Daily in English) is a Romanian-language newspaper published in Bucharest, Romania.
History and profile
Founded by Ion Rațiu, Cotidianul was first published on 10 May 1991{{Cite web |title=Cotidianul |url=http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/2841-cotidianul |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109041115/http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/2841-cotidianul |archive-date=9 January 2015 |access-date=23 February 2015 |website=VoxEurop}} and was the first privately held newspaper in Romania following the Romanian Revolution of 1989.{{Cite web |title=Cotidianul |url=http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-information/2841-cotidianul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220181611/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-information/2841-cotidianul |archive-date=20 February 2013 |access-date=22 September 2012 |website=Presseurop}} The paper had its headquarters in Bucharest. It was published Monday to Saturday in Berliner format.
Cotidianul ceased print publication on 23 December 2009 due to financial difficulties, but remains active as an online news source. The owners announced the closure was temporary due to insolvency, but no buyers was found.{{Cite web |last=Calen |first=Ioana |last2=Nicuț |first2=Mihai |date=21 December 2009 |title=Ziarul "Cotidianul" se închide. Nistorescu şi-a anunţat demisia |url=http://www.capital.ro/articol/ziarul-cotidianul-se-inchide-nistorescu-si-a-anuntat-demisia-129645.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305160508/http://www.capital.ro/articol/ziarul-cotidianul-se-inchide-nistorescu-si-a-anuntat-demisia-129645.html |archive-date=5 March 2010 |access-date=23 February 2015 |website=Capital.ro}}{{Cite web |last=Preda |first=Raluca |last2=Bunea |first2=Iulia |date=22 December 2009 |title="Cotidianul", pe ultimul drum |url=http://www.adevarul.ro/financiar/media/Cotidianul-pe_ultimul_drum_0_175782914.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224221814/http://www.adevarul.ro/financiar/media/Cotidianul-pe_ultimul_drum_0_175782914.html |archive-date=24 December 2009 |access-date=25 December 2009 |website=Adevarul.ro}}
Notable contributors
- {{ill|Cătălin Avramescu|ro}}
- Doru Bușcu
- Adrian Cioroianu
- Mirela Corlățan
- Răzvan Dumitrescu
- Eugen Istodor
- Adrian Majuru
- Andrei Marga
- Ioan T. Morar
- Cornel Nistorescu
- Cristian Oprea
- Octavian Paler
- Ovidiu Pecican
- Magdalena Popa Buluc
- Valerian Stan
- Jean-Lorin Sterian
- Liviu Ioan Stoiciu
- Cristian Teodorescu
- Vladimir Tismăneanu
- Robert Turcescu
- Traian Ungureanu
- Ioan Vieru
- Sever Voinescu
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|ro}}
{{Newspapers in Romania}}
Category:1991 establishments in Romania
Category:2009 disestablishments in Romania
Category:Newspapers established in 1991
Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2009
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Romania
Category:Newspapers published in Bucharest