Sme
{{Short description|Slovak newspaper}}
{{About||SMEs in business|Small and medium-sized enterprises||SME (disambiguation)}}
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| name = SME
| image = SME logo.png
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| foundation = January 1993
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| publisher = Petit Press
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| language = Slovak
| political = Left liberalism{{Citation |url=https://www.eurotopics.net/en/148785/sme |title=Sme |publisher=eurotopics |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425024545/https://www.eurotopics.net/en/148785/sme |archive-date=25 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}
| circulation = 32,853 (January 2015)
| headquarters = Bratislava, Slovakia
| sister newspapers = The Slovak Spectator, Új Szó, Korzár and various regional My noviny newspapers
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| website = {{URL|www.sme.sk}}
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Sme (stylized as SME) or Denník Sme ({{Lit|We Are Daily}}) is one of the widely-read mainstream broadsheets in Slovakia. Its website is one of the most-visited internet portals in Slovakia.{{Cite web|title=Top Sites in Slovakia|url=https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/SK|url-status=dead|website=Alexa Internet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125004345/https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/SK|archive-date=25 November 2018|access-date=27 January 2024}}
Ownership status
In June 2016, the Antimonopoly Office approved the transaction of the investment group Penta.{{Cite news|first=Adam|last=Valček|title=Úrad Pente odsúhlasil vstup do vydavateľstva Petit Press|url=https://index.sme.sk/c/20194064/urad-pente-odsuhlasil-vstup-do-vydavatelstva-petit-press.html|website=SME|location=Bratislava|publisher=Petit Press|date=17 June 2018|access-date=15 January 2018|language=sk|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416150746/https://index.sme.sk/c/20194064/urad-pente-odsuhlasil-vstup-do-vydavatelstva-petit-press.html|url-status=live}} At the end of 2017, represented by the company News and Media Holding,{{Cite web|title=News and Media Holding|url=http://www.pentainvestments.com/sk/investments/project/news-and-media-holding-6iYiLR.aspx|website=Penta Investments|access-date=17 January 2018|language=sk|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010229/http://www.pentainvestments.com/sk/investments/project/news-and-media-holding-6iYiLR.aspx|url-status=live}} Penta decreased to 40% after the latter company sold a five percent share in the share capital to the majority owner Prvá slovenská investičná skupina.{{Cite news|title=Denník Sme oslavuje 25 rokov|url=https://strategie.hnonline.sk/news/media/1675606-dennik-sme-oslavuje-25-rokov|website=Hospodárske noviny|date=15 January 2018|access-date=17 January 2018|language=sk}} The transaction of Penta financial group was announced on 22 April 2021.{{Cite news|title=MDIF purchases a 34% stake in leading Slovak publisher Petit Press|url=https://www.mdif.org/mdif-is-purchasing-a-34-stake-in-leading-slovak-publisher-petit-press/|url-status=dead|date=22 April 2021|website=MDIF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212944/https://www.mdif.org/mdif-is-purchasing-a-34-stake-in-leading-slovak-publisher-petit-press/|archive-date=20 September 2021}}
History
Founded in mid-January 1993, Sme is published six times a week by Petit Press.{{cite web|title=Mapping digital media: Slovakia|url=http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/mapping-digital-media-slovakia-20130702.pdf|work=Open Society Foundation|author=Miroslav Kollar|author2=Tomáš Czwitkowics|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212201624/http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/mapping-digital-media-slovakia-20130702.pdf|url-status=live}} The sister newspapers of SME include The Slovak Spectator, Új Szó, Korzár and various regional My noviny newspapers{{cite web|url=http://www.petitpress.sk/|title=Petit Press|publisher=Petit Press|access-date=14 January 2015|language=sk|archive-date=4 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204122807/http://www.petitpress.sk/|url-status=live}}
Its circulation was 76,590 copies in December 2006, 53,000 in 2011, 62,890 copies in September 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.petitpress.sk/inzercia/inzercia-sme|title=Inzercia SME|publisher=Petit Press|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702032809/http://petitpress.sk/inzercia/inzercia-sme|url-status=dead}} and 32,853 in January 2015 {{Cite web|title=Sme, Trend a ďalší v januári klesli na historické minimum|url=http://www.omediach.com/tlac/item/6373-sme-trend-a-dalsi-v-januari-klesli-na-historicke-minimum|language=sk|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012083730/http://www.omediach.com/tlac/item/6373-sme-trend-a-dalsi-v-januari-klesli-na-historicke-minimum|url-status=live}}
In 2014, Namav, a subject subvenced by the Penta Investments group, announced the purchase of Petit Press, the publisher of the newspaper. In reaction, a major part of the editorial board, including the editor-in-chief, announced their resignation. Matúš Kostolný, the departing editor-in-chief, stated: "We are leaving SME and we will try to create a new medium that no one will suspect that it serves someone other than the readers".{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/penta-se-nedala-odradit-vstoupila-do-slovenskeho-deniku-sme/r~249a355253b211e4b57a0025900fea04/|title=Penta se nedala odradit. Vstoupila do slovenského deníku Sme|date=14 October 2014|publisher=Aktuálně.cz|language=cs|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202192925/http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/penta-se-nedala-odradit-vstoupila-do-slovenskeho-deniku-sme/r~249a355253b211e4b57a0025900fea04/|url-status=live}}
Six years after the hostile takeover, Penta Investments group left Petit Press in 2021.{{Cite web|title=MDIF purchases a 34% stake in leading Slovak publisher Petit Press – MDIF|url=https://www.mdif.org/mdif-is-purchasing-a-34-stake-in-leading-slovak-publisher-petit-press/|access-date=13 October 2022|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212944/https://www.mdif.org/mdif-is-purchasing-a-34-stake-in-leading-slovak-publisher-petit-press/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Penta financial group leaves Petit Press six years after hostile takeover|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22643942/penta-financial-group-leaves-petit-press-six-years-after-hostile-takeover.html|website=The Slovak Spectator|location=Bratislava|publisher=Petit Press|date=22 April 2021|access-date=13 October 2022|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111044302/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22643942/penta-financial-group-leaves-petit-press-six-years-after-hostile-takeover.html|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.SME.sk}}
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Category:1993 establishments in Slovakia
Category:Newspapers established in 1993
Category:Newspapers published in Slovakia
Category:Slovak-language newspapers