Kauno diena

Kauno diena (Kaunas Daily) is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas.

History and profile

In 1998, Kauno diena was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media stakes to the investment company Hermis Capital. Its daily circulation in 2005 was about 38,000 copies.

It was formerly known as Tarybų Lietuva (Soviet Lithuania, 1945–1950) and Kauno Tiesa (Kaunas Truth, 1950–1992).

The present editor in chief of Kauno diena is Arūnas Andriuškevičius.

Previous editors

1945 – Jonas Šimkus

1945–1950 – Donatas Roda

1950 – Juozas Chlivickas

1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas

1954–1956 – Julius Čygas

1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša

1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius

1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas

1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė

1999–2007 – Aušra Lėka

2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis

See also

Eastern Bloc information dissemination

References

External links

Kauno diena online

Eastern Bloc mass media

Newspapers established in 1945

Newspapers published in Kaunas

Newspapers published in the Soviet Union

Daily newspapers published in Lithuania