Lidové noviny to end print run after 130 years
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Media conglomerate Mafra announced today that it will cease printing Lidové noviny, one of the country's oldest newspapers, by the end of August.
Subscribers won't be left empty-handed, however. They'll receive the daily Mladá fronta Dnes at no extra cost, along with access to iDNES Premium's online content for a symbolic 1 Czech crown until the end of this year.
Lidové noviny's website, lidovky.cz, is set for a significant expansion, with a focus on opinion pieces - a nod to the paper's rich tradition of commentary that readers have come to value.
The paper's crown jewel, the "Orientace" weekend supplement, which draws thousands of Saturday subscribers, will find a new home in the weekend edition of Mladá fronta Dnes come September.
Founded in Brno in 1893, Lidové noviny has weathered storms including a forced closure under communist rule in 1952. It resurfaced as an underground publication in the late 1980s before resuming daily publication in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution.