Information about AWR "Wprost"

Publisher

"Wprost" is one of the most influential weekly news magazines in Poland. It is published by Agencja Wydawniczo-Reklamowa  WPROST.

Since the end of December 2009 the majority shareholder of AWR WPROST is Platforma Mediowa Point Group SA (GPW: POINTGROUP, PGM), which is one of the most dynamic companies in the Polish media and publishing industry. The portfolio of PMPG SA and its companies include: popular culture magazine "Machina", the oldest Polish film magazine “FILM” and student magazine “?dlaczego”. Moreover, PMPG-dependent companies offer advertising space in traditional media and campaigns in new media, as well as integrated marketing communication services, starting from strategy preparation, through creation and production stages, to realisation.

Quotations

In the ranking prepared by the Institute of Media Monitoring in June 2009 "Wprost" was one of ten most frequently quoted media in Poland and second among all opinion weeklies. In the research conducted by Newton Media in November and December 2009 WPROST was the unquestioned leader of all Polish weeklies quoted by other media.

Readers
"Wprost" is read by 10.1% of Polish men and 7.3% of Polish women (according to SMG/KRC survey conducted between July 2008 and June 2009). Every fourth of our readers (24%) lives in a big city of over 500,000 inhabitants; half of them (49,7%) have a degree; every fifth (21%) is a director or owner of a private company. Almost two thirds of our readers are less than 44 years old.

History

The first issue came out on 5 December 1982. It was then published in Poznań and tackled mainly regional matters, thus a vast number of issues was sold in the Wielkopolska region. In 1989 "Wprost" became a national magazine, gaining new readers and the position of the biggest opinion weekly in Poland. In November 2000 "Wprost" moved to Warsaw.

People

Editor-in-Chief is Stanisław Janecki, who replaced Piotr Gabryel. The magazine is created by a team of over 50 journalists, graphic designers and photographers. Our feature writers include Antoni Dudek, Robert Gwiazdowski, Prof. Witold Orłowski, Piotr Semka. In our over 20-year history such renown columnists have cooperated with us as Stefan Kisielewski, Leszek Balcerowicz, Lech Wałęsa, Wacław Wilczyński, Prof. Jacek Kurczewski, Stanisław Tym. 
Famous graphic artists have also contributed to the style and character of our magazine – Edward Dwurnik, Rafał Olbiński and Andrzej Krauze to name only a few.

Events

Every year the editors of "Wprost" grant the Man of the Year title, which has become a very prestigious award. So far they have honoured:

•    1991 - Leszek Balcerowicz, the Father of Polish economic reforms, the Head of the National Bank of Poland
•    1992 - Hanna Suchocka, the first woman in Polish history to become Prime Minister
•    1993 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski, the former President of Poland
•    1994 - Jacek Kuroń, one of the most popular Polish politicians according to the all public opinion polls
•    1995 - Lech Wałęsa, legendary leader of Solidarity in Gdańsk’s shipyard, former Polish president and Nobel Prize winner
•    1996 - Wisława Szymborska, poet from Kraków, 1996 Nobel Prize winner
•    1997 - Marian Krzaklewski, leader of Solidarity Election Action party, which won the parliamentary elections in 1997
•    1998 - Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister (1997-2001) in the Solidarity Election Action and Freedom Union coalition government
•    1999 - Bronisław Geremek, Man of State, former Foreign Affairs Minister, later the leader of Freedom Union
•    2000 - Andrzej Olechowski, runner-up in presidential elections in the year 2000, charter member of political group Platforma Obywatelska
•    2001 - Leszek Miller, Prime Minister, leader of post-communist Democratic Left Alliance
•    2002 - Leszek Miller and Günter Verheugen (for the first time the award was granted to two persons, to a foreigner (Günter Verheugen) and to a person awarded before. Leszek Miller was a 2001 laureate)
•    2003 - Jan Maria Rokita, chairman of the parliamentary club of Citizens Platform (Platforma Obywatelska)
•    2004 - Victor Yushchenko , Prime Minister of Ukraine (1999-2001), since December 2004 President of Ukraine
•    2005 - Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) , former Prime Minister of Poland
•    2006 - Zbigniew Ziobro - Minister of Justice
•    2007 - Leo Beenhakker - coach of football national team
•    2008 - Donald Tusk - Prime Minister

•    2009 – Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament

Wprost24.pl

Wprost24 was launched in 1995. Today we are visited by over 600,000 Internet users per month, generating around 3 million views per month (Megapanel PBI/Gemius report for June 2009).
Wprost24 provides daily news prepared by our journalists, updated news bulletin with our commentaries as well as editorials written by guest writers. Wprost24 also gives access to articles published in the paper edition of our magazine as well as the archive of all materials that have been printed since 1998. 

Other websites:

Gover.pl – the first watch dog website in Poland, which keeps an eye on politicians and their activity

InfoTuba.pl - citizen journalism website, forum for opinion exchange about politics, economy, society, culture and sports

Pitbul.pl – biting comments about politics and politicians

Blogbox.com.pl – library of blogs; collection of the best blogs from the Web

Nieruchomości.wprost.pl – the latest real estate ads to buy, sell or rent a house and apartment

Motoryzacja.wprost.pl – buy and sell ads of cars, lorries and motorcycles