Gazeta Nowa (1990–1993): An abortive attempt to break the monopoly of the established party dailies
Keywords:
Polish press in the 1990s, Polish regional press, Zielona Góra, Gazeta Nowa versus Gazeta Lubuska, Głos WielkopolskiAbstract
The article chronicles the history of Gazeta Nowa, one of the first new papers to be launched in Poland after the political breakthrough of 1989, from the perspective of its founder Andrzej Bucek. Started in Zielona Góra as a weekly, it soon transformed itself into a daily with local mutations in Głogów, Gorzów, Lubin, and after 1992 also in Żary. The article examines the circumstances of its launch and the expectations and aims of its founder, before focusing on the profile and structure of the paper (with a full list of its editorial staff). Drawing on his personal memories as well as generally known facts, the author analyzes first the rise of Gazeta Nowa to a position where it challenged the regional leader Gazeta Lubuska and then the problems which led to its demise in July 1993.
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