Mladá fronta Dnes (Young Front Today), also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes (Today), is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic.[1] As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper,[2] after the tabloid Blesk.
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The front page of Mladá fronta Dnes on 16 May 2012
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | MAFRA, a.s. |
| Editor | Jaroslav Plesl |
| Founded | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) |
| Political alignment | Conservatism[1] Economic liberalism |
| Language | Czech |
| Headquarters | Prague |
| Website | mfdnes |
Mladá fronta Dnes is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the former Czech Prime Minister (from 2018), Andrej Babiš. MAFRA a.s. was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH[3] (the publisher of the Rheinische Post), that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994.
The newspaper is published in Berliner format.[4] It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation can be described as right-wing conservative.[1]
