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This message was announced by Daniel Obajtek, the chief of Orlen.
“We take over the publishing house @Polska_Press. Thanks for the deal, we have access to $ 17.4 million. users of portals belonging to the group ”, wrote D. Obajtekas on Twitter.
Polska Press, part of the German media group Verlagsgruppe Passau, currently publishes several regional newspapers in Poland, around 100 weekly newspapers, several magazines and owns a portal. Naszemiasto.pl.
Critic Marcin Zoborowski writes on Twitter that the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party will further monopolize information in Poland.
Political scientist Kamil Marcinkiewicz writes that this is a “tragic day for press freedom in Poland.”
When PiS came to power, the press freedom situation in the country deteriorated. Poland fell to a record low of 62 on the Media Freedom Index released in April. Five years ago, it was ranked 18. For comparison: Lithuania ranked 28th this year, Latvia 22nd, Estonia 14. PiS also controls the Polish public broadcaster.
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