Gazeta Współczesna
Polish daily newspaper
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Gazeta Współczesna is a Polish daily newspaper based in Białystok. It is owned by Polska Press.[1]
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 Kamienica Jossema, the first headquarters of the newspaper | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Polska Press |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Language | Polish |
| Headquarters | Białystok, Poland |
| ISSN | 0137-9488 |
| Website | wspolczesna |
History
In 1950, the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party wrote a letter to the provincial party committee in Białystok emphasizing the need for a party-backed newspaper to serve the Białystok Voivodeship. The first issue of the newspaper, then titled Gazeta Białostocka, was published on 1 September 1951. Stefan Pawlata served as the newspaper's first editor-in-chief, with Tadeusz Bazylko as his deputy. Its editorial board consisted of four journalists, all approved by the Central Committee.[2] Its headquarters was located in Kamienica Jossema.[3]
Renaming
In 1975, following the partition of the Białystok Voivodeship, the newspaper's name was changed to Gazeta Współczesna.[4] That year, its average circulation was over 125,000 copies.[5]
Following the fall of the Polish United Workers' Party, Gazeta Współczesna was taken over by the Białystok Regional Board of Solidarity in 1991.[6]
