Melantrich

The publisher Melantrich ( tschech.: Nakladatelství Melantrich ) was the largest Czech book, magazine and newspaper publishers of the 20th century. It existed from 1897 to 1999.

The editor Jaroslav Salda founded the publishing house and the connected printing end of the 19th century in Prague. In 1907 he published the newspaper " České slovo " ( Bohemian word). He had so such a great success that he the building " Hvězda " (asterisk) bought in the middle of Wenceslas Square in Prague and it was named after the Bohemian book printer Georg Melantrich Aventine ( 1511-1580 ). This name thus became also the name of the later largest publisher in Czechoslovakia. " České slovo " was a reputable newspaper. He later moved even the tabloid "A- Zet " and " Večerní Slovo " (evening- word), " Telegraph ", and a number of weekly newspapers and magazines, such as " Pražský ilustrovaný zpravodaj " ( Prague illustrated Rapporteur), " Hvězda českých paní a dívek " (star of Czech women and girls), " sTAR "," Eva "," Mladý hlasatel " ( The young speakers). The Melantrich brand became a symbol of national pride, national mindset and character of the cultivation of the Czech language and the home feeling.

After 1945, the newspaper " České slovo " was in " Svobodné slovo " (Eng. " Free Word " ) renamed and led by the legendary editor in chief Ivan Herben. 1946 Regional issues were resolved and the newspaper could again increase its circulation strong. He also founded the new weekly " Svobodný zítřek " ( The free morning), which reached millions of copies, under the leadership of the chief editor Luděk Stransky. Both print products were the basis of the post-war anti-communism under the rule of the National Front ( Národní fronta ).

After the coup in 1948, the government of President Gottwald finished the greatest enemy of the Communists in the press world economic activity. The publishing house was smashed into a real estate company with the building on Wenceslas Square, a printer and a publisher.

An association also was no longer possible after the Velvet Revolution. Due to the high cost of printing and rents lost the newspapers and magazines of the publisher million annually, also the rest fell. Since 1990, joined a number of editors, the newspaper " Svobodné slovo " was sold to Chemapol that (the word ) has changed its name to " Slovo " and after two years went bankrupt.

" Slovo " was sold in late 1998 to the German Rhine Publishing, which publishes the " zemské noviny " (national newspaper ) in the Czech Republic. This dismissed ninety percent of the editors and the editorial office moved into the " Římská ulice " ( Roman Road ) in Prague has to offer. The newspaper was set in 2001. The house Melantrich was auctioned in 1999.

• Magazine publisher
• Newspaper publisher
• Former company (Czech Republic)