Kauno diena is a Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n daily newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

, printed in Kaunas

Kaunas

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

. In 1998, it was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press, and in December 2006 by investment company Hermis Capital. Its daily circulation in 2005 was circa 38,000 copies.

It was formerly known as Tarybų Lietuva (Soviet Lithuania, 1945–1950) and Kauno Tiesa (Kaunas Truth, 1950–1992).

The present editor in chief

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 of Kauno diena is Žilvinė Petrauskaitė-Taranda.

Previous editors

• 1945 – Jonas Šimkus
• 1945–1950 – Donatas Roda
• 1950 – Juozas Chlivickas
• 1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas
• 1954–1956 – Julius Čygas
• 1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša
• 1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius
• 1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas
• 1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė
• 1999–2007 – Aušra Lėka
• 2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis

External links

• Kauno diena online