Data by ABC Srbija referring to October 2013 register further fall of circulation figures of the leading daily newspapers, and mild growth with most of the magazines.
Among daily newspapers, the first is still the “Blic” with averagely 105.185 sold copies daily (113.859, September, 111.858 August, 116.932 July, 115.217 June, 106.783 May, 108.455 April, 114.736 March, February 132.125, January – 142.976). The second is the “Alo“ with 103.325 (106.488, September, 106.418 sold on average in August, 109.211 July, 105.109 June, 106.981 May, 114.077 April, 119.151 March, 124.864 in February). For the first time in decades, the “Novosti” fell below 100.000 sold copies to – 97.434 (101.772 September, 105.812 August, 102.663 July, 105.835 June, 109.248 May, 114.726 April, 119.044 March,
124.802, February).
In August, The “Magyar szo“ averagely sold 6.768 copies daily (7.184 September, 6511 August, 6.311 July, 7.264 June, 7.600 May, 7.503 in April, 7.803 in March, February – 7.947).
Daily newspapers the “Politika”, “Politikin žurnal“, “Dnevnik“, “Danas“, “Informer“, „Kurir“, “Naše Novine“ and “Sport“ are not included in the ABC audit.
The best-selling print media in Serbia is still the magazine published by “Color Press Group” – “Pošalji recept“ with 176.992 sold copies. The second among the magazines, and at the same time on the first place among the weeklies is the “Blic žena“ with 150.011 sold copies, and on the third place there is the “Torte i kolači“ with 130.693 copies during October.
The greatest monthly leap in October was registered by two weeklies published by “Color Press Group” – “Scandal“ (from 65.726 to 75.834) and “Star“ from 35.719 to 44.055.
Following the previous trend, again this month out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia, “Color Press Group” publishes as many as 15. “Axel Springer Ringier” publishes 3, and “Adria Media Srbija” 2 magazines within the Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
Average circulation sold according to data by ABC Srbija, October 2013. The chart does not include magazines distributed free of charge.
Mokra gora School of Management organized a two-day event Winter VIVALDI CMO & CCO Forum at Mokra gora. Marketing, PR, branding, communications, social networks, digital media, rating and other terms became a part of our everyday life, but still it remains unclear whether we fully understand the terms, and use them with the aim to create new values.
This year’s Winter VIVALDI CMO & CCO Forum dealt with professional topics of great significance to the industry of marketing, communications and media. Among the lecturers and panelists there were Ivan Stanković, Voja Žanetić, Branislav Brkljač, Srđan Janićijević, Borislav Miljanović, Slobodan Georgiev, Slađana Paunović, Dragana Đermanović, Dragan Močević, Robert Čoban and many others.
In November, Web portals by “Color Press Group” registered a brand new record of 8.9 million visits. The success is even more relevant bearing in mind that November is shorter by one day from the previous month.
Svet Android application gathered over 800 thousand users a month.
For the first time, the portal lepotaizdravlje.rs exceeded 900.000 visits, scandal.rs registered a record of 1.96 million visits, and bravacasa.rs a record-breaking 166.000 visits.
The portal ubavinaizdravje.mk also kicked off with a good start with 65.000 visits. This is the fourth Web portal which follows the success of the “Lepota i zdravlje” brand, throughout all six countries of the region (before it, lepotaizdravlje.rs, ljepotaizdravlje.ba and ljepotaizdravlje.hr have been launched).
This year, ABC Serbia has organised the traditional, fifth Media Summit entitled „New Media Revolution“. This year’s conference took place in Metropol Palace Hotel and for the past five years, it has been the biggest gathering of regional leaders of media industry. Its goal is being acquainted with new technologies and channels of distribution of information, new options for income increase from advertising, transparent business operations and exchange of opinions and experiences of media leaders.
The following representatives of media and advertising agencies spoke at the first panel: Dominic Lyle, general manager of EACA, Jovan Stojanovic, director of Direct Media agency and Bojan Rendulic, general manager of Initiative FB.
Before the panel on the topic of digitalisation of magazines, president of Color Press Group, Robert Coban, spoke about the new media products of his company and represented the chronology of the structure of income in CPG from 1992 onwards.
Presentation
Veselin Simonovic, editor-in-chief of Blic, daily, Ratko Dmitrovic, general manager and editor-in-chief of Novosti, daily, Dragoljub Zarkovic, editor-in-chief of Vreme, weekly and Zoran Stanojevic, editor at RTS spoke about journalism ethics and new media.
Color Press Group portals in October have reached record-breaking 8.8 million visits and 34.3 million views! Portal svet.rs again has record-breaking 4.58 million visits and for the first time, more than 19 million views. Scandal.rs is ranked second, having achieved a new record of 1.9 million visits (+21%). Svet.rs android application now has 786,000 visits a month and 5.5 million viewed pages (+15%). Bravacasa.rs portal continues its growth and it has recorded 155,000 visits (+17%), while lepotaizdravlje.rs, with 738,000 visits has record-breaking 2.4 million viewed pages (+15%)
The first conference dedicated to „digital generation“, „Teen Talk 2013: What Digital Native Generation Wants“, organised by Bravo magazine, has been held today at Belgrade Youth Centre. The conference gathered experts from the area of communications, media, film, psychology, music, sports and many other areas related to the behaviour, consumer, social and cultural habits and needs of teenagers.
Among the lecturers and panelists, there were many public persons who deal with this subject in their line of work.
The first panel, „From strip to ‘Clip’“ was about what high school students hide under their desks today. Panel discussion was conducted by Galeb Nikacevic, with the participation of a high student Aleksa Balasevic (son of Djordje Balasevic) who admitted that he goes to rafts, but that he sometimes also listens to the opera!
Other participants in the panel were Gordana Fiket Djurkovic, PR of „Čarobna knjiga“, Mirjana Vlaovic, writer, Tamara Simic Jacimovski, professor in Seventh Belgrade Grammar School, Vidoje Radulovic, deputy manager of „Children’s Village“ at Sremska Kamenica and Uros Zoric, e-business administrator at Telenor.
Tamara Simic Jacimovski, chemistry teacher: „I sometimes find two mobile phones under their desks! Children are able to use two mobile phones at the same time. When they do not understand study subjects, they use the internet in order to broaden their knowledge. I try to keep them interested, as much as I can, so that they are active in the class. I hope that we will soon have WiFi installed in our classrooms. As a chemistry professor, I find it amusing that students became interested in chemistry by watching ‘Breaking Bad’ TV series.“.
Panel dubbed „Kids/Hooligans“, dedicated to violence at sports events, attracted a lot of attention. „We all know about England and its problem with hooligans, who deals with it and how it is being solved. In Serbia, the whole story is a government project. We are the only country that supports and uses groups supporter and hooligan groups!,“ Stevan Filipovic, director of „Šisanje“, said.
Milan Djukic, president of „Vojvodina“ handball club, says: „Persons under 14 years of age are deliberately being ‘infiltrated’ into supporter groups, because the law does not hold them responsible for felonies, so they cannot be legally pursued!“.
„Hooligans are in fact cowards who can only attack someone when they are in a group! Be heroes in these non-heroic times and isolate hooligans from your environment!,“ Nenad Borovcanin from the Ministry of Youth and Sport, told teenagers.
Slobodan Georgijev, journalist from Vreme, weekly magazine, says: „I am a great supporter, but I no longer go to the matches of my favourite club. I decided not to go to the matches any more when I realised that the stands are not a place for support, but a place for recruitment!“
The fourth panel was dubbed „WOW – LOL!: How do teenagers communicate with each other and with the ‘outside world’“. Violeta Babic, childrens’ book author and a reader at „Creative Centre“, Denis Jovanovic, model, Tatjana Peternek-Aleksic, reporter (RTS), dr Zoran Milivojevic, psychotherapist, Vojislav Arsic, executive director of „Centre E8“ and Masa Milutinovic from „The Youth Initiative for Human Rights“, participated in the panel. Irena Dubak, founder of the association „The House of Achievement“ was the moderator.
Zoran Milivojevic noted: „I am a ‘digital immigrant’. It is completely different when you grow up with social networks. Digital communication is essential for today’s generations. Technology is what separates the old from the young. Teenagers are digital natives and their parents are digital immigrants.“.
Sara Jovanovic, a participant of „The First Voice of Serbia“, Vukasin Brajic, a participant in „Operation Triumph“, Nikola Jovanovic, talent and music manager, MTV & VH1 Adria, Emilija Djonin, a participant in „Got Talent“, Kristina Kovac, a composer and a member of jury in „X Factor“ reality show and Petar Janjatovic, a music critic, and member of the jury in „Idol“ reality show participated in a panel dubbed „Five minutes of fame“, dedicated to music reality shows.
„None of us is looking for a singer nor a talent. In foreign reality shows, people like Simon Cowell are looking for talented singers who will later make them money. That is a difference between a domestic and foreign reality shows. The point is that, to succeed in this country, you can only rely on yourself, which applies to everything, and show business as well,“ Vukasin Brajic said.
Apart from the four panels, four presentations have also been held, dubbed „Is 10 The New 15? Traps and Puzzles of Accelerated Growing Up“, Vesna Brzev-Curcic, a psychologist; „School Without Violence“, UNICEF, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development/Unit for the Prevention of Violence and Telenor, Biljana Lajovic, coordinator of JPN/MPNTR and representatives of the „School Without Violence“ and campaign dubbed „Choose words, prevent hate“; „What Our Children Are Really Like“, a survey by SMMRI about the habits of the generation of „digital natives“, as well as „Music – Universal Channel of Communication“, Milica Milivojevic, expert for postpaid services for private customers at Telenor and Goran Stupar, a media specialist at Telenor.
Data of ABC Serbia related to August 2013 show a slight drop in circulation of the leading daily newspapers and slight rise in circulation of majority of magazines.
„Blic“ is still ranked first among the daily newspapers with average of 111,858 sold copies (July 116,932, June 115,217, May 106,783, April 108,455, March 114,736, February 132,125, January 142,976).
It is followed by ALO!, daily with the average of 106,981 sold copies in August (July 109,211, June 105,109, May 106,981, April 114,077, March 119,151, February 124,864). Novosti recorded a slight rise, so average circulation in August was 105,812 (July 102,663, June 105,835, May 109,248, April 114,726, March 119,044, February 124,802).
In August, „Magyar szo“ sold 7,184 copies on average (July 6,311, June 7,264, May 7,600, April 7,503, March 7,803, February 7,947).
Daily newspapers such as „Politika“, „Politikin zurnal“, „Dnevnik“, „Danas“, „Informer“, „Kurir“, „Nase Novine“ and „Sport“ are not included in ABC audit.
The best-selling print medium in Serbia is still „Send a Recipe“ magazine by Color Press Group, with 186,686 sold copies. The second among the magazines and also the first among the weekly magazines is „Blic zena“, with 154,552 sold copies, while „Cakes and Cookies“ is ranked thrid, with 134,222 sold copies in July.
This month, and in previous months as well, out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia, Color Press Group publishes 15, Axel Springer Ringier publishes 2 and Adria Media Serbia publishes 2 magazines among the Top 20.
Average sold circulation according to ABC Serbia, August 2013.
The table does not contain magazines distributed free of charge.
At the Congress Centre of Novi Sad Fair, within the International Tourist Fair, a „Food & Wine Chat“ was held yesterday, organised by culinary editions of Color Press Group („Good Food“, „Send a recipe“ and „Cakes and Cookies“). Panel on combining food and wine is the extension of the very successsful project, dubbed „Food Talk“, the first regional food conference, which was held in June at „Salas 137“ near Cenej, and which included participants such as Oliver Mlakar, Stevo Karapandza and Djordje Balasevic.
The participants of „Food & Wine Chat“ were the renowned chefs, restaurant owners and top experts of wine culture in Serbia and in the world – Milos Jovanovic, chef of „Que Pasa“ in Belgrade, Savo Kesar, owner and founder of Mediteraneo wine festival of gastronomy and wine tourism, Aleksandar Samardzija, one of the co-owners of „Salas 137“ restaurant, Zdravko Brkic, president of „Cigar Society“ club and founder of the Association of professional sommeliers of Serbia, Ivan Zoric, technology expert for the development of new products from „Imlek“ company and Michael Kreiling, chef at Hyatt Regency in Belgrade. Duska Jovanic was the moderator of this interesting discussion. Panel visitors enjoyed wines from the rich selection of „Tikves“ winery, „Imlek“ cheeses, refreshments from Knjaz Milos and specialties prepared by participants in the panel. One of the conclusions of the panel discussion was that Serbia offers quality food and very good wines, but that people still do not know much about that offer.
Zdravko Brkic objects to domestic hotels and restaurants for not promoting Serbian wines enough. „Hotel Square Nine in Belgrade has a perfect cuisine and excellent service, but only four labels of Serbian wines, which is unacceptable!“
Michael Kreiling, chef at Hyatt Regency, says: „I think that food and wine should be in harmony; French think that food and wine are like marriage, and I think it’s more like flirt.“
Aleksandar Samardzija says that the most cheerful guests from the region are those from Slovenia and notices that younger generations spend more time being photographed with „tamburica“ bands and posting those photos on social networks than enjoying the music and atmosphere! He also says: „In Novi Sad, people do not go to restaurants for lunch as much as they do in Belgrade, because there is still the cult of family lunch here, while people in Belgrade prefer eating out!“
„Pro Femina 2013: Female health in focus“ round table, organised by „Health&Beauty“ magazine, took place today at Hyatt Regency Hotel. The topic of the round table was women’s health in Serbia. What can we do regarding prevention, what are the factors that are the most detrimental to women’s health, how much women are responsible for themselves, and to what extent are the community, their family, their company and wider social community responsible for her? Questions such as: what are the rights of women when they get ill and who is representing their rights, which laws are not working for us and what are the chances for them to change, were addressed by prof dr Dubravka Stojanovic, prof dr Dragana Bogdanovic-Stojanovic, radiology specialist, dr Milica Janicijevic, gynaecology and obstetrics specialist, dr Mirjana Tatarevic, psychiatry specialist, prof dr Dusko Ilic, fitness expert, ass. Mr sc Tatjana Mraovic, hygiene specialist and dietologist, Jasmina Gajic, PR & Advertising specialist SRB&MNE, AVON Cosmetics Serbia & Montenegro, prof dr Branislava Belic, vice-president of Vojvodina Autonomous Province Assembly, department of health, dr Danica Salaski, Republic Institute for Health Insurance, Ivana Trifunovic, HR service, Telenor, Ana Stamenkovic, reporter from Informative Programme of RTS, prof dr Aleksandra Novakov Mikic, gynaecology and obstetrics specialist, prof dr Aleksandar Ljubic and dr Mila Zivojinovic, cardiologist.
Quotes:
„Every day, 151 persons in Serbia die from heart failure, majority of which are women, contrary to the belief that heart diseases are typically ‘male’!“, dr Mila Zivojinovic, cardiologist.
„At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 752 women on 1,000 men, while in all other European countries, there are more women than men. In 1903, average life expectancy of Serbian women was 39, and 49 for men. Divorced women lived 35 years on average! In 1903, there were 113 deceased girls aged 15-26 on 76 boys! As many as 49% of children in the country died by the age of six!,” dr Dubravka Stojanovic, a historian and author of the book “Behind the Curtain”, reports the shocking data and adds that the main cause of mortality for women were multiple pregnancies and huge death rate during delivery.
“Out of 100,000 women who got a call for the screening for breast cancer, only 10,000 appeared!,” dr Danica Salaski, Republic Institute for Health Insurance
“Chiefs of cabinets, PRs… up to 40% of non-medical staff in our healthcare facilities, and great shortage of doctors, which is unacceptable!!!,” dr Branislava Belic
“Every ninth woman in Serbia gets breast cancer. If these trends continue, in 15 years, every other woman will get breast cancer! Self-inspection is not enough! How many of you dye your own hair? Give your health at least as much time as you give your hair,!” dr Dragana Bogdanovic
“Telenor is ranked among the top three desirable employers in Serbia. We go to Telenor’s “state health office”. Namely, during working hours, our employees always have doctors’ services at their disposal. Also, we insist that every employee have their replacement and that they might take a sick leave without any fears or doubts,” Ivana Trifunovic from Telenor’s HR service reveals and adds that 8% of the overall number of employees are at maternity leave at the moment.
After a slight drop in the number of visits during August and holiday season, internet portals of Color Press Group once again record a rise in visits during September. According to Google Analytics, svet.rs portal had a record 4.26 million visits, while scandal.rs was also a portal with record breaking 1.56 visits.
Android application for svet.rs portal has 673,000 users per month and 4.8 million viewed pages (with 12% rise in September). Bravacasa.rs portal had a record breaking 133,000 visits (+44%), as well as hellomagazin.rs, which also broke another record, 719,000 visits (+6%). A high rise in the number of visits was also recorded with posaljirecept.rs portal (+18%). Android applications for lepotaizdravlje.rs and bravo.rs are under way, and the readers may expect them in the following month.
As of October 1, 2013, fishing magazine with the highest circulation, „Reviri Srbije“ will change its name into „Reviri BLINKER“ and it will become a part of the team of the largest magazine publisher in the region, Color Press Group.
Color Press Group recognised the quality, since this magazine has ensured its longevity with rich content aimed at all fishermen and nature lovers.
„Reviri BLINKER“ is a specialised magazine in which reader may find many practical advice, from the instructions on how to find one’s own fishing paradise to the description of the content that each fishing source may offer them. The main features of this magazine are quality photographs, modern design and interesting columns written by excellent fishermen and ecologists. Magazine is characterised by a modern aproach to all fishing techniques which gives the readers fully informative columns with concise and adequate solutions for every situation. Columns with rich content offer advice, recommendations and experiences for fishermen with various interests and of different age groups.
This is not just another fishing magazine. „Reviri Blinker“ magazine is aimed primarily at fishermen, but also at all nature lovers. Our goal is an honest and open attitude towards nature and people, advancement of the environment and improvement of the quality of life.
We want rich fishing sources which will enable every fisherman and a friend of nature to enjoy various activities. That is why we pay special attention to ecology and water protection, and the magazine also promotes generosity among fishermen with the slogan „catch and release“.
Magazine will be issued on the first of every month and its price would be RSD 50.
Tonight, in Rome, International Federation of Magazine Publishers organised an opening party for the tomorrow’s start of 39th World Magazine Congress. Cocktail party organised by „Grazia“ magazine with the theme of „Roman Holiday“ took place in Villa Miani next to „Rome Cavalieri“ hotel in which the congress will take place. Villa has the perfect view of Rome and Vatican and it was the venue of the party themed after the famous Wyler’s classic with Audrey Hepburn. It caprivated the spirit of the 1950s, when the movie was shot: oldtimers, Vespas, newspaper street sellers, a band playing 1950s music, shoe cleaners, hair-dressers, paparazzi…
Villa Miani from 1873 was the perfect venue for the beginning of the 39th Congress of magazine publishers which gathered over 700 delegates from around the world. FIPP World Congress takes place every other year, and over the last few years, it was hosted by New Delhi (2011), London (2009), Beijing (2007) and New York (2005).
Robert Coban, president of Color Press Group, represents Serbia in Rome. As the largest magazine publisher in SEE region, Color Press Group publishes 64 magazines, owns 11 internet portals and several conferences at the territory of all the six republics of former Yugoslavia. Among others, it publishes two versions of „Grazia“ magazine – for Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
An exhibition entitled „La Grande Iza of Vlah Bukovac“ was opened at the Serbian Home of Military in Belgrade. „La Grande Iza“ painting has been exhibited in Belgrade for the first time since it was given to the legacy of Pavle Beljanski in Novi Sad, fifty years ago.
At the exhibition, which will be opened by November 2, the painting will be displayed in public for the first time after the restoration. „La Grande Iza“ painting, which is one of the most acclaimed works of the author, was painted in 1882. At the time, French public called the painting “a sensation” at the Spring Salon in Paris, and also dubbed it „the poem for the lustful woman“. Many public persons from the world of culture and media were present, as well as Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic and Princess Katarina, who made the opening of the exhibition even more grand. Visitors had a chance to hear interesting details related to the creation of the painting, but also about its restoration at the conservation and restoration department of Matica srpska Gallery. Dr Jasna Jovanov, director of the collection of Pavle Beljanski and dr Danijela Korolija Crkvenjakoviz from the Matica srpska Gallery spoke about „La Grande Iza“. After that, the exhibition was officially opened by Slavisa Grujic, secretary for culture and information of the AP of Vojvodina.
„The Economist“ magazine and Color Press Group are the media sponsors of this unique event after which the visitors enjoyed the cocktail party and exchange of impressions from this unique event with Campari and wines from „Zvonko Bogdan Winery“.
The latest data by ABC Srbija, referring to July 2013, have recorded traditional summertime rise in circulation, mild with daily newspapers and quite big with magazines such as “Svet”, “Star”, “Scandal”, “Lepota i zdravlje”…
Among daily newspapers, the “Blic” is the leader, with averagely 116.932 copies sold (115.217 June, 106.783 May, 108.455 April, 114.736 March, February 132.125, January142.976). The “Novosti” continued to drop, and in July its average circulation sold was 102.663 copies (105.835 June, 109.248 May, 114.726 April, 119.044 March, 124.802, February). The second place is occupied by the “Alo” with 109.211 copies sold on average (105.109 June, 106.981 May, 114.077 April, 119.151 March, 124.864 February). “Magyar szo“ sold averagely 6.311 copies in July (7.264 June, 7.600 May, 7.503 in April, 7.803 in March, February 7.947).
Daily newspapers “Politika“, “Politikin žurnal“, “Dnevnik“, „Danas“, “Informer“, “Kurir“, “Naše Novine“ and “Sport“ are not included in the ABC audit.
In Serbia, the best-selling print media is still a magazine published by “Color Press Group – “Pošalji recept“ with 185.330 sold copies. The second place among the magazines, and at the same time the first place among weeklies is occupied by the “Blic žena“ with 154.708 sold copies, whereas on the third place lies the magazine “Torte i kolači“ with 140.250 sold copies in July.
Following the previous trend, throughout this month, out of twenty best-selling magazines in Serbia – “Color Press Group” publishes as many as fifteen. “Axel Springer Ringier” publishes three, whereas “Adria Media Srbija” publishes two magazines within the top twenty.
Average circulation sold, according to data by ABC Srbija, July 2013. The chart does not include magazines distributed free of charge.
Following the trend from previous years, in August the number of visits to CPG portals decreased, as a result of holiday season (traditionally, in August the circulation of newspapers is at its highest, while the level of visits to portals is at its lowest).
Nevertheless, certain portals registered a rise in August, even record-breaking: Svet Android application registered 622.000 views, and 4.37 million loaded pages. The portal lepotaizdravlje.rs – reached its record with 734 thousand visits, and the same is with the portal hellomagazin.rs, which broke the record with 677 thousand visits.
The portal bravacasa.rs registered a rise in the number of visits from 64.000 to 92.000, and posaljirecept.rs from 41.000 to 62.000.
The company “Color Press Group” has launched its eleventh Web portal – Ubavina i zdravje (URL ubavinaizdravje.mk), which represents the Macedonian edition of a favourite online destination for women – “Lepota i zdravlje” (“Beauty and Health”).
From now on, all Macedonian ladies will be able to inform themselves of the latest fashion and beauty trends, discover best recipes, find out news about celebrities, get advice on alimentation, exercises, care and upbringing of children, but also to read interesting texts on other favourite female topics – horoscope, love and sex.
– This is the first Web portal launched by CPG on the Macedonian market, but soon there will be more. In addition, we are preparing other news for our readers, namely the Android application of the portal Lepotaizdravlje.rs, which will come out during autumn – reveals Ivana Stanišić, director of Net Media, a company which gathers all CPG portals.
LZ portals are also available to readers from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, at ljepotaizdravlje.ba and ljepotaizdravlje.hr.
Autumn semester of the School for Journalists and Editors at CPG starts on Saturday, October 5th!
Being the biggest magazine publisher in the region with sixty-four editions and nine Web portals in six republics of the former Yugoslavia, the company “Color Press Group” each year employs a certain number of new journalists and editors, who later work on some of the projects and publications within the company.
Priority upon employment lies with candidates who have completed the course at the School for Journalists and Editors at CPG, comprised of fifty-five classes throughout three months, during which they engage in the most important segments of work within the company’s system, and adapt to work conditions at showbiz and lifestyle magazines published by CPG.
Two to three most successful trainees from each generation get employment within CPG.
As many as five trainees from the previous, spring semester, have already started working on portals and magazines belonging to CPG.
The groups contain twelve to fifteen trainees, and the classes are lectured by long-time editors, lectors and journalists from “Color Press Group” (Lidija Ćulibrk, Gabrijela
Vinković-Mirković, Robert Čoban, Sreten Radović, Ivana Stanišić, Igor Conić, Aida Bajazet, and more…).
The classes are held on Saturdays, from 10:00 to 15:15, within the premises of “Color Press Group”, 102 Temerinska Street, Novi Sad.
Enrollment is scheduled to last up to September, 30th 2013. Fifty-five classes are to be held throughout eleven Saturdays, each containing five classes:
…
10:00 – 12:00 – 1.-2. class
15 min break
12:15 – 13:15 – 3. class
13:15 – 15:15 – 4-5. class
Dates:
OCTOBER
05.10.
12.10
19.10.
26.10.
NOVEMBER
02.11.
09.11.
16.11.
23.11.
30.11.
DECEMBER
07.12.
14.12.
21.12. – Presentation of diplomas
SOLEMN PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS: 21.12.
FEE: 9.900 dinars + VAT = 11.880 RSD
“Color Press Group” is offering scholarship for one trainee belonging to the Roma population, and one trainee with disability.
Payment slip can be obtained here.
Having completed the payment – take a photograph or scan a validated receipt and together with your personal data (name and surname, date and place of birth, education, language skills, any previous professional experience, and cell phone number) and one photograph, send to: SkolaCPG@gmail.com
Any questions regarding CPG School can be sent via E-mail to: SkolaCPG@gmail.com
The latest reports of ABC Srbija concerning May 2013 reveal a decline in circulation of all daily newspapers. The best-selling daily newspapers in Serbia in May are the following:”Novosti” with the average of 109 248 sold copies (114.726 April, 119.044 March, 124.802, February), the second one is “Alo” with 106.981 sold copies (114.077 April, 119.151 March, 124.864 in February), while “Blic” is in the third place with the average of 106.783 sold copies (108.455 April, March 114.736, February 132.125, January – 142.976).
“Magyar szo” sold 7.600 copies in May (7.503 in April, 7.803 in March, February – 7.947).
Daily newspapers “Politika”, “Politikin Žurnal”, “Dnevnik”, “Danas”, “Informer”, “Kurir”, “Naše Novine”, and “Sport” are not members of ABC Srbija.
The best-selling printed media in Serbia is still Color Press Group’s magazine “Pošalji recept” with 179.107 sold copies. The second among the magazines is “Blic žena” with 142.446 sold copies, which is also the best-selling weekly, and the third is “Torte i kolači” with 140.278 sold copies in May. Magazine “Scandal” recorded a spike in sales, from 52.045 in April to 60.880 in May, a 17% rise.
In May, as in the previous months, Color Press Group published 15 out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia. Axel Springer Ringier published 3 and Adria Media Serbia has published 2 magazines out of Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
The average circulation in May 2013, according to ABC Serbia.
Free magazines are not included in the table.
The latest reports of ABC Srbija concerning May 2013 reveal a decline in circulation of all daily newspapers. The best-selling daily newspapers in Serbia in May are the following:”Novosti” with the average of 109 248 sold copies (114.726 April, 119.044 March, 124.802, February), the second one is “Alo” with 106.981 sold copies (114.077 April, 119.151 March, 124.864 in February), while “Blic” is in the third place with the average of 106.783 sold copies (108.455 April, March 114.736, February 132.125, January – 142.976).
“Magyar szo” sold 7.600 copies in May (7.503 in April, 7.803 in March, February – 7.947).
Daily newspapers “Politika”, “Politikin Žurnal”, “Dnevnik”, “Danas”, “Informer”, “Kurir”, “Naše Novine”, and “Sport” are not members of ABC Srbija.
The best-selling printed media in Serbia is still Color Press Group’s magazine “Pošalji recept” with 179.107 sold copies. The second among the magazines is “Blic žena” with 142.446 sold copies, which is also the best-selling weekly, and the third is “Torte i kolači” with 140.278 sold copies in May. Magazine “Scandal” recorded a spike in sales, from 52.045 in April to 60.880 in May, a 17% rise.
In May, as in the previous months, Color Press Group published 15 out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia. Axel Springer Ringier published 3 and Adria Media Serbia has published 2 magazines out of Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
The average circulation in May 2013, according to ABC Serbia.
Free magazines are not included in the table.
Although over the previous years, summer months implied a drop in visits to Web portals belonging to CPG, this year this has not been the case! Rise in number of visits and loaded pages is present every month, and the reason lies in the Android application forsvet.rs (which enables easier reading when at the beach, abroad…) and new portals (bravacasa.rs and posaljirecept.rs), as well as in new content and sections at old portals.
According to statistics by Google Analytics:
Overall, all CPG portals: absolute record in number of visits – 8.3 million, as well as absolute record in number of loaded pages – 32.4 million!
– Svet Android application received 636.698 visits in July (130 thousand more than during the previous month) and 4.1 million loaded pages (1 million more than during the previous month)!
The portal bravo.rs reached a record-breaking number of 622 thousand visits, with an increase rate of as much as 33%, whereas svet.rs received a monthly record in number of visits – over 4.4 million and 18.7 million loaded pages, with an increase rate of 1.66%.
The portal scandal.rs registered a monthly record in number of visits amounting to over 1.7 million, and an increase rate of 5.57%, whereas lepotaizdravlje.rs received a record-breaking 693 thousand visits, hellomagazin.rs – record of 623 thousand visits, the portalbravacasa.rs –again an increase rate of 50% and 64 thousand visits.
“We believe that new sections at the portals, such as Chronicle and Sport at svet.rs will contribute to further increase in the number of visits, and taking into account that in near future we will introduce Android applications for bravo.rs and lepotaizdravlje.rs, we expect even greater increase!”, says Ivana Stanišić, director of Net Medija, the company which encompasses all CPG portals.
On Wednesday, the 17th of July, in the beautiful ambience of Purobeach in PortoMontenegro, Tivat, the Montenegrin publication of the magazine “Lepota i Zdravlje” threw a big party to celebrate its 51st issue.
Many celebrities, business partners, and associates of the best-selling Montenegrin magazine came to celebrate the jubilee together with the editorial staff members.
At the entrance of Purobeach the guests were welcomed by: Editor in Chief of the Montenegrin publication, Vesna Čađenović; Marketing Director, Ksenija Vukotić; Director of Montecolor, Migo Ćalić; Lidija Ćulibrk, Editor in Chief of the Serbian publication, and Milica Đokić, Color Press Group Corporate Communications Director, who started the magazine 4 years ago.
Among the first to arrive were Mihailo Vukić, owner of Allegra Montenegro (a cruise and yacht agent), accompanied by his wife Jelena; main stylist of “Ljepota & Zdravlje” Nataša Perunović; hair-stylist Zoran Vukčević accompanied by his daughter, make-up artist Ljubica Bulatović, and Dženan Lončarević, who was in high sprits.
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Campari Orange Passion, provided by G3 Spirits, great music and the vicinity of the sea made the atmosphere of the party relaxing and cheerful from the very beginning.
“We are trying very hard to keep high standards despite the crisis”, said President of Color Press Group, Robert Čoban, who attended the celebration with his wife Sandra and their daughters.
When all the guests arrived, Vesna Čađenović, Editor in Chief of the Montenegrin publication, greeted them, and announced an interesting lottery – a free cruise by Royal Caribbean International.
Some of the celebrity party guests were: singers Nina Petković, Andrijana Božović, Nina Žižić, Jelena Kažanegra, Anita Popović, Jadranka Barjaktarević,
fashion designers Marina Banović, Branka Asanović, Seka Martinović i Nataša Pejović, presenters Dušica Vugdelić i Marija Mašanović, song writer Maja Perfiljeva, handball player Marko Simović, Jelena Janićijević, TV Budva sports editor, and many others.
In the spotlight were the arrivals of a famous folk singer Aca Lukas, who came late with his wife Sonja, Dženan Lončarević, and Boban Rajević. When the party ended the guests received presents from Cosmetics, which made them very pleased.
In the Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade on Wednesday, 3rd of July a Statutory Meeting of the National Association of Newspaper and Magazine Publishers was held.
National Association gathers 10 Serbian newspaper and magazine publishers and will work on the enhancement of business climate in the publishing industry, by giving amendments to bills that will unburden the publishing business already endangered by the economic crisis, and it will also cooperate with other professional associations and companies (like journalist associations, bookshop associations, distributor associations, advertisers, news agencies, TV stations …)
Dragan Vučićević, Editor in Chief of the daily newspaper Informer, was elected president, and Robert Čoban, CEO of Color Press Group, was elected vice president. It was also decided that two more vice presidents will be appointed in September, 2013. Miroslav Vajda was appointed as general secretary.
The National Association will hand in its amendments to the Adverizing bill, and suggest some other iniciatives the will contribute to the enhancement of publishing business in Serbia.
Since yesterday, at the portal svet.rs in a separate section you can read the news related to culture, from Serbia, the region and the entire world.
“In a year when the budget for culture in Serbia is less than 1%, when financing of important festivals is withdrawn, when cinematography has not received a single dinar from the budget, and most newspapers and portals cancel the section “Culture” – we decided to give at least a small contribution to informing the citizens of the most important themes from the field of culture!”, says Ivana Stanišić, Editor-in-Chief of the web portal svet.rs, adding: “We believe that it is much more useful for the news from the field of culture, which was in the past published within other sections, to be available to the readers of the portal, having over 4.000.000 visits per month, than in specialized magazines, with, unfortunately low circulation figures, read by people who regard culture as one of priorities. There is a quotation by Winston Churchill, who during the bombing of London in 1940 to the demand for lowering the budget for culture in favour of the army budget responded: “And what are we going to defend then!?”. We believe that alongside all those pieces of information from the life of domestic and foreign celebrities, interesting facts from the entire world and similar entertaining themes – our readers should have a daily dosage of news from the field of culture!”
Web portals belonging to the “Color Press Group” reached an absolute record of 7.8 million visits in June. Also registered was an absolute record in the number of loaded pages – 28.5 million. The portal svet.rs had a monthly record in visits, namely over 4.34 million, and an increase rate of 4%.
Throughout this month, the portal svet.rs had 1.022.884 unique visitors.
Scandal.rs – registered a monthly record in visits, over 1.63 million and an increase rate of 2.78%;
Lepotaizdravlje.rs – also registered a record with 608 thousand visits;
Hellomagazin.rs – was on a record level with 581 thousand visits.
Bravo.rs – a record-breaking 467 thousand visits.
The new portal bravacasa.rs doubled the number of visits to 46.000 visits.
Svet Android application had 503.224 visits during the month, and 3.1 million loaded pages!
In July, we are preparing new surprises for you – the food portal – posaljirecept.rs, regular section CULTURE on the web portal svet.rs, and soon there will be Android applications for the portals bravo.rs, lepotaizdravlje.rs and hellomagazin.rs.
Yesterday, at Salaš 137, Čenej, culinary magazines published by “Color Press Group” – “Dobra hrana” (“Good Food”), “Pošalji recept” (“Send a recipe”) and ”Torte i
kolači” (“Cakes and cookies”) organized the first regional food conference – “Food Talk 2013”.
Editor of CPG’s culinary magazines Ženja Aćimović first greeted all attendees, and presented the publications that she is working on, revealing the secret of their success.
Within the first panel “Eat, beg… hurts!”, the topic was food safety, which would mark the years ahead of us. The participants were Miodrag Dimitrijević, PhD (Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad), dr Dragan Ivanov (specialist of internal medicine, Novi Sad), dr Ana Gifing (Centre for Chrono Food, Belgrade), Tamara Penjić (“Carnex”, Vrbas), Nenad Katanić (Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, within the Serbian Government) and Nataša Bojanić (“Foodland”), whereas the panel moderator was Aleksandra Prusina from “Color Press Group”.
Dr Ana Gifing revealed that food must be adjusted to each person individually, because a food product that suits one person does not necessarily suit the other, and therefore the principle of balanced feeding provides best results. Dr Dragan Ivanov made a conclusion that modern people face illnesses and leave this world prematurely due to errors in food habits: “In Vojvodina, more people have died because of food and drinks, than of hunger and thirst”, he concluded.
On the second panel, entitled “Food feeds a network”, the participants were food bloggers – Dragana Pušica (Moje grne, Bor), Miroslava Bogdanovski (Minjina kuhinjica, Kraljevo), Jelena Smiljković (Lisazoid, Belgrade), Ivan Tokin (food writer, City Magazin, Playboy, Belgrade), Lamija Bulgurdžić (Jedi Tweet, Sarajevo), Boštjan Napotnik (“Mladina”, Ljubljana), and the panel moderator was Tatjana Vehovec (“Mooshema”, Novi Sad).
In addition to revealing what motifs prompted them to launch a blog, and how it looks to prepare everything throughout the process, almost all of them agreed that GMO food is not good, because it contains more water and carbohydrates, thus lacking nutritive and aromatic ingredients which make us enjoy the food.
“Gastroregion” was the third panel, gathering owners and main chefs of the best restaurants, from Alpes to Ohrid – Rade Litričin (SPK “Privrednik“, Klub književnika, Belgrade), Amer Sinanović (“Četiri sobe gospođe Safije“, Sarajevo), Vlastimir Puhalo (“Homa“, Belgrade),
Christian Misirača (“Tip Top”, Zagreb), Goran Jević (“Iguana“, Belgrade), whereas the moderator was Rene Bakalović from Zagreb.
Among other details, they profiled the type of restaurant that is the safest to open: “The safest option is to open a restaurant offering domestic food, hence ćevapi (meat loafs), ražnjići (skewers) and so on. However, it is not my personal style”, said Goran Jević, whilst Rade Litričin emphasized: “I would always open the same restaurant. Of course, I would serve also cooked brains, tripes, bowls, white kidneys, and have the customers coming over to taste them. And believe me, I would get a lot of praise!”
At the panel “Those that are whispered to someone…” Oliver Mlakar and Stevo Karapandža, hosts of the TV show “Little secrets of great chef masters”, during the seventies and the eighties, for one more time revealed their little secrets to all those that were present. To the moderator Aleksandar Filipović (RTV), Oliver and Stevo among other details, revealed that they had not seen each other for the past three years, whereas the TV legend confessed something unexpected: “As a matter of fact, I am not a big gourmand”.
When asked if they would again shoot a culinary TV show today, Oliver said he enjoyed being a retired person, and that he did not know if he would engage himself again in such a venture, whereas Stevo agreed with him, anticipating that he would withdraw from the business during the forthcoming year.
“Cooks were not popular in the past, but the situation nowadays is different. In the past, cooking profession was for those who could not attend any other school”, said Stevo Karapandža.
“I feel great here at Salaš 137, and if you organize a conference next year, I will come again”, Oliver concluded.
At the panel “Teach me”, authors of culinary best-sellers and TV shows Jovica Jovičić (Paklena kuhinja, Prva TV, Belgrade), Siniša Đokić (producer, Belgrade), Filip Ćirić (“Homa“, Il Primo culinary school, Belgrade), Valentina Smej Novak and Luka Novak (“Ljubezen gre skozi želodec, POP TV, Ljubljana), Vjekoslav Kramer (“Lonci i poklopci”, OBN, Sarajevo) and Velimir Dejanović (“Kuvati srcem“, Belgrade), and the moderator Nenad Gladić (“Gastronomad”), revealed the secrets of their success, i.e. how to make a successful TV show about cooking.
“Producing a TV show about cooking, except good presentation implies good food as well. If the final product is neglected, you have not done your job well”, said Siniša Đokić, whereas Jovica Jovičić revealed that the TV show “Pakleni kuvar” is realistic in presenting everything that is taking place: “The staff always wish to kick me out of the restaurant, and they are not aware that I am there because I want to help them”.
Duška Jovanić was the moderator of the panel “Gastro geography”, in which the participants were Vladimir Pištalo (writer, NIN award winner for the novel of the year, teaches world and American history at Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts), Kapil Vig (main chef at the Indian restaurant “Real India”, Novi Sad), Goran Kovačević (main chef at the hotel “Square
Nine”, Belgrade), Milijan Stojanić (“Srpski narodni kuvar”, “Svetski diplomatski kuvar”) and Aleksandar Samardžija (owner of the Salaš 137).
Vladimir Pištalo made a conclusion that cooking is a form of art, and pointed out: “When speaking of global gastronomy, it all depends on the point of view. For example, we regard an apple as regular, and mango as exotic fruit. In some other country, the situation would be reverse.”
Kapil Vig revealed: “I had always thought that I did not possess any talent, and then, quite accidentally, I became a chef. I realized that it was what I wanted to do in life!”
Goran Kovačević said that his best, and favourite, was the dinner that he made for the celebration of the 50-year jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, while working at “Claridge’s”.
On the subject of “Food in ethics and poetics of the plain” spoke singer and songwriter Đorđe Balašević.
“My Grandmother, who was the best cook, had two dishes – a small pot with dots, and blue damaged casserole. She prepared all the food using those two dishes, and she never knew the measures, so therefore, if we had taken the small pot with dots and the blue casserole away from her, she would not have known even how to cook eggs”, Đole said.
“I was of such luck to find for myself one lovely cook. I have to praise her in front of everybody. By her side, I learnt that there were spices, and I got used to some new tastes. However, it was in vain, because now I have to watch my weight”, Balašević said, adding that what he loved the most was when his wife Olja prepared regal crumbs.
During the last panel “La Traviata: How to make a good wine”, whose participants were the representatives of the best wine cellars from the region: Vesna Klikovac-Katanić, MSc (Plantaže 13. jul, Montenegro), Aleksandar Kokir (Tikveš, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Jovito Vranković (Zlatan otok, Hvar, Croatia), Radovan Vukoje (Podrum Vukoje, Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Sava Jojić (Mačkov podrum, Serbia), Samo Simonič (Dveri-Pax, Ljubljana) and Ljubica Radan (Association of sommeliers, vintners and wine-dressers, Novi Sad), and the moderator Danijela Radeč (President of the National Association of sommeliers of Montenegro), all the conference attendees tasted the wine produced in these wineries.
At the end of the conference “Food Talk”, the names of prize winners were drawn – “Jolly Kop” granted two weekend stays at Kopaonik, and “Cruise & Ferry” granted a cruising trip.
After the official part of the conference, which was ended by a speech delivered by an executive editor of the “Dobra hrana” magazine – Dobrila Strajnić Rajkov, and an invitation to meet again at the same place next year, the dinner was served, with music performance by tambourines.
Today, at the Color Press Group premises in Novi Sad, attendees of the school of journalism received their diplomas. Dejan Ajduković, Nikea Vučetić, Zorana Stojković, Silvija Sebić, Suzana Dojin, Jasmina Jovičić, Nataša Kotlaš, Jelena Romanić and Sanja Živanović successfully finished a two-month training, and on this occasion a gathering between trainees and lecturers, who shared their experiences, was organized. Some of the attendees have already got their first assignments within Color Press Group, the company which published fifty-seven magazines and ten Internet portals in Serbia and throughout the entire region, whereas some of the assignments are yet to be taken. Enrolment of trainees for the forthcoming semester of the CPG School of Journalism is scheduled for autumn, and further information will be available at the Web site novinarskaskola.rs.
The latest data by ABC Srbija referring to April 2013 reveal that fall experienced by all daily newspapers in Serbia has continued. The best-selling daily newspaper in Serbia throughout this month was the “Novosti” with 114.726 sold copies (119.044 in March, 124.802 in February), the second-placed was “Alo” with 114.077 (119.151 in March, 124.864 in February), whereas the third place was secured by the “Blic” with 108.455 sold copies on average (114.736 in March, 132.125 in February, 142.976 in January). During April, “Magyar szo“ sold averagely 7.503 copies (7.803 sold copies in March, 7.947 in February).
Daily newspapers “Politika“, “Politikin žurnal“, “Dnevnik“, “Danas“, “Informer“, “Kurir“, “Naše Novine“ and “Sport“ are not included in the ABC audit. The newspapers “Press“ and “San“ were extinguished in the meantime.
The best-selling print media in Serbia is still the magazine published by “Color Press Group” – “Pošalji recept“ with 192.577 sold copies. On the second place is another culinary magazine from the CPG family – “Torte i kolači“ with 156.994 copies sold. Among the magazines, the third place overall, and at the same time the first among the weeklies, is taken by the “Blic žena“ with 152.853 sold copies. The greatest rise among the magazines is registered by the “Dobra hrana“ by CPG, which “leapt” from 60.648 to 66.900 sold copies.
Following the previous pattern in this month, out of twenty best-selling magazines in Serbia – “Color Press Group” publishes as many as fifteen. “Axel Springer Ringier” publishes three, whereas “Adria Media Srbija” publishes two magazines within the Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
Average circulation sold, according to data by “ABC Srbija”, April 2013. The chart does not include magazines granted free of charge.
Portals of the Color Press Group (www.portali.rs) registered in May an absolute record in the number of visits – namely 7.5 million. In the same period, also registered was an absolute record in the number of loaded pages – 27.8 million. The portal svet.rs has a monthly record in terms of visits, over 4.2 million, and an increase rate of 6.56%. The portal scandal.rs has a monthly record in terms of visits of over 1.6 million and an increase rate of 1.72%, lepotaizdravlje.rs – also on a record level with 530 thousand, hellomagazin.rs had 552 thousand visits, whereas bravo.rs broke another record – 452.000 visits. The portal bravacasa.rs was launched with an excellent rise, 456%. Svet Android application has 369.837 users per month, and 2.4 million loaded pages.
The exclusive party at the edifice of The Wallace Collection Museum gathered some of the most prominent British celebrities, like actress Joan Collins, singer Rod Stewart, and Monty Python legend John Cleese.
Color Press Group, as the publisher of the Serbian Hello! Magazine was represented by Bojan Vulin, Miroslav Vajda, Sandra and Robert Čoban.
Celebrity video messages were played at the party, and many famous persons like David Beckham and Sarah Ferguson wished their favourite magazine a happy 25th birthday.
Magazine industry in terms of economic slowdown and rapid digitalization of media, as well as change of positions of huge publishers around Europe and in the world, are main topics of this Worldwide Media Marketplace, organized by FIPP, and taking place in London. Representatives of Color Press Group, the only Serbian publisher present at WMM, talked to long-time licensing partners (Hello!, Bauer Media, Mondadori, The Economist…), as well as to companies with which the cooperation is in future plans. Tomorrow, at The Wallace Collection museum, a glamorous party is to be held, in order to celebrate the twenty-fifth birthday of the British version of the “Hello!” magazine. It was launched in 1988, as the first licensed edition of the Spanish “Hola” (which was founded in 1944).
The latest records of ABC Serbia concerning March 2013 reveal a fall in circulation of all daily newspapers in Serbia.
The best-selling daily newspaper in Serbia in March was “Alo” with 119.151 sold copies (124.864 in February), followed by “Novosti” with 119.044 (124.802 in February), while “Blic” fell from the first place in February to the third place with the average of 114.736 sold copies ( 132.125 in February, and 142.976 in January). “Magyar Szo” sold 7.803 copies in March (7.947 in February).
Daily newspapers “Politika”, “Politikin Žurnal”, “Dnevnik”, “Danas”, “Informer”, “Kurir”, “Naše Novine” and “Sport” are not members of ABC Srbija. “Press” and “San” have shut down in the meantime.
The best-selling printed media in Serbia is still Color Press Group’s magazine ˮPošalji receptˮ with 206.917 sold copies (213.885 in February). The second is another culinary magazine from the Color Press Group portfolio – “Torte i kolači” with 176.147 sold copies (163.301 in February). Third among the magazines is at the same time the best-selling weekly in Serbia “Blic žena” with 161.910 sold copies (178.333 in February).
In February, as in the previous months, Color Press Group published 15 out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia. Axel Springer Ringier published 3 and Adria Media Serbia has published 2 magazines out of Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
Average circulation in March 2013, according to ABC Serbia.
Free magazines are not included in the table.
A new portal, Bravacasa.rs has started working today.
This portal, as well as the magazine, which the CPG publishes from 2006 under the license from RCS Periodici from Milan, is intended for all people interested in interior decorating and for those who want to follow the latest trends in interior design and architecture.
On the portal the visitors will find everything about home decorating; they will be able to follow the latest trends that will inspire them to decorate their homes with style and to make changes in it. They will also find information about the latest furniture designs which can be purchased in Serbia and in the region; about home accessories which embellish the living space, garden designing ideas, cutting-edge home appliances…
“Bravacasa.rs is our tenth portal and we have worked on it, diligently for months. We hope it will became a favourite coffee break web location for all those who are planning to decorate or to renovate their homes, and also for those who are just dreaming of it for now,” said Ivana Stanišić, the director of Net Media, operating within the Color Press Group.
“Color Press Group”, being the greatest magazine publisher in the South East Europe, on June 14th organizes a grand regional food conference “Food Talk 2013”, at Salaš 137 in Čenej, near Novi Sad.
The conference will gather leading experts from the field of food and wine from the entire region: kitchen chefs and owners of the best restaurants throughout the region; the best vintners from the region; the best authors of culinary best-sellers, as well as the best gastronomy bloggers.
“Food Talk 2013” will deal with contemporary issues of food safety, GMO food and other “burning” subjects from this field.
Vladimir Pištalo: writer, NIN-award winner for the best novel of the year (“Tesla, portret među maskama”, “Tesla, a Portrait among the Masks) will speak on gastro-geography
Vladimir Pištalo, writer, NIN-award winner for the best novel of the year, will speak on “Gastro geography”, the leading regional expert from the field of food and wine, a columnist Rene Bakalović from Zagreb, has confirmed his appearance, whereas the organizers are negotiating with Đorđe Balašević who is to speak on “food in ethics and poetics of the plain”.
Rene Bakalović: the leading Croatian gastro-columnist
All information on programme, transport, accommodation and fees, available HERE.
Panel Make Me Beautiful: Žana Poliakov, Engr. Manuela Šapro, Ksenija Ivanović, Dr Zoran Milivojević, Nada Miletić Nevajda, Dr Violeta Skorobać, Jelena Joksimović
Grand regional conference Pro-Femine 2013, organized by the “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine, was held on April, 4th in Belgrade’s hotel “Hyatt Regency”. The conference, whose objective was to point to a woman’s role in modern society and problems women are dealing with, these being, evidently, similar throughout the entire region, was opened by Editor-in-Chief of the “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine Lidija Ćulibrk.
Biljana Srbljanović: “I am not ashamed of my right to take care of how I look, I do not view it as additional concern of humiliation for a woman”
The conference gathered over 150 professional women from the field of media, marketing, PR, communications, art, as well as university professors, students, and representatives of the most influential companies and media agencies from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Among the participants, there were women known to wider audience, but also those whose jobs are not connected to the public scene. Over fifty accredited journalists followed the conference. The audience was addressed by Biljana Srbljanović, Danica Vučenić, Suzana Trninić, Vedrana Rudan, Biljana Cincarević, Vesna Dedić, Olivera Balašević, Aja Jung, and many other women, each successful in her field.
Vedrana Rudan: “Love yourself, then others will love you as well”
The conference was available through a live stream, and therefore the Twitter users were in a position to take active part. Over 1.200 tweets were sent, thus breaking the Twitter conference record. It is also a proof that the issues started at the conference – from multitasking, via position of women in media and on the literary scene, via health and partition, to abuse and LGBT issues – call for media dialogue and more media attention.
Among the huge number of partners and patrons of the conference, there were also: Danube Food Group, Hyatt Regency, Coca-Cola Zero, Bakaluk, Mercator, Vichy, Laguna, Multiactiv, Cruise & Ferry, Policlinic Nada Diva, Darphin, Baileys and Campari.
The plan is to hold Pro-Femine 2014 in April next year, with new subjects dedicated to women, and hopefully, with equally good energy, enthusiasm, and interchange of useful information, which were the landmarks of this year’s conference.
The smiling Color Press Group team, after a long and eventful day
The CPG’s portals recorded an absolute record of visits in March – 6.6 million.
The absolute record of visited pages was also recorded – 24.8 million. Svet.rs recorded a monthly record of visits – over 3.4 million, and a 3 % rise; scandal.rs – returned to its record number of visits of 1.4 million;lepotaizdravlje.rs – monthly record of visits – 516.000, and a 7% raise; hellomagazin.rs – record of 549.000 visits; svetplus.eu monthly rise of 48%, with a few peaks.
Svet Android application was downloaded by 10.000 users in the first month.
The application Svet was downloaded from the Android Market by 5.000 users in just two weeks. The most visited show business portal in the region has got the best reviews with the average of 4.9 out of 5.0.
ˮIn the collaboration with the Internet Group, CPG is preparing new applications for its portals and we expect that all the portals from the CPG’s portfolio will have its applications for Android and Apple devices by the end of the year. We are also working on the creation of another web site – portalabravacasa.rs which will be available by the end of April!, said Ivana Stanišić, the director of Net Media operating within the CPG Group.
Download your Svet application here
Being the biggest magazine publisher in the region, with 64 editions and 9 Web portals in 6 republics from the former Yugoslavia, “Color Press Group” each year employs a certain number of new journalists and editors, who later work on some of the projects and publications within the group.
Priority in employment lies upon the candidates who have completed their education at the School for journalists and editors at CPG, where the attendants during a two-month period throughout 32 classes learn about all the most important segments of work inside the company’s system, and adapt to the kind of work in showbiz and lifestyle magazines that CPG is engaged in. From each generation, 2-3 most successful attendants get a job within CPG.
To groups comprising of 12 to 15 attendants, lectures are held by long-time editors and journalists from “Color Press Group” (Lidija Ćulibrk, Gabrijela Vinković-Mirković, Robert Čoban, Sreten Radović, Ivana Stanišić, Igor Conić, Aida Bajazet and others…)
The classes take place on Saturdays, from 10:00 to 14:30 in the Color Press Group premises, 102 Temerinska Street, Novi Sad.
Find out more HERE!
Last night, in a crystal hall of the “Kvarner” hotel in Opatija, a solemn ceremony was held to deliver PRO.PR Awards, international awards granted within the PRO.PR conference, with the aim to promote the field of communications management.
This year’s awardees of PRO.PR Awards from Serbia are Miša Lukić (Publicis Group Srbija/MMS Communications) and Borislav Miljanović (Represent System). Among fifteen awardees there is also Alex Aiken, general director of the communication department in the Government of Great Britain.
“This award is based on an idea to remember the individuals who, in the shadow of various projects, events, companies or institutions, practically manage the communications on a daily basis; on the other hand, generously in their own way, they contribute to the development of the public relations sector”, said the president of the Organizational Board of the PRO.PR conference Danijel Koletić, who is, at the same time, the founder of this international award.
At the Gala night in the “Kvarner” crystal hall, Mr Koletić anticipated that the next, eleventh Pro PR Congress would take place in Sarajevo in 2014, marking the thirty years anniversary since the Winter Olympic Games, which were held in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1984. Afterwards, a singer sang the song “Zemljo moja”, which is performed by Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac and “Ambasadori”, this being a moment especially rife with emotion for the most of the attendees from the region, who feel nostalgia for their former mutual country.
The PRO.PR conference itself, which was held for the previous three days at the “Ambasador” hotel in Opatija, gathered nearly two hundred professionals from the field of media, communications and public relations throughout the entire region. Serbia was represented, among the lecturers, by Robert Čoban, CEO of “Color Press Group”, who spoke about huge changes on the media scene in Serbia and the region, taking place over the past several years.
Editorial crew of the magazine “Lepota i zdravlje”, which organizes the “Pro-Femine 2013”, have announced that an entire programme and the list of participants for this regional conference had been completed. The conference will take place at Belgrade’s hotel “Hyatt Regency” on April, 4th this year.
Among numerous participants from all over the region, there are: Vedrana Rudan, Biljana Srbljanović, Aja Jung, Dr Zoran Milivojević, Žana Poliakov, Suzana Trninić, Aleksandra Novakov-Mikić, Danica Vučenić, Dr Violeta Skorobać-Ašanin, Tatjana Vehovec, Olivera
Balašević and many others. Moderators at five panels within the conference are: Ivan
Stanković, “Communis”, Dragana Đermanović, PRPepper, Denis Kolundžija, “Dnevnik”, Igor Todorović, fashion designer, and Jelena Joksimović, “Ljepota i zdravlje” Bosnia-Herzegovina.
At the “conference’s margins”, there will be an exhibition “What women want: advertising corner”, where the advertisements for “female” products and services from local magazines and newspapers from the end of the nineteenth and the beginnings of the twentieth century will be presented. Also presented will be the book by a historian Dubravka Stojanović “Iza zavese” (“Behind the curtain”), which unveils deep roots of countless problems which women from this region face today. During the conference, women with disability, LGBT women and women who belong to ethnical minorities and other women who are faced with discrimination, will also take part.
Among the conference’s partners, there are “Danube Foods Group”, “Vichy”, “Coca Cola”, “Hyatt Regency”, “Mercator”, “Laguna”, “Bakaluk”, “Darphin Paris”, and many other brands and companies.
Details regarding the fees, press accreditation and the conference programme itself, can be found HERE.
The latest data by ABC Srbija referring to January 2013 reveal that the “Blic” is again the best-selling daily newspaper, with averagely 142.976 sold copies, followed by the “Novosti” with 126.814 and “Alo” with 122.656. “Magyarszo” had an average circulation of 8.108. Daily newspaper the “Informer” is no longer audited, since three months ago, whereas the latest data from October pointed to 70.790 sold copies. Daily newspapers “Politika“, “Politikin žurnal“, “Dnevnik“ “Kurir“, “Naše Novine“ and “Sport“ are not included in the ABC audit. Daily newspapers “Press” and “San” were extinguished in the meantime.
The best-selling print media in Serbia is still the “Pošalji recept”, which is published by Color Press Group – with 230.657 sold copies, or as many as 11.000 copies more than in the previous month (219.628 in December 2012; 216.239 in November). On the second place, and at the same time on the first place among the weeklies is the “Blic žena“ with 164.227 sold copies (173.462, December 2012; 174.861, November 2012.). The third is the monthly “Torte i kolači“ CPG (161.403).
Following the trend, during this month, out of twenty best-selling magazines in Serbia, Color Press Group publishes as many as fifteen. Axel Springer Ringier publishes three, whereas Adria Media Srbija publishes two magazines within the Top 20.
TOP 20 MAGAZINES IN SERBIA
Average sold circulation according to data by ABC Srbija, January 2013. The chart does not include magazines distributed for free and magazines which are published as subdirectories of daily newspapers.
On the occasion of the Women’s Day, Color Press Group today organized a visit to the Home for the senior citizens, “Oaza”, in Novi Sad. Special guests were Danica Maksimović, an actress, and Nataša Ilić, a TV presenter, for whom the Home’s protégées prepared a surprise. At the very beginning, female members of the music club “Oaza” sang a song “Bledi mesec”, and then Mr Slavko Subotić recited the poem “Čežnja” by Desanka Maksimović. With a smile on her face, Danica greeted the Home’s protégées and shook hands with all of them, before delivering the speech.
“I am happy to be here today. With Robert Čoban and his team, I have collaborated for many years, and I am glad to be part of this activity”, Danica said, and then spoke about her most famous roles during her career. Her words were met with a smile on the faces of the protégées.
Then the ladies from the music club sang songs “Kopa cura vinograd”, “Čamac na Tisi” and “Kad palme nišu grane”, with Danica and Nataša joining in. Once again, the actress addressed those present, and read parts of the book she had received as a present from a friend. Ljubica Ubović, managing director of “Oaza”, asked Nataša about the beginning of her career on television, and whether she had the jitters. After telling of her beginnings, the TV presenter also said she was very glad to be part of this activity, anticipating that she would come again.
“Dear friends, next time we could play the cards or chess!”, Nataša said at the end, and her suggestion was accepted with pleasure. The housewives who regularly participate in CPG’s humanitarian activities, this time, as always, prepared some specialties, in order to sweeten the holiday to the protégées. Ladies from the Home received from Color Press Group, as a sign of care for the Women’s Day, roses (provided by Belgrade’s “Garden centar), while the general director of the Home Dragan Milošević handed in flowers to the guests as well.
At the end of this gathering, Ljubica Ubović, with the quiet sound of the music “Što se
bore misli moje” recited the verses by Miloš Crnjanski, as a sign of gratefulness for another lovely activity by Color Press Group, whereas Savko Subotić granted presents to Danica Maksimović and Nataša Ilić, on the behalf of the “Oaza” Home.
CPG publishes as many as four magazines which are among five best-selling magazines in Serbia – according to magazine readership data by Pradex Strategic Marketing for January.
The first place holds the magazine “Blic žena” (Ringier Axel Springer) with 785.722 readers, the second is monthly “Pošalji recept” (CPG) with 549.934, the third “Lepota i zdravlje” (CPG) with 401.968, whereas the fourth place is taken by the monthly “Torte i kolači” (CPG) – 261.766, and the fifth “Bravo” (CPG) with 211.080 readers in the first month of the year 2013.
Among the first fifteen magazines, CPG also publishes: “Scandal” (184.299), “Žena i zdravlje” (143.798), “Svet” (139.686) and JOY (130.271). On the list of fifteen best-selling magazines, “Color Press Group” publishes eight, which is over one half.
On the Valentine’s Day, February 14th, within “Grazia grants love” activity, 126 doses of blood were collected. Zagreb’s Institute for Transfusion Medicine is pleased with turnout and at the moment it suits all the needs from the hospitals in blood and blood derivates.
“The activity “Grazia grants love” was created with the aim to motivate citizens to larger initiative in terms of voluntary blood donations. Each donor received small presents from our partners on the project. The partners were: Avon, L’oreal Adria, Oktal Pharma, Flormar and Menart.” – emphasizes the Editor-in-Chief of the Croatian version of “Grazia”, Selma Terlević.
“Our goal, which we have reached, was to point to our readers to spend a different Valentine’s Day, and with noble gestures to grant love in the most beautiful way – by donating blood and helping others Selma Terlević added.
Numerous persons from the public and cultural life: Nevena Rendeli, Marko Tolja, Mario Valentić, Aleksandra Dojčinović, Ogi Antunac, Aleksandar Žarevac, Max Hozić, Tatjana Jurić and many others, joined the activity.
The activity itself was supported by the Mayor of the city of Zagreb Milan Bandić, personally, who on this occasion granted roses to all female persons who were at the Institute at that moment.
The latest data by ABC Srbija referring to December 2012 reveal that most daily newspapers (due to a holiday season, prize-winning games, gifts, but also because of Miroslav Mišković’s arrest) registered a significant rise in circulation figures. The best-selling daily newspaper in December was again “Novosti” with 134.818 (November – 121.131) copies sold on average, followed by the “Blic” with 126.430 (November – 107.216) and “Alo” with 119.614 (November 108.508).
The “Magyarszo” had an average daily circulation of 8.063 (November – 7.672) copies. Daily newspaper the “Informer” is no longer audited, since two months ago, whereas the latest data from October registered 70.790 copies sold. Daily newspapers “Politika”, “Politikin žurnal”, “Dnevnik”, “Kurir” and “Sport” are not included in the ABC audit. Daily newspapers “Press” and “San” were extinguished in the meantime.
The best-selling print media in Serbia is still “Pošalji recept“, published by “Color Press Group”, with 219.628 copies sold (216.239 in November). On the second place among the magazines, and at the same time among the weeklies is “Blic žena” with 173.462 (November – 174.861) sold copies. Among the leading magazines, rise was registered only with cooking magazines published by CPG – “Pošalji recept” and “Torte i kolači”.
The same as until now, in this month out of 20 best-selling magazines in Serbia – “Color Press Group” publishes as many as 15. “Axel Springer Ringier” publishes 3, whereas “Adria Media Srbija” publishes 2 magazines within the Top 20.
Average circulation which was sold according to data by ABC Srbija, November 2012. The chart does not include magazines distributed for free and magazines published as feuilletons within daily newspapers.
In January 2013, Web portals of the “Color Press Group” registered a new record with 6.4 million visits and 24.6 million viewed pages, which is over 1 million viewed pages more than during the previous month, and over 100.000 visits more than in December.
The Web Portal svet.rs registered a monthly record with 3.3 million visits and an increase rate of 1.26%. The Portal bravo.rs – the absolute monthly record with 427 thousand visits, and a 17% rise in terms of loaded pages, whereas scandal.rs registered the absolute record with 1.4 million visits, and 5.2 million loaded pages, lepotaizdravlje.rs – a 5% rise in the number of visits to 458 thousand, and 1.9 million loaded pages.
The CPG online team for this month anticipated an Android application, as well as many other changes on portals in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The latest data by ABC Srbija referring to November 2012 predominantly confirmed former positions of leading publishers and print media. The best-selling daily newspaper in November was the “Novosti” with average 121.131 copies sold, followed by the “Alo” (108.508) and the “Blic” (107.216). “Magyarszo“ had an average daily circulation of 7.672 copies. Daily newspaper the “Informer” was out of audit a month before, whereas the latest data from October registered 70.790 copies sold. Daily newspapers the “Politika”, “Politikin žurnal“, “Dnevnik“, “Kurir“ and “Sport“ are not encompassed by ABC audit. Daily newspapers the “Press” and “San” were extinguished in the meantime.
The best-selling print media in Serbia is still “Pošalji recept”, published by “Color Press Group”, with 216.239 copies sold. On the second place amongst the magazines, and at the same time on the first place among the weekly newspapers, is “Blic žena“ with 174.861 copies sold.
Throughout this month, following the previous pattern, out of twenty best-selling magazines in Serbia, “Color Press Group” publishes as many as fifteen. “Axel Springer Ringier” publishes three, whilst “Adria Media Srbija” publishes two magazines within the top twenty.
Average sold circulation, according to data by ABC Srbija, November 2012. The chart does not contain magazines distributed for free and magazines that are inset in daily newspapers.
According to data by “Google Analytics”, an absolute monthly record in visits to Color Press Group portals was registered in December 2012: namely 6.2 million visits and 23.4 million loaded pages.
In details, it is as follows:
Internet portals of Color Press Group in 2012 registered increase of income, as much as 56%, in comparison with 2011. In new 2013, Color Press Group is preparing new contents on portals, their re-designing, and applications for Android, iPhone i iPad.
