Fokus
"Fokus" is the oldest weekly newspaper in North Macedonia, publishing journalistic articles on political and social topics. Founded by journalist Nikola Mladenov, the first issue of the weekly paper was published on June 23, 1995.
During the period from 2011 to 2013, besides the weekly, Nikola Mladenov also established a daily newspaper simply called "Daily Fokus".
On the evening of March 26, 2013, Mladenov died in a traffic accident near Skopje. Both the weekly and the daily newspaper ceased publication, and the company that published them was closed.
The "Fokus" weekly resumed publication in June 2013, with a new company, "Media Plus Fokus", as its publisher.
Since 2018, "Fokus" has been receiving state subsidies, covering half of the costs for printing and distributing the newspaper. For the period 2018-2022, it received approximately 297,000 euros.
Audience Share
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Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Paid content
Media Companies / Groups
Media Plus Fokus
Ownership Structure
"Fokus" is owned by the company "Media plus Fokus", which in turn, is solely owned by Biljana Troshanovska.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1995
Affiliated Interests Founder
founded "Fokus" as one of the first private media in independent North Macedonia. The paper promoted pluralism as a new social value. In the period from 2011 to 2013, Nikola Mladenov, in addition to the weekly, also founded a daily newspaper called "Daily Fokus". Mladenov died in a car crash late at night near Skopje on 26 March 2013.
For a long time, his death was a controversial political topic, with many casting doubts on the official version of events given his critical stance towards the government at the time. His wife categorically rejected all doubts in an interview, claiming that her husband died in a car accident. To honor his work, the Macedonian Media Institute named its main award for the best investigative story "Nikola Mladenov".
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Is the sister of the late founder and the director of "Fokus", Nikola Mladenov.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Is a journalist who has worked at several print media. He has worked at "Fokus" since 2011 and became its editor-in-chief in 2022.
Affiliated Interests other important people
Is the wife of the late founder of "Fokus", also works at the weekly paper. She has been at the medium since its beginnings. As a representative of "Fokus", Biljana Mladenova is a founder of the Association of Print Media. The association was initiated by several people and in 2018 they achieved their goal of getting state subsidies for print media.
Contact
Address: "Vasil Glavinov" no. 14-1/13, 1000 Skopje
phone: + 398 76 346 514
email: fokuspress@yahoo.com
website: www.fokus.mk
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
430.206 $ / 25.21 Mln. MKD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
-3.627 $ / -212.532 MKD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
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The ownership structure and the financial reports are based on data recived from Central registry of the Republic of North Macedonia. The documents were received on 25. 07.2023 based on a government decision from 2017 for free access for investigative journalists. The financial information is for 2022. For the calculation of the amounts in US dollars, the average exchange rate for 2022 from the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia was used.
