The newsrooms that are part of the same company ask that they be clearly informed about the plans of the new owner. They remind that they do not want to learn about their future from rumours
"Alpak Kapital" announced that it wants to shut down the newspaper "Nova" less than three weeks after the attempt to appoint Marko Stjepanović as the editor-in-chief of the Nova.rs portal.
The German Union of Journalists (DJU) within the union ver.di stands in solidarity with the journalists of the Serbian news portal Nova.rs
Nine media organizations and associations warned United Cloud that the removal of authority from the legitimate editors of the Nova.rs portal prevents objective and independent reporting.
"They want to ban us from editing the portal and publishing texts," Nova.rs executive editor Bojana Anđelić told Vreme. The editors sent an open letter to the director of United Cloud, Dejan Kočić, due to the possible revocation of editorial authority
One of the most read portals in Serbia warns that only the editorial tandem arrived from Blic will be able to publish the content
Why are they doing all this and especially giving gas before the parliamentary elections on October 25? Both the owners and Marko Stjepanović say that it is just a coincidence. If it is not because of what will happen on election day and the following days? Maybe then we should be uber professional and turn our heads a little to the other side, wait for the publication of what will happen - pressures, threats, pre-election machinations, "post-election creativity". That's not going to happen, Brent
Several hundred people gathered in front of the editorial office of the Nova.rs portal to protest in support of journalists who refuse to accept the new leadership. The reason is the management's decision to give employees 48 hours to choose between working under new editors and severance pay, while journalists say they do not agree to the offer of the owner of Alpak Capital
"Occupational editors" are imposed on the nova.rs portal in order to turn a blind eye to election tricks, writes Ratko Femić for the new issue of "Vremena".
Employees of the Nova.rs portal announced a protest in front of the newsroom at 18 p.m., after the new owner sent them a letter with a deadline of 48 hours to respond to his "indecent" offer. Executive editor Bojana Anđelić tells "Vreme" that the manner in which they were informed further strengthens the suspicions of the owner's bad intentions.
Addressing the newsroom regarding the leadership changes, the "board of directors" outlined what it described as a "constructive way forward."
Pedro Vargas David as the boss came to the editorial office of the Nova.rs portal with Marko Stjepanović, his choice for editor-in-chief. The editors, however, unanimously told him that they did not want to work with him.
The Nova.rs building already has a new owner, Pedro Vargas David, future editor-in-chief Marko Stjepanović and journalist Ivana Mastilović Jasnić. At the same time, the editors of the portal publicly announced that they do not support Stjepanović's arrival and that they do not want to cooperate with them until the end of all election processes.
Media workers from TV Nova, N1 and Forbes supported colleagues from the site in the fight against intrusion into editorial policy and the imposition of personnel solutions
The deputy editor of Nova.rs received from the management a list of regime journalists from "Aloa" and "Večernje novosti" who should be engaged on this portal. Journalists and employees at Nova.rs believe that the new management wants to "neutralize" their critical attitude and research work
