Cotidianul

Cotidianul (meaning The Daily in English) is a Romanian-language newspaper published in Bucharest, Romania.

Cotidianul

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Academia Caţavencu, through Realitatea-Caţavencu
Editor-in-chief	Cornel Nistorescu
Editor	Doru Buşcu
Founded	1927 re-founded in 1991 re-launched in 2003
City	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Website	www.cotidianul.ro
Media of Romania List of newspapers

Old logo of Cotidianul newspaper, used in the inter-war period, and in the early 1990s

The logo used between 2003 and 2007

History and profile

Founded by Ion Rațiu, Cotidianul was first published on 10 May 1991^[1] and was the first privately held newspaper in Romania following the Romanian Revolution of 1989.^[2] The paper had its headquarters in Bucharest.^[1] It was published Monday to Saturday in Berliner format.

Cotidianul ceased print publication on 23 December 2009^[1] due to financial difficulties, but remains active as an online news source.^[2] The owners announced the closure was temporary due to insolvency, but no buyers was found.^[3][4]

Since November 2016, the newspaper appears again in print.^[5]

Notable contributors

• Cătălin Avramescu [ro]
• Doru Bușcu
• Adrian Cioroianu
• Mirela Corlățan
• Răzvan Dumitrescu
• Eugen Istodor
• Adrian Majuru
• Andrei Marga
• Ioan T. Morar
• Cornel Nistorescu
• Cristian Oprea
• Octavian Paler
• Ovidiu Pecican
• Magdalena Popa Buluc
• Valerian Stan
• Jean-Lorin Sterian
• Liviu Ioan Stoiciu
• Cristian Teodorescu
• Vladimir Tismăneanu
• Robert Turcescu
• Traian Ungureanu
• Ioan Vieru
• Sever Voinescu