Efimerida ton Syntakton

I Efimerida ton Syntakton (Greek: Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών, lit. 'The Newspaper of the Editors', also abbreviated as EfSyn) is the name of a Greek cooperative daily newspaper. It was founded on November of 2012 by a team of former workers of the Eleftherotypia newspaper.^[1][2][3] Its chief editor was Nikolas Voulelis for one decade.^[4] In October of 2022, Sotiris Maniatis undertook this position.^[5]

I Efimerida ton Syntakton

Type	daily newspaper
Owner	Anexartita Mesa Maziki Enimerosis SA
Editor-in-chief	Sotiris Maniatis
Founded	2012
Political alignment	Left-wing
Language	Greek
City	Athens
Country	Greece
Website	www.efsyn.gr
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History

It was founded in 2012, under the hard conditions that were imposed on the people by the Greek economic crisis, from former workers of the Eleftherotypia newspaper.^[6] The venture was supported by volunteers and from other professional journalists, as well as columnists who were involved in the sciences, politics and culture.The newspaper worked, initially, as a cooperative. All the workers received equal pay, except from the chief editor Nikolas Voulelis, who worked unpaid.^[7] Through its cooperative nature, the newspaper secured a diverse range of opinions, which was a necessary term for the retention of its autonomy. All of the people involved in the cooperative of the newspaper were automatically considered workers. The wages had a limit that had been set by the newspaper, so that if there were a surplus it would go into the necessities of the newspaper and into the integration of more workers.

The logo of the newspapers' online edition (www.efsyn.gr).

The administration of the cooperative was elected by the workers themselves, who made up the base shareholders in the newspaper, since they owned 97% of the company that published it (Independent Mass Media A.E., Ανεξάρτητα Μέσα Μαζικής Ενημέρωσης Α.Ε.)

On 22 September of 2025, the general assembly of the cooperative decided unanimously on the sale of 51% of the stocks of the company to the publishing group Naftemporiki, of the family of Dimitris Melissanidis, with the purpose being the furthering of the newspapers growth and development.^[8][9]

Circulation

On a daily scale, sales are estimated at around 5.000 sheets, which makes it the 2nd or 3rd biggest in circulation greek newspaper.^[10] On Saturday sales reach around 12.000 to 15.000 sheets which is between the 3rd and 4th place of circulation.^[11]

On Saturdays the newspaper circulates a special edition of the newspaper with the title "Efimerida ton Sintakton - Savatokyriako" (Savatokyriako being a combination of Saturday and Sunday) and it remains in kiosks in both Saturdays and Sundays. Simultaneously it circulates pull-outs for themes related to health, cars, the environment and other interests. On June 2019, the newspaper changed its price to 1,5€ for its daily circulation (from a price of 1,3€) and to 3,90€ for the Saturday edition with offers (from 3,50€), keeping its price at 2€ for the simple edition.^[12] From November 2021 until the summer of 2022 it published on a monthly basis the american periodical Rolling Stone, of which it gained the rights to for the greek edition.^[13][14]

On March of 2024, the price of the newspaper was changed again to 2€ (from 1,50€) for the daily sheet, to 2,50€ (from 2€) for the regular edition of Saturday and to 4,25€ for the edition with special offers (from 3,90€).

Political alignment

On an ideological scale, the Newspaper of the Editors has been described as "left-wing" and "pro-grassroots"^[15] and that it represents the "radical" or the "new" left.^[16] During the period of the rule of Alexis Tsipras (2015-2019) it often expressed support for the government.^[17]