Adevărul Holding SRL, the Bucharest publisher of one of Romania’s best-known newspaper brands, the centre-right daily Adevărul (“The Truth”), the tabloid Click! and a cluster of magazines, reported sales of 30.32 million lei (€5.98 million) for 2025, down 16.8% on 2024. Yet net profit tripled, rising 202% to 12.40 million lei (€2.45 million), for a…
B1 TV Channel SRL, the operator of the Bucharest-based all-news television station B1 TV, reported revenue of 15.73 million lei (€3.10 million) for 2025, down 34.9% on 2024, and swung from a net profit of 5.17 million lei (€1.04 million) in 2024 to a net loss of 2.91 million lei (€574,966) in 2025. That is…
Digi Communications is formally a telecoms group, but in Romania it is also one of the country’s most consequential media owners. Through Digi Romania it combines dominant fixed-broadband and pay-TV distribution, a major 24-hour news channel, one of the country’s highest-traffic general-news websites, four national radio brands, and a premium sports-channel portfolio. In 2025 the…
An analysis of the finances fueling the Romanian media during the past decade reveals a highly imbalanced market, with independent media struggling to survive and the government pumping millions of euros into politically aligned nationwide media groups. The local media market seems to thrive, with hundreds of news portals and small broadcasters competing for audiences….
Profile Asociatia Public Record is an NGO established in 2023 that runs the portal Publicrecord.ro, which specializes in investigations. The outlet was launched with a grant from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, an investigative network.
Profile In March 2024, the culture-focused publication Dilema Veche changed its name to Dilema, breaking away from its mother company, the publishing house Adevarul Holding. Dilema is going to be published by a newly incorporated company, Dilema Noua, whose shareholders are Prietenii Dilemei, an NGO, Valeriu Stoica, a former MP and justice minister, and Mihai…
By Iulian Comanescu The economic crisis in 2007-2009 and the rise of online platforms, particularly global social networks, had a significant impact on the Romanian media. Unlike in more developed markets where traditional media’s role as a watchdog of democracy is at risk, the Romanian press can no longer assert itself as the “4th power…
An analysis of the financial and audience metrics of “entertainment” broadcasting as compared to all-news broadcasting By Iulian Comanescu Pioneered in 2001 by Realitatea TV, a network striving to become a “Romanian CNN”, the all-news television sector has emerged as a prominent segment in the Romanian media landscape. Serving as a platform for political discourse…
Profile Itsy Bitsy is a family oriented radio station, broadcasting shows for children and with parenting/educational themes. On Air Studio is the company that runs the station. It has two shareholders with equal stakes: Nadia Tataru and Felix Tataru. Ownership Finances
Profile Angus Resources holds the broadcast license for the radio station Gold FM, a channel with a history of over two decades. Angus Resources bought the station in November 2020. The company is fully owned by Cosmin Andrei Gusa, the son of Cozmin Gusa, former owner of Realitatea TV station and former MP. Gold FM…