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The splendors and miseries of DTP: desktop publishing and common practice of Czech publishing houses
Falta, Matěj ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Groman, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis Te splendors and miseries of DTP: desktop publishing and common practice of Czech publishing houses tries to map the current technical and personnel aspect of the DTP departments within Czech publishing houses. It uses a quantitative method of questionnaire survey. In the practical part of the research, it managed to obtain data from nine of the ten selected publishers. It was chosen on the basis of their readership with the help of data from the Union of Publishers. Undoubtedly, the main contribution of this thesis is the topic itself - text focuses on a group of media professionals, who are crucial for proper functioning of the print media, although it is constantly overlooked by academia. Tis diploma thesis does not bring any revolutionary knowledge about the feld of print media in the Czech Republic, although with the obtained data it is possible to at least partially analyze jobs and style of work of media professionals in DTP departments. Te work is a small quantitative contribution to the academic discussion, which unfortunately is not currently taking place, although it should.
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The role of proofreading in modern media
Platil, Daniel ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
Bachelor's thesis "Proofreading and its role in today's media on the example of the magazine Respekt" consists of two parts. The first theoretical section mainly focuses on the definition of key concepts, proofreading work, conventions, and rules concerning interventions into the texts. It also attempts to put the change of the profession into the historical context, which is mainly related to the rapid technical development of the polygraphic industry. The practical section subsequently analytically verified readers' satisfaction with the level of linguistic competence of the magazine Respekt through a questionnaire. Following the results of the questionnaire that indicated worsening quality proofreading of ten selected issues from the years 1997, 2007 and 2017 was made to assess whether there have been any changes concerning the level of linguistic competence. This thesis attempts to put uncovered shortcomings both into the context of the era and the editorial work of the analysed media. On the occasion, language editor Petra Švehlová directly from magazine Respekt was approached - she attempted to interpret and evaluate the acquired data. Proofreading that was made did uncover certain misconducts, however, did not confirm the initial hypothesis itself that was supported by the research mentioned...
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The crisis, mergers, changes in ownership and cosolidation - the economical development of czech media companies in years 2009-2013 and cosequent change of the ownership
Beránek, Jan ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Benda, Josef (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the significant change in media ownership in the Czech Republic which occured during the Global crisis in 2008 - 2013. In this period almost all foreign owners sold their media to the local enterpreneurs, who took over almost all media houses. This shift happened under generally less comfortable matket conditions, which have hit mostly the printed media. The local enterpreneurs are naturally much more interested in local politics. This text describes these changes and uncovers the economic reasons that led to it, including the extensive research into publicly available, yet not analysed annual reports of media companies. The conclusion is that the foreign owners generally earned well in the Czech market and that they have decided to use the crisis as a good moment to sell. The arrival of new domestic owners caused worries about their possible interference with kontent and by 2017 there are some hints suggesting that they may use the media against the opponents. But there is a fact that may prevent them: the thesis proves how worth the position on the market is. And this should at least limit these efforts.
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Marketing communication of MF DNES from 2010 to 2015
Coufalová, Dominika ; Klimeš, David (advisor) ; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with analysis of marketing communication of daily newspaper Mladá fronta DNES. It is divided into two parts: the theoretical and the practical. The theoretical part defines basic concepts of marketing and marketing communication which are completed by specifics in media environment, specifically in the print media. Furthermore, there is summarized the print history of the 20th century in the area of the Czech Republic with emphasis on circumstances of the origin of the focused newspaper as well. The thesis also deals with the current condition of the Czech media market, it presents its current subjects and briefly mentions the development of the print run and readership of national newspapers. Another chapter describes the evolution of the newspaper from the historical and the technical point of view and supplements that comes along with the newspaper. The practical part gives a brief description of how the marketing department works, what is the strategy and newspapers' marketing mix. Much of attention is devoted to analysis of the individual areas of newspapers' communication mix, which were defined in theoretical part. The specific activities that were used by the daily in the watched period are also presented and analysed in the practical part. The last chapter...
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Jaroslav Salda. Portrait of Print Titan
Škrabalová, Iveta ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
Abstract in English language This work depicts the life story story of a "self-made man" Jaroslav Salda, the creator and director of the Melantrich, the biggest printing company in Czechoslovak time of so called First Republic. It is doing so by compiling interviews with period witnesses, archival documents and literary sources. Each chapter is a part of the answer to the question: How is it possible that the illegitimate child without funds and university education had become the man with extensive expertise, the frequent guest of Ministers and the President and the powerful head of the media industry? This text as a whole, firmly tied to the history of the Czech nation and Melantrich, reflects the experience of the man who dedicated his life to building, because he considered the constructive, innovative, diligent and hard work the main means of fulfillment in life and the key to success. It shows a person which embodies the adage: Where there is a will, there is a way. Key words Jaroslav Salda, Melantrich, Czech National Socialist Party, Ceske slovo, Svobodne slovo, Hvezda, Vaclavske namesti, a time of so called First Republic, capitalism, business, director, print, newspapers, Publishing Company, resistance activity.
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Publishers - differences and similarities in
Sýkorová, Kateřina ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis describes the development of publishing houses in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the years 1948-2012 with a focus on the legislative definition of their activities. It describes the different phases of Czech history, which had a major impact on the transformation of publishing houses, as the communist overthrow in 1948 and the following fifties and related nationalization of publishing houses, imposing of censorship and control of issued periodic and non-periodic publications; the sixties and the year 1968 and the Prague Spring, when there was a brief disengagement of these restrictions; subsequent normalization, which brought a "consolidating of relations" in the sense of political and ideological dictates; recent historical milestone is the year 1989 and following period until about 2012 with the emergence of democracy which brings the transformation of the market, privatization and the new legislative framework for publishers. The aim of this thesis is to compare the evolution of publisher houses in the pre-November and the post-communist era using a descriptive method.
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The publishing house Axel Springer and its transformation into a digital house
Báčová, Tereza ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis The publishing house Axel Springer and its transformation into a digital house focuses on the gradual transformation of a the German publishing house Axel Springer from a traditional publisher of printed media into the digital house it is today. The thesis analyzes its business activities and offers a periodized overview of the house's dominant business strategies from the moment it was established in 1946 to 2014. Simultaneously, the thesis presents the chronological development of the house's product portfolio. It is this record of the house's historical and current portfolio which discovers not only the changes in the structure of revenues, but also the house's shift from its original object of enterprise. In the case of Axel Springer, the transformation is characterized with a transfer of the principles of media enterprise into the digital environment - within which the focus was broadened from media projects to non-media projects as well. Economically speaking, this strategy has been successful, as in 2014 the house generated more than 70% of its overall profit (EBITDA) from its digital activities. At the same time the thesis proves in a critical manner that the digital transformation of Axel Springer is not a result of successful digital transformation of the way the...
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Travel tourism magazines on the czech media market-a comparative analysis of the C.O.T.Business and National geographic
Juránková, Simona ; Dolanská, Nora (advisor) ; Wolák, Radim (referee)
Travel periodicals are one of the means, how can readers - potential tourists to learn about a specific destination, or be motivated to visit presented country. This diploma thesis describes the development and transformation of the tourism magazines that are published in the Czech Republic after 1989. The attention is focused on the title COT business (for professionals) and National Geographic (for the public). Although targeted at different audiences, both periodicals bring news and coverage from destinations, interviews with travelers, practical travel advices and thus contribute for the increase or decline of demand for various places. Selected magazines gradually gained a strong position on the Czech media market and can be thus described as prototypes in their segment. Especially in recent years in comparison with the competition selected periodicals have declined in sold costs, advertising revenues and readership. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the market overall with selected travel periodicals and also identify opportunities that should selected titles (publishers) include into marketing planning, if they want to stay "leaders" on the media market. The thesis also presents a case study that is comparing the framing methods of selected destinations in order to determine, to what...
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Profile of Novinář Publishing House
Louvarová, Jana ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
The thesis "The Novinář Publishing House Profile" deals with the establishment, structure and production of Novinář publishing house. The first part of the thesis describes the historical events and implications that preceded the creation of Novinář and that had an impact on its activity. A separate chapter refers to conditions and circumstances of publishing specialized books and periodicals for journalists, i. e. the legislature in force and authorities that made decisions regarding the establishment of publishing houses, the editorial work of organizations and the content of books and other publications. One part of the thesis deals also with the education of journalists (through courses, newly established university studies), enhancing their expertise and qualification and the quality of their work, as well as with the related need for specialized publications for journalists and other reasons that led to the creation of Novinář publishing house. The second part of the thesis describes the establishment and operation of Novinář publishing house, its organizational structure and editorial and publishing work (books, journals, other publications). The last chapter presents important people that were involved in creation and operation of the publishing house (the directors).
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