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40-399: The magazine, whose name was a play on Herald Tribune (see below), and which billed itself as a "weekly magazine for Croatian anarchists , protesters and heretics ", commonly included a provocative satirical photomontage on the cover page, a short news section (titled " Informbiro "), editorials, interviews, a satirical section (titled "Feral Tromblon"), and sections on music, books and

80-593: A Monday, the International Herald Tribune appeared on newsstands for the last time and ceased publication under that name. In 2016, the NYT Paris offices, acquired from the IHT, closed amid massive layoffs. The National Book Review called it "end of a romantic era in international journalism". The archives of the International Herald Tribune , all the articles from 1887 until 2013, were sold or licensed to

120-727: A Paris edition of his newspaper the New York Herald with offices at 49, avenue de l'Opéra. He called it the Paris Herald . When Bennett Jr. died, the Herald and its Paris edition came under the control of Frank Munsey . In 1924, Munsey sold the paper to the family of Ogden Reid , owners of the New-York Tribune , creating the New York Herald Tribune , while the Paris edition became

160-458: A book publishing department which published a series of works by renowned contemporary authors and intellectuals from ex-Yugoslav countries, such as Arsen Dedić , Slavenka Drakulić , Milan Kangrga , Mirko Kovač , Izet Sarajlić and Nenad Veličković , foreign writers such as Isaiah Berlin , Norberto Bobbio , Leonard Cohen and George Soros , as well as works by their in-house columnists such as Boris Dežulović and Viktor Ivančić . Although

200-485: A businessman with close ties to the governing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) bought Slobodna Dalmacija , the weekly split off to form its own independent publication. On 1 June 1993, the publication launched its first independent issue with the headline " Ante Pavelić Found Alive", ironically suggesting that his political spirit was alive in Croatian life. Feral received little attention until Yugoslavia broke apart in

240-504: A contributor to the development of democracy in Croatia, but no help was actually offered. On 28 June 2007, the paper began publication again. It was reported that, due to financial difficulties, it was to be bought by Europa Press Holding (EPH), the largest publisher in Croatia ( Globus , Jutarnji list ), sparking speculation regarding the future of Feral's independence. However, in June 2008, after

280-422: A strong critical approach to the government. It criticised Prime Minister Ivica Račan for his unwillingness to distance himself from Tuđman's legacy and exposed corruption scandals related to his government. In 2003, after HDZ's return to power, Feral Tribune began to see a resurgence in popularity. In December 2005, Drago Hedl , the paper's editor, received an anonymous death threat by mail, for his reporting on

320-494: A stronger ideological profile and promoting radical left views which alienated some of its old readers and allowed other Croatian newsweeklies, most notably Globus and Nacional , to rise in their relative popularity. Feral was also affected by personnel changes with the departure of one of its founders. While the magazine's circulation and influence were limited by these factors, the Feral Tribune continued to maintain

360-518: A wild or undomesticated animal in English, it is unlikely that the Croatian-speaking editors chose the title Feral for its meaning in English. On the other hand, it is quite possible that the editorial office enjoyed the double entendre that it elicited among foreign observers, giving the newspaper title an aura of its editorial independence and unwillingness to be tamed by political pressure. Feral

400-492: The Croatian Constitutional Court overturned the decision. Due to the change in the political system , there was nationwide confusion on many issues at the time. " Financial engineering ", corruption , and the renewed independence resulted in changes in the government , a burst of patriotism , nationalism , and xenophobia . As a political satire paper, the Feral Tribune provided significant material from

440-481: The Gale company, where they began appearing in 2017. This material is not available from any New York Times archive. The New York Times website does, however, host a very limited selection of "retrospective" stories from the 1887–2013 years, a collection that became available in 2017, the same year that the full archives became available on Gale. Franjo Tudjman Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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480-491: The International Herald Tribune a day after they appeared in either of the parent papers. Marking a departure from its origins as a paper mostly read by American expatriates and travelers in Europe, by this point the majority of its readers were non-American. The International Herald Tribune 's main editorial team was based in Paris, and while content for the paper largely consisted of stories, columns, and editorials from

520-508: The Paris Herald Tribune . By 1967, the paper was owned jointly by Whitney Communications, The Washington Post and The New York Times , and became known as the International Herald Tribune , or IHT . The first issue of the International Herald Tribune was published on May 22, 1967. It continued the practices that had endeared it to American expatriates and travelers, such as carrying baseball scores and stock prices . At

560-525: The Post 's interest, for an amount of around $ 70 million. The Times thereby became the sole owner of the International Herald Tribune . The change became effective with the edition published on January 2, 2003. The headquarters for the paper remained at its site in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The Times subsequently folded the International Herald Tribune website into its own website during 2009. In 2005

600-628: The Yugoslav wars ensued. Feral was among the first Croatian newspapers to openly report on various topics that the state-controlled newspapers would not report on including war crimes perpetrated by Croatian soldiers, the Croatian army's involvement in the war in Bosnia , Tuđman's revanchist opinions of the Ustaše in the context of generic Croatian nationalism, the Herzegovina profiteer lobby , connections between

640-493: The EPH started avoiding the paper's officials in takeover negotiations, Feral Tribune editors announced the end of the magazine. After 15 years, and numerous lawsuits from politicians, editors cited financial troubles due to lack of funding and the failure of negotiations with EPH as the causes. Feral had won several important awards over the years: International Herald Tribune The International Herald Tribune ( IHT )

680-479: The Internet. Another popular section, titled "Greatest Shits", included a collection of ludicrous statements made in the Croatian media by politicians and other public figures in the previous week. The magazine typically had between 50 and 100 pages in total. It was originally printed in black and white, later changed to full color glossy paper , but then reverted to black and white. In 1994 Feral Tribune also launched

720-520: The abduction and murder of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92. In 2006, the International Center for Journalists is awarding Hedl a Knight International Award for excellence in journalism. In June 2007, the paper missed two weekly issues due to financial problems. The editorial staff announced that their bank accounts had been blocked due to a VAT debt, and that several court rulings against

760-458: The early 1990s. The magazine's favorite subject soon became Franjo Tudjman . A winter 1993 issue depicted a photograph of Milošević and Tudjman in bed naked together with a headline that read: "Is this what we fought for?". Once the issue hit the streets, it quickly sold out all 50,000 copies. Meanwhile, Ivančić, the magazine's editor, was conscripted to the Croatian army. "His mobilization was obviously related to that issue," said Boris Dežulović who

800-594: The government and the Catholic Church and other topics. It denounced Croatian racism, Antisemitism, corruption from the governing party as well as Croatian war crimes. HDZ officials criticised Feral , accusing it of anti-Croatian reporting at a time when the country was at war. In 1994, a 50% sales tax typically imposed on pornographic magazines was imposed on the Feral by the HDZ government. This tax received criticism and in 1995

840-483: The government for an article criticizing Tudjman's plan to move the remains of Ustaše soldiers and bury them alongside World War Two concentration camp victims at Jasenovac. In 1997, Feral published an interview with Miroslav Bajramovic, a former member of the reservist police battalion under the command of Tomislav Merčep , who detailed war crimes committed against Serb civilians in Pakračka Poljana . After it ran

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880-471: The humorist Art Buchwald , the fashion editor Suzy Menkes , jazz critic Mike Zwerin and food writers Waverly Root and Patricia Wells . Former executive editors include John Vinocur , David Ignatius and Michael Getler . In 2013, the New York Times Company announced that the International Herald Tribune was being renamed The International New York Times . On October 14, 2013,

920-469: The international edition of The Wall Street Journal was heavily regionalized. (Several editions were published of each day's paper, however, and sometimes particular regions saw revisions that other regions might not. ) Nearly 200,000 copies were sold per day, including 50,000 in Asia and 45,000 copies to airlines flying international routes. Despite the technology, however, in practice stories often appeared in

960-413: The like. As the 21st century dawned, there were divided opinions regarding the International Herald Tribune 's place in the media world, with for instance James Ledbetter of Slate pronouncing it a relic of a by-gone era but Peter Osnos of The Atlantic believing it still had a role to play. In October 2002, it was announced that The New York Times Company ("The Times ") would buy out

1000-449: The magazine was hugely popular in the 1990s and had received a number of international awards during the period, its circulation gradually declined in the 2000s. Following a series of financial difficulties and failed takeover negotiations with Europapress Holding , the magazine was forced to cease publication in 2008 and published its final issue on 19 June 2008. In March 2010 a digital archive of all articles ever published in Feral Tribune

1040-618: The paper had imposed additional strain on their accounts. The staff accused the Croatian government of favoring governmental and nationalist media by writing off their VAT debts, thus creating an unfair competition to Feral. The finance ministry's decision to freeze the weekly's bank accounts was widely condemned in Croatia. Croatian officials, including the President Stjepan Mesić and the Prime Minister Ivo Sanader both pledged help to Feral Tribune , both acclaiming it as

1080-683: The paper opened its Asia newsroom in Hong Kong. In April 2001, the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞) tied up with the International Herald Tribune and published an English-language newspaper, the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun . After the Washington Post sold its stake in the International Herald Tribune , it continued being published under the name International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun , but it

1120-515: The paper pioneered the innovation of doing electronic transmission of facsimile pages across borders, when it opened a remote printing facility in London. This was followed by a printing site in Zurich in 1977. The International Herald Tribune began transmitting electronic images of newspaper pages from Paris to Hong Kong via satellite in 1980, making the paper simultaneously available on opposite sides of

1160-576: The parent publications. Over the years, the International Herald Tribune faced increasing newsstand competition from the international editions of the Wall Street Journal , USA Today , and the Financial Times . Furthermore, the advent of the internationally available cable news network CNN , and later the Internet , gave Americans more readily available ways to keep up on sports scores and

1200-499: The planet. This was the first such intercontinental transmission of an English-language daily newspaper and followed the pioneering efforts of the Chinese-language newspaper Sing Tao Daily (星島日報) . Additional printing locations followed, including Rome and Tokyo 1987; and Frankfurt 1989. By 1985, the International Herald Tribune had a circulation of 160,000, and was profitable with annual revenues of around $ 40 million. At

1240-593: The start, the paper maintained the offices it inherited from the Herald Tribune European Edition – that dated to 1931 – at 21 Rue de Berri, just off the Champs-Élysées . Columnist Art Buchwald recalled them as being "grubby" and antiquated but "the perfect location for an American newspaper abroad." Then in 1978, the paper moved its facilities to the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine . In 1974,

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1280-400: The story, Feral staff members had to be given police protection because of the death threats it received. Despite these issues, Feral Tribune continued to survive in part because of donations from abroad. Tudjman died in 1999 and his party was voted out of power on 2000 parliamentary elections . Attempts to replace Tudjman with George W. Bush as a target led to the magazine embracing

1320-540: The time of the paper's centennial in 1987, the IHT was opening a new print site on average each year. By the early 1990s, the paper was printed concurrently around the globe, with seven sites in Europe, three in Asia, and one in America, allowing day-of-publication availability in all major cities worldwide. Notably, every region received the same editorial content, and even most of the advertising ran across all areas; by comparison,

1360-450: The two parent papers, the paper reported from many news sources, including its own corps of correspondents and columnists. In any case, all of the final editing was done by the Paris staff. By 2002, the International Herald Tribune had some 335 employees. Some columnists from the parent papers, such as Flora Lewis and Art Buchwald , kept publishing columns in the International Herald Tribune even after their work no longer appeared in

1400-557: The warmongering and profiteering associated with the era. Feral arguably represented almost the only influential opposition to the HDZ administration on the media scene. In 1996, HDZ passed a law under which public criticism of the highest officials was punishable. The editors of Feral editors were among the first to be sued for defamation. Feral was the subject of dozens of libel suits and criminal charges laid by government officials, including by Tudjman's daughter. In 1998, they were sued by

1440-552: Was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers. It published under the name International Herald Tribune starting in 1967, but its origins as an international newspaper trace back to 1887. Sold in over 160 countries, the International Herald Tribune produced a large amount of content until it became the second incarnation of The International New York Times in 2013, 10 years after The New York Times Company became its sole owner. In 1887, James Gordon Bennett Jr. created

1480-604: Was conceived in 1984 by a trio of young journalists Viktor Ivančić , Predrag Lucić , and Boris Dežulović . The trio named itself by combining letters in their names to form "Viva Ludež", their neologism for goofy madness. Their works initially appeared in the weekly humour supplement of Nedjeljna Dalmacija in 1988. After a month, Feral was banned after it ran a satirical piece ridiculing then Serbian president Slobodan Milošević 's nationalist and anti-establishment protests. The publication then moved to Split 's daily newspaper, Slobodna Dalmacija . In 1993, when Miroslav Kutle ,

1520-528: Was deputy editor at the time. "We believe they planned to send him to the front lines in Bosnia, but after all the noise this case has raised, they have left him in the barracks instead." He was eventually released. International media took notice of the cover, and a framed copy was even put up in the New York Times newsroom. Although the magazine was humorous in nature, it started addressing more serious issues as

1560-514: Was discontinued in February 2011. By 2008, the circulation of the paper was over 240,000. By the early 2010s, the Internet edition of the paper was receiving some seven million visitors per month, and overall the IHT represented one of the biggest global media entities. Throughout its history the Paris-based paper had a glittering stable of writers and journalists. Among the most well-known were

1600-489: Was published in the form of a four-disc DVD set. The paper's name is likely a play on Herald Tribune . "Feral", in Dalmatian dialect, represents a petroleum or gas lamp, typically used on night fishing excursions. Dalmatian culture has a very intimate connection to the sea, and the term Feral is often used as the name of local sport clubs or performing groups. While the term "feral" typically refers to qualities associated with

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