TEMA Online
Tema Online is the online publication of daily Tema through domain gazetatema.net. The domain was registered in 2005 and is currently one of the most popular websites in Albania, offering news, comments and entertainment. The website has on average 800,000 to 1,000,000 visits per day according to Tema company.
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Ownership Type
private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
free content
Media Companies / Groups
Tema
Ownership Structure
Gazeta Tema and Tema Online are published by Mero Baze, sole proprietorship
Voting Rights
Voting rights are the same as shareholders rights.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1999
Affiliated Interests Founder
Mero Baze – is a journalist and media entrepreneur. He worked as journalist in various media outlets, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe since 1990s and opened his own newspaper in 1999. He is known for his daily editorials mostly on politics and for "Antena Brenda Familjes" (Antena within the Family), a satyrical daily column. He directed a TV Show called Faktor Plus in Vizion Plus TV channel between 2008 and 2012.
He is known for being a supporter of former President and Prime Minister Sali Berisha up to 2008 when he was transformed in a formidable critic of his rule. Baze faced government pressure on his business, threats and attacks due to his critiques on government dealings.
According to the response of the Mero Baze, Tema Online and the daily newspaper Tema were founded in 1999.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Mero Baze – is a journalist and media entrepreneur. He worked as journalist in various media outlets, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe since 1990s and opened his own newspaper in 1999. He is known for his daily editorials mostly on politics and for "Antena Brenda Familjes" (Antena within the Family), a satyrical daily column. He directed a TV Show called Faktor Plus in Vizion Plus TV channel between 2008 and 2012.
He is known for being a supporter of former President and Prime Minister Sali Berisha up to 2008 when he was transformed in a formidable critic of his rule. Baze faced government pressure on his business, threats and attacks due to his critiques on government dealings.
His newspaper was evicted from a government owned building for which he signed a 20-year lease contract in 2009. Baze was violently beaten by Rezart Taçi, a controversial businessman, after reporting on the murky privatization of Albanian oil refinery Armo and tax evasion.
Baze pioneered online media in 1999 while Tema online become a reference point after 2009. Since 2014, he owns 20% of Tema TV, a news channel streamed online and in Digitalb platform. Baze is author of various non-fiction books.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Bledi Lumani – is a journalist.
Contact
Banese private, prane Komunes Golem, Golem Albania
Email: merobaze@gmail.com
Website: www.gazetatema.net
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Further Information
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The ownership structure and financial statement are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. The financial data are not available since Tema Online is not a separate entity and its revenues and expenditures are reported along with its print edition thought Mero Baze sole proprietor company. Visits on the website are stated as reported by the company.
