Monitor (magazine)
| Editor-in-chief | Esad Kočan |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Circulation | Weekly |
| First issue | October 19, 1990 |
| Company | Monitor Ltd. |
| Country | Montenegro |
| Based in | Podgorica |
| Language | Montenegrin |
| Website | http://www.monitor.co.me |
Monitor (Montenegrin pronunciation: [mǒnitor]) is a weekly news magazine published in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Started on October 19, 1990 by university professor Miodrag Perović and businessman Stanislav "Ćano" Koprivica, the magazine appeared at a time when the single-party political system in SFR Yugoslavia had been abolished and its constituent republics were preparing for parliamentary elections with multiple parties. At the time, Socialist Republic of Montenegro was ruled by the Yugoslav Communist League's (SKJ) Montenegrin branch (SKCG); more specifically the triumvirate of Momir Bulatović, Milo Đukanović, and Svetozar Marović who were swept into power the previous year during the so-called anti-bureaucratic revolution, an administrative putsch within Montenegrin Communist League initiated by Slobodan Milošević and carried out with the great deal of help from the state security apparatus that he controlled by this time.
The first issue of Monitor was printed in Sarajevo in 20,000 copies and then distributed in Montenegro where it sold in symbolic numbers - only couple of hundred of copies. Although the magazine listed 76 individuals as its founders (among them politicians Slavko Perović, Jusuf Kalamperović, Žarko Rakčević, Ljubiša Stanković, Dragiša Burzan, Stevo Vučinić, etc.), in actuality only Miško Perović (editor-in-chief) and Ćano Koprivica (main financier) had actual influence on magazine's editorial policy. Following the poor sales of first issue, the magazine effectively went bankrupt and was only kept alive by individual donations. The next eight issues were also printed in Sarajevo.
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