After censorship and state repression in Communist Romania, the Romanian media today enjoys a high degree of freedom. The Romanian press is very vibrant and diverse and caters to most of the population with a wide variety of publications, including daily newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. Romanian people overall rank TV as their media of choice, and there are over a hundred Romanian TV channels, including TVR (public, state-owned television), as well as a plethora of private channels.
Among some of the most prominent daily Romanian newspapers with national circulation are Evenimentul Zilei (”The Event of the Day”), Jurnalul National (”The National Journal”), and Adevarul (”The Truth”). Besides the popular Romanian language media, there are also significant news outlets serving the Hungarian minority in Transylvania, most notably Kronika (”Chronicle”), and Uj Magyar Szo (”New Hungarian Word”). Television networks exist for Romanian as well as Hungarian-speaking people in Romania. Many international channels are available in English as well, such as CNN International, HBO, and BBC News.
The people of Romania have also been very quick to adopt the Internet and the newest cutting-edge web-based media technologies, including blogs and online news portals, some of which are also available in English (e.g., Hotnews.ro). There are many Romanian publications that cater to an educated audience, including critical and satirical journals and magazines with such titles as Dilema Veche (”The Old Dilemma”), Academia Catavencu (”The Catavencu Academy”), and Plai cu Boi (a Playboy-like satirical magazine, whose title can loosely be translated as “Fields with Idiots”).
Among the Romanian publications dedicated to business and financial news, investments, and other related topics that cater to the Romanian business community are Capital and Saptamana Financiara (”The Financial Week”). Virtually all of the Romanian print media today is privately-owned and operated, in contrast with the fully state-owned media under Communist rule.