Finance Minister Babiš again named most influential person in Czech media

Finance Minister Andrej Babiš has been named most influential person in Czech media for the second year in a row by Forbes magazine. The ANO chief and business magnate owns Mafra, which publishes the newspapers Mladá fronta Dnes and Lidové noviny, and Impuls, the country’s most popular radio station. Czech Television director general Petr Dvořák was named the second most influential figure in local media in the Forbes list, followed by Daniel Křetínský, co-owner and de facto boss of publishers Czech News Center.

Author: Ian Willoughby