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{{Short description|Czech weekly newsmagazine}}
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{{Other uses|Respect (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Respekt
| logo = Respekt.svg
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| image_caption = 27 February 2017 issue of ''Respekt''
| editor = Erik Tabery
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| category = [[Investigative journalism]], politics, economy, science, culture
| frequency = Weekly
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| publisher = Respekt Media
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| firstdate = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1989|11|18}}
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| country = [[Czech Republic]]
| based = [[Prague]]
| language = [[Czech language|Czech]]
| website = {{URL|respekt.cz}}
| issn = 0862-6545
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'''''Respekt'''''
==History and profile==
{{More citations needed section|date=December 2016}}
[[Image:respekt cover 1990-01.gif|thumb|
''Respekt'' was founded very soon after [[Velvet Revolution|the fall of Communist party from power]] in 1989<ref name=smid>{{cite web|author=Milan Smid|title=Czech Republic|url=http://www2.mirovni-institut.si/media_ownership/pdf/czech%20republic.pdf|publisher=Mirovni Institut|accessdate=28 October 2014|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804063014/http://www2.mirovni-institut.si/media_ownership/pdf/czech%20republic.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> by a group of [[samizdat]] journalists as one of the
Several people involved with ''Respekt'' became influential in top level politics of [[Czechoslovakia]] and the Czech Republic; among them the first editor-in-chief [[Jan Ruml]] who served as the Minister of Interior between 1992 and 1997, Martin Fendrych (official at the Ministry of Interior) and
Editors describe ''Respekt'' as "a [[Liberalism|liberal]] magazine which stands up for [[freedom of thought]] and the need of continuous questioning of its outcomes".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pg/tydenikrespekt/about/?ref=page_internal {{
In 2005 ''Respekt'' published details about business connection between Prime Minister [[Stanislav Gross]]' wife and a brothel owner, starting a scandal leading to downfall of Gross several months later; in 2008 it published an article alleging that [[Milan Kundera]], when a student, denounced to the police a Czech spy for the West.<ref>
The [[Magazine circulation|circulation]] of the weekly peaked at over 100,000 copies in the middle of the 1990s. At this time the (loss generating) weekly was bought by [[Karel Schwarzenberg]]´s ''R-Presse''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/4068647.stm|title=The press in the Czech Republic|work=BBC News|date=10 December 2005|accessdate=13 December 2008}}</ref> The circulation has been dropping steadily over the time causing Respekt's losses to increase to 7 million [[Czech koruna|Czk]] in 2003. In 2006 [[Zdeněk Bakala]] obtained majority in ''Respekt'' and planned to eliminate the loss by making the journal more mainstream. The proposed changes led to fear among both readers and the editors that the unique flavour of the weekly will be destroyed; in September 2006 all editors threatened to leave.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/redaktori-respektu-dali-vypoved-kvuli-novym-sefum-f84-/domaci.asp?c=A060922_083157_domaci_sfo|title=Editors of Respekt gave notice|language=Czech|
▲In 2005 ''Respekt'' published details about business connection between Prime Minister [[Stanislav Gross]]' wife and a brothel owner, starting a scandal leading to downfall of Gross several months later; in 2008 it published an article alleging that [[Milan Kundera]], when a student, denounced to the police a Czech spy for the West.<ref>[http://fokus.respekt.cz/Udani-Milana-Kundery-2737.html Udání Milana Kundery]</ref><ref>[http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=340173&id_seznam=14555 Milan Kundera demands apology from Respekt for defaming him]</ref>
The circulation in 2006 was around 25,000 copies and the weekly was read by approximately 80,000 people each week. In 2007 the circulation was around
▲The [[Magazine circulation|circulation]] of the weekly peaked at over 100,000 in the middle of the 1990s. At this time the (loss generating) weekly was bought by [[Karel Schwarzenberg]]. The circulation has been dropping steadily over the time causing Respekt's losses to increase to 7 million [[Czech koruna|Czk]] in 2003. In 2006 [[Zdeněk Bakala]] obtained majority in Respekt and planned to eliminate the loss by making the journal more mainstream. The proposed changes led to fear among both readers and the editors that the unique flavour of the weekly will be destroyed; in September 2006 all editors threatened to leave.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/redaktori-respektu-dali-vypoved-kvuli-novym-sefum-f84-/domaci.asp?c=A060922_083157_domaci_sfo|title=Editors of Respekt gave notice|language=Czech|publisher=[[MF Dnes]]|accessdate=7 September 2007}}</ref> Within a week the owners submitted to the pressure, recalled the manager responsible to implement the changes and brought in a new editor-in-chief, [[Martin Milan Šimečka|Martin M. Šimečka]], former editor-in-chief of the Slovak daily ''[[SME (newspaper)|SME]]''. Modification of the visual style and the format was delayed until September 2007.
▲The circulation in 2006 was around 25,000 and the weekly was read by approximately 80,000 people each week. In 2007 the circulation was around 16-17,000. According to a February 2008 survey, it is read by 94,000 people and remains one of the most cited journals and newspapers in the Czech Republic.
===Legal actions===
Since ''Respekt'' regularly reports on its investigations into bribery scandals, criminal activity or government mishandling, legal action is periodically taken against Respekt, often by top level politicians. Most of these cases that have gone to court have been won by the weekly.
The most visible case was the Czech government's 2001 attempt to sue ''Respekt'' for libel. [[Miloš Zeman]], the instigator of the case, saw it as a way to "''put the journal to its end''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/11107/limit|title=Cabinet filing charges against 'RESPEKT' weekly|work=[[Czech Radio]]|date=23 October 2001|accessdate=7 September 2007}}</ref> The case fizzled away only embarrassing the government.
===Editors in chief===
[[File:Jan Ruml.jpg|thumb|[[Charter 77]] signatory and the first editor of ''Respekt'', [[Jan Ruml]]]]
[[File:Erik Tabery (2018).jpg|thumb|upright|Erik Tabery was appointed editor-in-chief in 2009]]
* [[Jan Ruml]] (1990)
* Ivan Lamper (1990–1994)
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==Visual style==
''Respekt'' used its own distinguished visual style that stayed almost unchanged since 1990. With [[Paper size|A3 format]] (24 or 32 pages) and [[Black-and-white|black & white]] print it resembled more a daily newspaper than a magazine (most of the magazines in the Czech Republic are smaller and printed on glossy paper with heavy use of color and photos).
Front cover drawings by illustrator [[Pavel Reisenauer]] very soon became a symbol of the weekly. After several years the front page drawings switched from black and white to color. Reisenauer also contributed with drawings on the back cover and for the articles. All photos were black and white, their number was intentionally kept down. Advertisements were added at the end of 1991 in limited form, compared to other Czech journals.
The changes planned by the new owner in 2006 (glossy paper, use of color, coverage of day-to-day events or consumer advice) were cancelled at the time (see history above). In September 2007 the format has been changed, color replaced the black & white photos and the advertisement section was expanded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/media/casopis-respekt-bude-barevny-a-drazsi_20827.html|title=Respekt will use colors, price goes up|language=Czech|work=Journal Týden|date=30 August 2007|accessdate=7 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.respekt.cz/externality-diskuze.php?fIDEXT=825&fACT=ALL|title=Editor Marek Švehla about the changes|language=Czech|accessdate=7 September 2007|quote=Švehla describes the changes and explains that the loss making journal needs to implement them. Quality of articles won't be compromised, says.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070504042625/http://www.respekt.cz/externality-diskuze.php?fIDEXT=825&fACT=ALL|archivedate=4 May 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
===Web presence===
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==References==
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==External links==
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* History of Respekt: [http://www.tydenika2.cz/archiv/2006/18/legenda-se-louci-a-konci overview 1], [http://www.aust.cz/?p=310 overview 2] (in Czech)
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