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province of Katowice in Silesia ranked second, and Poland's ancient cultural center of Krakow third; all provincial cities, however, publish at least one local daily newspaper, most of them public two or more. Publishing of newspapers and periodicals has been centralized since 1957 in the Workers Publishing Cooperative or Prasa (Press), which directs a network of publishing cooperatives. Distribution of newspapers and periodicals, including foreign imports, is handled by a state monopoly, Ruch (Motion), which is subordinate to the Ministry of Communications. In November 1972 legislation was introduced to centralize the activities of Prasa, Ruch, and the book publishers KiW under one cooperative supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Art. Details on selected major newspapers and periodicals are presented in Figure 56.
Since World War II the government has systematically stimulated book publishing through expansion of printing and distribution facilities, extension of the library system, low prices, and publicity and pressure for the sale of literature approved by the regime. Overemphasis on ideological works and propaganda literature in the pre-1956 period resulted in heavy reader resistance and a significance percentage unsold books. Since that time, the production of nonpolitical and general popular literature has been separate from that of books
| Name and Place of Publication | Circulation (Thousands) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| TRYBUNA ROBOTNICZA (Workers' Tribune), Katowice | 496 | Regional party organ in Katowice province, reputed to be host Communist daily in Poland. |
| EKSPRES WIECZORNY (Evening Express), Warsaw | 454 | Most popular nonparty daily. |
| TRYBUNA LUDU (People's Tribune), Warsaw | 494 | Main organ of the PZPR. |
| ZYCIE WARSZAWA (Warsaw Life), Warsaw | 375 | Popular nonparty daily; frequently carries substantive regime commentary. |
| KURYER POLSKI (Polish Courier), Warsaw | na | Main organ of the Democratic Party. |
| DZIENNIK LUDOWY (People's Daily), Warsaw | na | United Peasant Party. |
| SZTANDAR MLODOSCI (Banner of Youth), Warsaw | 243 | Main organ of the Socialist Youth Union. |
| GLOS PRACI (Voice of Labor), Warsaw | na | Main organ of the Central Council of Trade Unions. |
| SLOWO POWNIKCNNE (Universal Word), Warsaw | na | Main organ of the pseudo-Catholic, proregime organization, PAX; not connected with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ZOLTIK WOLNOSCI (Symbol of Freedom), Warsaw | na | Main armed forces daily published by the Ministry of National Defense. |
| Example | 1,373 | Most popular weekly feature magazine: targeted to youth in general; independent. |
| PRZEKROJE (Cross-sections), Krakow | 316 | WERSA Popular regional feature weekly; independent |
| PERSPEKTYWICZNY (Perspectives) | na | Combined feature and newsmagazine introduced in 1969; independent although a vehicle for regime views. |
| POLITYKA (Politics), Warsaw | na | Weekly organ of the PZPR Central Committee. |
| ZA I PRZECIW (For and Against), Warsaw | na | Weekly feature magazine; independent. |
| ZOLOKY SETAFOR, Warsaw | na | Semiweekly organ of the United Peasant Party. |
| CHLOPSKA DROGA (Peasants' Way) | na | Semiweekly PZPR organ for rural Communist leadership. |
| FORUM (Forum), Warsaw | na | Independent weekly; reprints translations from foreign press. |
| NOWE DRUBL (New Paths), Warsaw | na | Main theoretical monthly of the PZPR Central Committee. |
| ZYCIE PARTIE (Party Life), Warsaw | na | Mostly for PZPR contributors and activists. |
| KULTURA (Culture), Warsaw | na | Proregime sociocultural weekly. |
| TYGODNIK UNIWERSALNY (Universal Weekly), Krakow | na | Sociocultural Roman Catholic weekly. |
| ZOLNIERZ POLSKI (Polish Soldier), Warsaw | na | Ministry of National Defense feature weekly. |
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