Solowow continues to build media group by adding daily Zycie Warszawy

Zbigniew Jakubas intends to sell the daily newspaper Zycie Warszawy together with its weekly supplement Kulisy to Kielce businessman Michal Solowow who owns Echo Investment and Cersanit. The preliminary agreement was signed several days ago. Rumors about the transaction had been circulating for several months however both sides denied the information. It is not known how much Solowow will pay for the paper. He has already started building his position in the media sector. He acquired Krakow-based weekly Przekroj and is also the owner of Kielce-based dailies Echo Dnia, Slowo Ludu as well as a radio station Radio Tak. According to readership surveys, Zycie Warszawy has 83,200 readers per week in the former Warszawskie voivodship. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 30)