Economia a.s. is a Czech media company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1990 and it is the publisher of Hospodářské noviny, Respekt, news server Aktuálně.cz and several other news websites. From 1999, majority shareholder of Economia was the German Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt until it was acquired by Zdeněk Bakala in 2008. See also Czech News Center Mafra (company) References Companies based in Prague Publishing companies established in 1990 Mass media companies of the Czech Republic Mass media in Prague 1990 establishments in Czechoslovakia