2007 circulation of the paper was 70,680 copies. In 2008 it had a circulation of 70,413 copies and reached up to 232,000 readers per day. The circulation of Lidové noviny was 58,543 copies in 2009, 49,920 copies in 2010 and 43,171 copies in 2011. Personalities Among the contributors and editors of the "old" Lidové noviny, there were Karel Čapek, Josef Čapek, Jaromír John, Richard Weiner, Eduard Bass, Karel Poláček, Rudolf Těsnohlídek, Leoš Janáček, Jiří Mahen, Jan Drda, Václav Řezáč and the presidents Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš. Editors This list includes only editors-in-chief of the new Lidové noviny. Jiří Ruml (1988–1990) Rudolf Zeman (1990–1991) Jaroslav Veis (1991–1992) Tomáš Smetánka (1992–1993) Jaromír Štětina (1993–1994) Jiří Kryšpín (1994) – interim Libor Ševčík (1994–1996) Jefim Fištejn (1996–1997) Pavel Šafr (1997–2000) Veselin Vačkov (2000–2009) Dalibor Balšínek (2009-2013) István Léko (2013-2021) Petr Bušta (2021-) See also List of newspapers in the Czech Republic Concentration of media ownership in the Czech Republic Petr Janyška References External links Lidovky.cz - zprávy z domova i ze světa | Official page Newspapers established in 1893 Daily newspapers published in the Czech Republic Czech-language newspapers Newspapers published in Prague