Kauno diena (Kaunas Daily) is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas. History and profile In 1998, Kauno diena was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media stakes to the investment company Hermis Capital. Its daily circulation in 2005 was about 38,000 copies. It was formerly known as Tarybų Lietuva (Soviet Lithuania, 1945–1950) and Kauno Tiesa (Kaunas Truth, 1950–1992). The present editor in chief of Kauno diena is Arūnas Andriuškevičius. Previous editors 1945 – Jonas Šimkus 1945–1950 – Donatas Roda 1950 – Juozas Chlivickas 1951–1953 – Povilas Putrimas 1954–1956 – Julius Čygas 1956–1958 – V.Norvaiša 1958–1960 – Juozas Leonavičius 1960–1987 – Zenonas Baltušnikas 1987–1998 – Teklė Mačiulienė 1999–2007 – Aušra Lėka 2007 – Kęstutis Jauniškis See also Eastern Bloc information dissemination References External links Kauno diena online Eastern Bloc mass media Newspapers established in 1945 Newspapers published in Kaunas Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Daily newspapers published in Lithuania