▁contrib utors ▁( S tere , ▁T ud or ▁Arg he zi , ▁San iel ▁G ross man ). ▁The ▁newspaper ▁was ▁by ▁then ▁also ▁reporting ▁about ▁Set on - W at son ' s ▁disappoint ment ▁with ▁post - war ▁Gre ater ▁Roman ia ▁and ▁the ▁central ist ▁ag enda ▁of ▁its ▁found ers . ▁▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁edition ▁ ▁Early ▁inter war ▁years ▁ ▁Once ▁re est ab lished , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁became ▁a ▁dominant ▁newspaper ▁of ▁the ▁inter war ▁period ▁and ▁preserved ▁its ▁form ative ▁role ▁for ▁popular ▁culture , ▁being ▁joined ▁in ▁its ▁left ist ▁n iche ▁some ▁other ▁widely ▁circul ated ▁period ical s ▁( C uv ânt ul ▁Liber , ▁R ampa ▁etc .). ▁More ▁serious ▁competition ▁came ▁from ▁its ▁old ▁rival ▁Univers ul , ▁which ▁now ▁sur pass ed ▁it ▁in ▁popular ity ▁at ▁a ▁national ▁level . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁and ▁Dim inea ța ▁still ▁bo asted ▁a ▁combined ▁daily ▁circul ation ▁of ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁M ille ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁and ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁create ▁Lu pta ▁journal , ▁amid st ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁press ured ▁out ▁by ▁rival ▁business ▁interests . ▁A dev ăr ul ▁and ▁Dim inea ța ▁were ▁both ▁purchased ▁by ▁Arist ide ▁Bl ank , ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁Jewish ▁entrepr ene ur