Ğábravik
Ğábravik (Ænglisc: Lamppost) is a daily newspaper and media organisation based in Madisar, Fariva.
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| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Odoneru Media Group SAK |
| Founder(s) | Rulon Féristav Karolus Rostatak |
| President | Pericolus Siderean |
| Editor | Aoife Ní Suibhne |
| Founded | 211XX in Bérasar |
| Political alignment | Progressive liberal Post-Kirosocialist |
| Language | Kiravic Coscivian Latin |
| City | Madisar,  Fariva |
| Country |  Kiravia |
Despite its comparatively small circulation figures in Kiravia, Ğábravik is
History
The Tæhūrix Ğábravik ("Daily Lamppost") was founded in 211XX in Bérasar by Rulon Féristav and Karolus Rostatak. Both Féristav and Rostatak were natives of Hiterna who had come to Bérasar six years prior to study at the now-defunct Harroden College and took various menial jobs to cover their living expenses, during which time they became involved in the organised labour movement. The pair spent several years as contributors to a succession of small-circulation radical newspapers and union publications, until the Bérasar General Strike of 211XW inspired them to launch a full-fledged newspaper of their own.
Ğábravik was initially supportive of the growing Kirosocialist movement, but became critical of the Kirosocialist government during the 211XZs and was targeted for censorship by the authorities. Ğábravik welcomed the National Renewal Movement of the 211XQs and definitively repudiated Kirosocialism in a full-page editorial published in 21193.
In 21201, Ğábravik moved its offices from downtown Bérasar to the satellite city of Madisar.
Content
Style
Editorial stance
The Ğábravik editorial line has evolved over time, and since the 21190s it has been variously described as progressive, liberal, left-liberal, and social-democratic. The editorial board has described its philosophy as "nonsectarian and non-dogmatic, inclusive of a wide range of viewpoints not commonly represented in the mainstream Kiravian media." According to Malcolm Lenihan of the libertarian-conservative Financial Post, "the staff at [Ğábravik] are a motley crew, comprising in equal parts young cosmopolitan spawn of wealthy Eastern Seaboard families who never knew Kirosocialism, disillusioned Post-Kirosocialists still struggling to keep the progressive optimism of the 21160s alight in the Age of Candrin, and [third group here]."
The paper is supportive of the weaker elements in Kiravian society, including tenants, non-Coscivian immigrants, the Urom, sexual minorities, service and gig workers, Hussars, the illegitimate, cyclists, and Sasquatches, though notably not Kikparis. Regarding foreign policy, its articles and columns are resoundingly anti-colonialist and tend to favour pacifism and strategic neutrality. The paper strongly opposes Kiravian military involvement and colonial expansion in Crona.
Despite being derided by many cultural conservatives as a cosmopolitan and anti-Coscivian publication, the Lamppost perspective on many social and cultural issues broadly continues the ynserthérisēx tradition of the Social-Nationalist current within the Kirosocialist movement of "defining Coscivian civilisation not by its past, but by its future".
Readership
Ğábravik has a domestic weekly circulation of X0,000 and averaged X0,000 online hits per day in 21206.