Creation On 16 December 1948, Poland's two largest communist parties, the
Polish Socialist Party and the
Polish Workers' Party, were combined to form the Polish United Workers' Party. The parties' respective newspapers,
Robotnik, and
Głos Ludu, were merged as well, forming the
Trybuna Ludu.
Significance Through the 20th century, the media in Poland were entirely controlled by the PZPR and newspapers were no exception.
Trybuna Ludu and its smaller competitors promoted the party line. It was also responsible for "rewriting history". As the official party newspaper,
Trybuna Luda dominated the market. By the end of 1981, circulation topped 1 million. Despite growing opposition to the party, the number of
Trybuna Ludu subscribers continued to grow and reached nearly 1.9 million by the time the communist state was dissolved. After 1990, much of its editorial was taken over unofficially by
Trybuna, a newly-created left-wing newspaper. Even at its peak,
Trybuna had just 50,000 readers, and could not make money. Printing was halted in late 2009. == Editors-in-chief ==