Glas Istre

What Glas Istre does

Glas Istre is a privately held regional daily newspaper headquartered in Pula, Croatia, operating as the most significant regional media outlet in the Istrian peninsula. The company serves both residents and visitors of Istria with comprehensive local coverage across categories including Pula, Istria, Croatia, World, Sport, Culture, and Lifestyle, with particular emphasis on local sports (including coverage of football club Istra 1961) and cultural events such as the Pula Film Festival and Zlatne Arene awards.

The company's product surface combines a traditional printed daily newspaper with an extensive digital ecosystem. The core offering is the glasistre.hr news portal, supplemented by a digital newspaper edition (novine.glasistre.hr), a historical archive (glasistrenovine.hr), a dedicated obituary platform (osmrtnice.glasistre.hr / oglasni.glasistre.hr), and a small classifieds platform (butiga.hr), alongside social media distribution on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Reported reach is 80,000–120,000 daily readers across print and digital, and 400,000–500,000 daily page views on the website.

Glas Istre's business model is advertising-led across both print and digital channels, supplemented by revenue from classifieds, obituary notices, death announcements, and legal public notices. Marketing, obituary, and classifieds operations are supported by dedicated phone and email contact channels. The company employs approximately 32 people. No public listing, ownership disclosures, funding history, or management team information are available in the source data.

Name

Glas Istre

Legal name

Glas Istre

Website

https://glasistre.hr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Glas Istre is a privately held regional daily newspaper headquartered in Pula, Croatia, serving Istria with print and digital coverage of local news, sports, culture, and lifestyle, monetized through advertising, classifieds, and obituary notices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Newspaper

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper
• Digital news portal
• Print media
• Local journalism
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Pula

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Glas Istre is a regional Croatian daily newspaper based in Pula, Istria, that publishes local, regional, national, and international news across print and digital channels. The company operates a printed daily newspaper, the glasistre.hr digital news portal, a digital newspaper edition, a historical archive, a classified advertising and obituary platform, and a small-ads marketplace (Butiga). It also sells advertising space across its print and digital media properties to local and regional businesses.

Product overview

Glas Istre is a regional Croatian daily newspaper based in Pula, Istria, operating primarily through its digital platform GlasIstre.hr. Its product portfolio consists of the core news portal (GlasIstre.hr) as the central offering, supplemented by the digital edition of the print newspaper (Digitalno izdanje), a historical archive (Arhiva), a classified advertising platform (Oglasni), a dedicated obituary section (Osmrtnice), and a recipe content section (Gastro kutak). The platform covers news from Pula, the Istria region, Croatia, the world, sports, culture, and lifestyle, and also offers marketing and advertising services to clients through its digital and print channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Glas Istre Printed Daily Newspaper
• GlasIstre.hr Digital News Portal
• Digitalno izdanje Glas Istre (e-novine)
• Glas Istre Arhiva
• Oglasni Glas Istre
• Osmrtnice
• Butiga Small Ads

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jutarnji List: Croatia's leading national daily newspaper with both print and digital editions. Comparable as a Croatian newspaper publisher with multi-channel distribution, but operates nationally rather than in a single region and has a substantially larger audience and advertising base.
• Večernji List: Major Croatian national daily newspaper with print and digital presence. Comparable as a Croatian newspaper publisher with overlapping editorial and advertising offerings, but operates at national scale rather than a single regional market.

Emerging players

• Index.hr: Leading Croatian digital-native news portal with national reach. Comparable as a Croatian online news competitor contesting for the same digital advertising budgets and reader attention that Glas Istre targets in Istria.
• 24sata: Popular Croatian digital-first news outlet (part of the 24sata brand). Comparable as a Croatian online news competitor pursuing digital audiences and advertising revenue overlapping with Glas Istre's digital channels.
• Total Croatia News: English-language Croatian news portal. Comparable as a digital-first Croatian news outlet competing for cross-border and expatriate reader attention in Istria, particularly relevant given Istria's tourist and international exposure.

Direct peers

• Novi List: Croatian regional daily newspaper based in Rijeka covering the Kvarner/Primorje region. Directly comparable as a Croatian regional print+digital news outlet serving a distinct coastal geographic market with similar editorial scope and advertising model.
• Slobodna Dalmacija: Regional Croatian daily newspaper based in Split covering the Dalmatian coast. Closely comparable as a coastal Croatian regional newspaper with print+digital model and similar audience scale and advertising structure to Glas Istre.
• Zadarski list: Regional Croatian daily newspaper serving the Zadar area. Comparable as a regional print+digital daily covering a specific Croatian coastal geography with similar editorial and advertising business model.

Others

• HRT (Hrvatska radiotelevizija): Croatian public broadcaster operating TV, radio, and digital news. Comparable as a Croatian media outlet that competes for local news audiences and public-service advertising in Istria, though operating under a public-service mandate.

Regional players

• La Voce del Popolo: Italian-language newspaper published in Croatia serving the historic Italian minority community, with presence in Istria and Rijeka. Comparable as a regional minority/linguistic newspaper operating in the same Istrian market but in a different language and editorial niche.

Market position

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/glas-istre

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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