Panorama Group

Panorama Group

Panorama Group is the biggest publishing house in the Albanian print market, through its ownership of the daily newspaper Panorama, the sports daily newspaper Panorama Sport and the monthly magazine Psikologjia.

The group was founded in September 2002 by three businessmen Irfan Hysenbelliu, Alban Xhaferi and Lefter Sota. The first two had considerable investments in the field of construction, while Sota was known for his metals company. Documents from the Albanian National Business Register show that Irfan Hysenbelliu owned 34% of the shares, while Xhaferri and Sota each had 33% of shares in the company.

Alban Xhaferri withdrew from the company in 2003 and one year later went on to open the newspaper “Metropol.” In 2005, Lefter Sota also transferred his shares in the company to Hysenbelliu and in the same year founded the newspaper ‘Tirana Observer.’ During 2005 – 2023, Irfan Hysenbelliu was the sole owner of the “Panorama Group”.

On 15 June 2023, Hysenbelliu donated his shares equally to his children, Fabiola and Fatmir Hysenbelliu. The group also is the sole owner of the private university ‘Luarasi.’

Key facts

Business Form

Private

Legal Form

Joint Stock Company

Business Sectors

Radio and Television Broadcasting; Publishing; Construction; Trade; Hotel and Tourism; Brewery (Birra Korça); Winery; Water production; Education (private university college)

Ownership

Individual Owner

Media Outlets
Other Media Outlets

Other Print Outlets

Panorama Sport (Missing data)

Other TV Outlets

Panorama TV

Other Online Outlets

http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/

Facts

Media Business

Publishing

Panorama Group (100%)

Radio and Television Broadcasting

Focus Media News (100%)

Business

Construction

Erjoni (100%)

Trade

Pegasos (50%)

Tourism and hospitality

Hysenbelliu (100%)

Winery

Egnatia Group (100%)

Bottled water production

Fab Group (100%)

Brewery

Egnatia Group-Birra Korca (100%)

Education

Kolegji Universitar Luarasi (100%)

General Information

Founding Year

2002

Affiliated Interests Founder

Irfan Hysenbelliu, Alban Xhaferri and Lefter Sota

the daily newspaper ‘Panorama’ started publication in 2002, as a joint-venture between three businessmen, Irfan Hysenbelliu, Alban Xhaferri and Lefter Sota. The first two had considerable investments in the field of construction, while Sota was known for his metals company. Documents from the National Business Register show that Irfan Hysenbelliu owned 34% of the shares, while Xhaferri and Sota each had 33% of shares in the company. Alban Xhaferri withdrew from the company in 2003 and one year later went on to open the newspaper “Metropol.” In 2005, Lefter Sota also transferred his shares in the company to Hysenbelliu and in the same year founded the newspaper ‘Tirana Observer.’ During 2005 – 2023, Irfan Hysenbelliu was the sole owner of the “Panorama Group”. On 15 June 2023, Hysenbelliu donated his shares equally to his children, Fabiola and Fatmir Hysenbelliu. The group also is the sole owner of the private university ‘Luarasi.’

Employees

Missing Data

Contact

Rruga “Panorama”, (prapa shkollës Harry Fultz).Nd.3, H.14, Ap. 3, Njësia Bashkiake nr. 9, Kodi Postar 1016 Tiranë

Tel: +355 42 403 207, +355 42 403 208, +355 42 403 209

Website: www.panorama.com.al

Tax/ ID Number

Panorama Group (K22112005E)
Panorama TV (K31531673S)

Financial Information

Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)

Panorama Group - 1.25 Mln.. $ / 142 Mln.. Lek

Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

Panorama Group - -0.26 Mln.. $ /-30 Mln.. Lek

Advertising (in % of total funding)

Missing Data

Management

Supervisory Board

Fabjola Hysenbelliu

the daughter Irfan Hysenbelliu. He donated 50% of his shares to her in June 2023. She is a member of the supervisory council of the company.

Other Influential People

Aristir Lumezi

a journalist and editor in chief of the daily newspaper “Panorama“

Further Information

Active Transparency

company/channel informs proactively and comprehensively about its ownership, data is constantly updated and easily verifiable

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Meta Data

The ownership structure and financial statement are publicly available at the Albanian National Business Registry for Focus Media News, Focus Press and Panorama Group. The financial data provided are for 2022. The Central Bank's average exchange rate for 2022 was used to convert the amounts into USD. Panorama Group replied to the MOM information request on 27 July 2023. See sources for more.

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