“Mero Baze”
“Mero Baze” is a sole proprietorship company owned by Mero Baze, a journalist and media entrepreneur. The company publishes the daily Tema and the online web-page gazetatema.net. Tema is a daily newspaper and has been publishing since 1999.
Mero Baze is known for his daily editorials mostly on politics and for "Antena Brenda Familjes" (Antena within the Family), a satirical daily column. He directed a TV Show called Faktor Plus in Vizion Plus TV channel between 2008 and 2012.
He is known for being a supporter of former President and Prime Minister Sali Berisha up to 2008 when he was transformed into a formidable critic of his rule. Baze faced government pressure on his business, threats and attacks due to his critiques on government dealings.
His newspaper was evicted from a government owned building for which he signed a 20-year lease contract in 2009. Baze was violently beaten by Rezart Taçi, a controversial businessman, after reporting on the murky privatization of Albanian oil refinery Armo and tax evasion.
The owner of the daily Tema pioneered online media in 1999 while Tema online became a reference point after 2009. Baze is the author of various non-fiction books.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Sole Proprietorship
Business Sectors
Publishing
Individual Owner
Business
Marketing
Mediasoft Albania (100%)
General Information
Founding Year
1999
Affiliated Interests Founder
a journalist and media entrepreneur has been publishing the daily Tema through a sole proprietorship.
Employees
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Contact
Tax/ ID Number
K91624015A
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
0.25 Mln.. $ / 28 Mln.. Lek
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
0.06 Mln.. $ / 7 Mln.. Lek
Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Other Influential People
a journalist and the editor in chief of Tema Newspaper.
the Marketing Director of the daily Tema. He is also the son of the publisher Mero Baze. Apart from his job at Tema, Regon Baze owns Quant LLC - a PR and Marketing company and a real estate sole proprietorship.
Further Information
Meta Data
The ownership structure and financial statement are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. The financial data provided are for 2022. The Central Bank's average exchange rate for 2022 was used to convert the amounts into USD. See sources for more.
