An outline of the history of the press between 1945 and 2000

After 1945 Elbląg did not constitute a significantly important location for press publishers. Dailies published in Gdańsk  were dominant in the city, including Głos Wybrzeża, which since 1954 came out as Elbląski Głos Wybrzeża and since 1957 as Głos Elblaga. After the Elbląg Voivodeship was established the government instructed the centralization of the press titles, liquidating Głos Elbląga and bringing back Głos Wybrzeża which was published between 1975 and 1993. The biggest manufacturer in Elbląg brought out its own Głos Zamechu between 1962 and 1990. The local press market was revived with the publication of the weekly entitled Elbląg News since 1979 and Solidarity titles MKZ NSZZ Solidarity Information Bulletin and Elbląg Information Service since 1980.

The transformation of 1989 constitutes an important landmark in the history of Elbląg press. The local market witnessed a number of publishing initiatives. Altogether, a few dozens of new titles came out in the nineties, some of them proving only ephemeral occurrences. Since 1990 Tygiel – an interesting cultural and social quarterly, and since January 1992 Gazeta Elbląska began to be published. The transformational changes did not cause the closure of Głos Wybrzeża which since 30th August 1993 came out as Głos Elblaga. In 1993 the Elbląg edition of Dziennik Bałtycki was extended with the supplement Dziennik Elblaski. At the end of the nineties the local press market could be characterized as versatile and dynamic, offering a number of different tiles, both in terms of thematic scope and functionality. This however did not mean that the market was also stabile and professional.

M. Andrzejewski