Magazina

Magazina is an independent Croatian English-language magazine founded in 1981 by Željko Stjepan and Ivica Tomislav.

Pre-Magazina
On November 21st, 1980, a businessman named Željko Stjepan met up with a man named Ivica Tomislav in Zagreb which was apart of the Yugoslav Republic in an empty building. A few months later, they would buy the building and found Magazina.

Post-Magazina
The first issue of Magazina was published on May 18th, 1981 to initial unsuccess as only 200 issues were sold. This is why the first issue is so rare.

The second issue was published a year later on March 28th, 1982. It got roughly 3,000 to 5,000 sales. This is the same year that more people would be hired for the company as the Croatian government invested more money.

The third issue was published on February 6th, 1983. It got roughly 20,000 sales as the magazine was starting to garner attention.

Issues 4-9 were published through the 80s as the yearly thing started to come in effect. The company was briefly brought by Pepsi before it broke off from the company 1 month later.

The Incident
On June 15th 1990, a week after the 10th issue was published, a fire broke out in the Magazina building after the lead writer accidentally dropped some lit cigarettes on the 4th floor. Emergency services were called by a nearby witness. The building's 4th floor was completely gone due to the fire and the building was temporarily closed. Unfortunately, Ivica Tomislav, who was in the room nearby, was killed in the flame. He was only 47 years old. A funeral was held the next day

Post-Incident
Although Ivica had died, he was still CEO until 2004 when Stjepan took over as CEO. However, this was short lived as the Lead Writer at the time, Josip Marija, took over as CEO on June 1st, 2004.

In 2008, Magazina partnered with Pepsi to bring a limited edition drink to Croatia.

In 2009, Magazina would publish their first digital issue.

As of 2022, Magazina is both Physical and Digital. Magazina is worth over 2,300,000,000 KN.