Польский еженедельный журнал «Wprost»

Polish weekly news magazine

Wprost (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. It has been published since 1982. From 2020 it is available in a digital version only.

The magazine's political alignment is usually considered to be moderately right wing, however many intellectuals associated with the left have also published articles in the magazine. Wprost has described itself as a centrist magazine.

The first issue of Wprost was released on 5 December 1982, as a regional magazine in Greater Poland whereas since 1989 it has transformed into a nationwide magazine. The weekly provides social and political commentary and is based in Poznań. It was designed based on the formats of Time and Newsweek magazines. It has been published by Platforma Mediowa Point Group since 2010. In 2012, according to the Institute of Media Monitoring (IMM), the magazine was the most cited weekly by other media outlets in Poland as well as among the most cited of all media published in the country. On 30 March 2020, the last printed edition of the magazine was published and currently it is only available in digital form. Wprost had a circulation of 218,000 copies in 2001–02. The print and e edition circulation of the weekly was 130,136 in August 2014.

Since 1990, the magazine has been publishing its annual list of the richest people in Poland and since 1991 it has been awarding the Wprost Magazine Person of the Year title. Each month the weekly provides an English language supplement, WiK English Edition, which focuses on concerts, exhibitions, and interesting weekend getaways, and an in depth guide to Warsaw's dining and nightlife. These included one in which Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish minister of foreign affairs, was recorded in a conversation with the former Polish finance minister Jacek Rostowski using very derogatory terms to criticise British Prime Minister David Cameron and Cameron's handling of the EU to appease Eurosceptics. In another transcript the country's Central Bank governor, Marek Belka, discussed the forthcoming 2015 election with the interior minister. Sikorski did not deny the remarks attributed to him by Wprost, and Belka said he would not resign over the remarks he is alleged to have made. The publication of the secret recordings led to calls for the resignation of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the launching of an inquiry into how Wprost had obtained them.

The first editor in chief of the magazine was Janusz Przybysz who served in the post between 1982 and 1983. Then Waldemar Kosiński was the editor in chief and his term ended in 1989. The longest working editor in chief was Marek Król (1989–2006) and until December 2006 he acted also as the president and majority shareholder in Wprost magazine. Between May 2006 and January 2007 duties of the editor in chief were fulfilled by Piotr Gabryel. Upon his resignation in 2007, the position was taken by Stanisław Janecki. After acquisition of 80% of shares in Agencja Wydawniczo Reklamowa “Wprost” by Platforma Mediowa Point Group at the end of 2009, Janecki left the magazine and Katarzyna Kozłowska became the acting editor in chief. Tomasz Lis was in charge of the magazine between May 2010 and 2012. Michał Kobosko was appointed editor in chief in February 2012 and served in the post until 2013.