Academia Cațavencu
| Type | Weekly pamphlet newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner | România liberă |
| Editor | Doru Bușcu |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta 7-9, etaj 6, sector 3, Bucharest, Romania |
| ISSN | 1221-5597 |
| Website | academiacatavencu.info |
Academia Cațavencu (Romanian pronunciation: [akadeˈmi.a kat͡saˈveŋku], "The Cațavencu Academy") is a Romanian satirical magazine founded in 1991 and made famous by its investigative journalism. Academia Cațavencu also owns Radio Guerrilla [1], an FM radio station with national coverage [2]; Tabu, a women's magazine, Superbebe, a magazine for new parents, Aventuri la pescuit, a magazine for fishermen, 24-FUN, a free magazine for teenagers, and Cotidianul, a daily newspaper.
In a surprise move, on May 29, 2006, Academia Cațavencu press group announced it was being acquired [3] by Realitatea Media, owners of Realitatea TV, and controlled by controversial and elusive businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vântu. Vântu himself has often been a target of enquiries by Cațavencu journalists.