Dziennik Baà Âtycki (, ) is a regional daily newspaper which has been published in Gdaà Âsk Pomerania since 1945. Government-owned prior to 1990, it is currently owned by Polska Press, in turn owned by the oil company Orlen.
Dziennik Baà Âtycki is published six times per week, on each day except for Sunday. On Friday, 16 local affiliate newspapers and an addition with a television programme included are published as well. All issues can be accessed in the in PDF and DjVu format.
The first edition of Dziennik Baà Âtycki was published on 19 May 1945. Written and printed in Gdynia, it cost one zà Âoty and had four pages. It was founded for the consumption of the growing Polish population of Pomerania, which was displacing the German population, and was a propaganda outlet for the Polish People's Republic for much of the communist era.
In 1951, the staff was moved to Gdaà Âsk. Its main competitors prior to 1990 were Wieczór Wybrzeà ¼a and Gà Âos Wybrzeà ¼a. In 1990, following the abolition of communism in the country, its previous publisher, RSW Prasa-KsiÃ à ¼ka-Ruch, was liquidated amid mass privatization and bought by the French company Socpresse.
The magazine was then bought by . Both of its main competitors were bought by the same company and incorporated into it in 2001 and 2002. In 2001, it began awarding the title of . In December 2020, Orlen bought Polska Press, making it the new owner of Dziennik Baà Âtycki.