Economia a.s. is a Czech media company founded in 1990 publishing Hospodáà Âské noviny, Respekt, news server AktuálnÃÂ.cz, and several other news websites. Since 1999, majority shareholder of Economia has been the German Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt until it was acquired by ZdenÃÂk Bakala in 2008.