Andrej Babiš, businessman magnate and leader of ANO, the second strongest
party in the emerging centre-left government, is the most powerful person
in the Czech media world, according to the list of the 50 most influential
people in the Czech media published in the January issue of the Czech
version of Forbes magazine. Babiš is followed by Petr Dvořák, director
general of public service broadcaster Czech Television and
multi-millionaires Daniel Kretinsky and Patrik Tkáč, who recently
acquired the publisher Ringier Axel Springer, are in third and fourth
place.