[2][3] It is a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right,[1][3] conservative view.

[5] Its high prestige was due to the number of famous Czech personalities that were contributing—writers, politicians and philosophers—and its attention toward foreign politics and culture.

the newspaper merged with dissolved Lidová demokracie, from which they inherited the blue colour of the title.

[citation needed] In 1998, Lidové noviny became part of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH[8] (the publisher of the daily Rheinische Post in Germany) and its Czech subsidiary Mafra, that is also publisher of the second largest Czech newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, the Czech edition of the freesheet Metro, the TV music channel Óčko, the radio stations Expresradio and Rádio Classic FM and the weekly music magazine Filter.

In 2013, Mafra became a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the Czech Prime Minister (as of 2018), Andrej Babiš.

[11] In July 2024, it was announced that Lidové Noviny ceased imprint publications the same year in August.