[4] In 1990, Mladý svět was separated from the publishing house Mladá fronta, and it was registered as a joint-stock company, with Luboš Beniak, Jaroslav Dvořák, Michal Horáček, Jiří Janoušek, Rudolf Křesťan, Vladimír Lederer, and Vladimír Nagaj among its board of directors.

[5][6] Mladý svět presented the Bílá vrána award to young artists and writers who excelled in their respective field.

Notable recipients include actor Bolek Polívka and writer Alexandra Berková (for her 1986 short story collection, Knížka s červeným obalem).

[7][3] In 1970, the magazine organized the first national all-male beauty pageant, modelled on its female equivalent, Miss Czechoslovakia (launched in 1967), and appropriately titled Mr.

[8] The journalists Radek John and Josef Velek were active at the magazine, as were photographers Oldřich Škácha, Pavel Dias, and Karel Cudlín.