Gatra (magazine)

Gatra
Red magazine cover depicting toy boat in stylized sea made of dragons, with GATRA printed in large letters across the top
February 2012 cover
Editor-in-ChiefMukhlison Sri Widodo
CategoriesNews and politics
FrequencyWeekly (on Thursdays)
Circulation3,000 (2024)
PublisherEra Media Informasi
FounderBob Hasan
First issue19 November 1994; 30 years ago (1994-11-19)
Final issue25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
CountryIndonesia
Based inJakarta
LanguageIndonesian
Websitegatra.com
ISSN0853-1706

Gatra (stylized in all caps) was a weekly news magazine published in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1994 to 2024. It was one of the two principal news magazines in the country, the other being Tempo.[1][2]

Gatra was founded in 1994, following Suharto administration's ban on Tempo magazine; it was primarily founded by former Tempo staff.[3] The magazine has its headquarters in Jakarta.[4][5] It provides articles on news and was published on a weekly basis.[5][6]

The magazine's motto was Baca Gatra Baru Bicara (Read Gatra, Then Talk). The magazine folded in July 2024 after 30 years of publication due to economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]

  1. ^ Kuipers, Joel C. "The Media". In Indonesia: A Country Study (William H. Frederick and Robert L. Worden, eds.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (2011).
  2. ^ An earlier titled magazine had more in its title - Gatra:majalah warta wayang Sekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia (1985), Gatra : majalah warta wayang, Sekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia, retrieved 17 August 2024
  3. ^ Rosgani, Oki (25 July 2024). "Majalah Gatra: Pamit dan Tak Terbit Lagi". TintaHijau.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ Matt Davies (2006). Indonesia's War Over Aceh: Last Stand on Mecca's Porch. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-134-19331-8.
  5. ^ a b Elizabeth Fuller Collins (2007). Indonesia Betrayed: How Development Fails. University of Hawaii Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8248-3183-7. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ^ Gatra indeks artikel, MBM Gatra, 1900, retrieved 17 August 2024
  7. ^ "Majalah "Gatra" Tutup mulai 31 Juli 2024". Kompas (in Indonesian). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ "'Mati' Untuk LAHIR Kembali", Gatra (in Indonesian), p. 43, 25 July 2024