In 2025, our Seznam Zprávy entered with a new editor-in-chief, Robert Čásenský. Novinky.cz opened the new year with special projects commemorating the anniversary of the end of World War II. Already in January, we offered users AI summaries of articles on our homepage, and later in the year, we added even more local content. We also implemented artificial intelligence in the Email.cz service in the form of subject generation. In March, Mapy.cz, a popular domestic application, ventured into the world and became Mapy.com. Since then, we have gained many new users from abroad who reliably travel on foot, by bike, or by car thanks to us. Personnel changes also affected our board when Tomáš Kapalín was replaced by Pavel Kolář. A big change awaited the newspaper Právo, which changed its design, logo, and format after years. We didn’t leave the autumn election campaign to chance – both our newsrooms dedicated special programs and projects to it, and we started verifying political ads with independent institutions just to be sure. On the Médium.cz platform, we introduced the option to support an author or insert an article or video for a subscription, and on Seznam Zprávy, the option to financially support selected programs. We opened the Podcasty.cz platform to all creators and launched the new social network Lidé.cz in November. The end of the year brought a change in the leadership of the Novinky.cz server and the launch of the long-awaited Seznam Assistant.
Křišťálová Lupa
The love brand Mapy.com confirmed its long-term strength by winning first place in the Tools and Services category. The news server Seznam Zprávy defended second place in the News and Journalism category.
TOP Employers
According to the votes of more than 19,000 university and high school students, we are among the TOP employers. In the field of Information Technology, we defended last year’s 1st place.
Fénix Content Marketing
For collaboration with Krušovice, we won second place for Seznam Brand Studio in the main category of Best Native Advertisement Project of the Year at the Fenix Awards.
Native Advertising Awards
Seznam Brand Studio once again excelled in international competition at the Native Advertising Awards. Out of fifteen nominations, it converted eight and took home three gold, two silver, and three bronze trophies.
Flema Awards
For the campaign for Dacia, our Seznam Brand Studio won two first places at the Flema Awards, specifically in the categories Best Consideration Campaign and Best Non Spot Campaign.
Podcast of the Year
Seznam shows once again shone in the largest survey dedicated to podcasts. “Vlevo dole” dominated the News and Context category for the third time, “Ve Vatě” took gold for Business and Technology for the fourth time. The podcast “Zloději životů” from Novinky.cz won the Podcast Scene Award in the Crime category.