{"id":12358,"date":"2026-02-24T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:07:19","slug":"publish-then-delete-how-pink-tv-scrubbed-evidence-of-vucics-role-in-firing-of-independent-media-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/publish-then-delete-how-pink-tv-scrubbed-evidence-of-vucics-role-in-firing-of-independent-media-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish, Then Delete: How Pink TV Scrubbed Evidence of Vu\u010di\u0107’s Role in Firing of Independent Media Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original article<\/em><\/a> (in Serbian) was published on 22\/2\/2026; Author: Stefan Kosanovi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After we reported that longtime United Media director Aleksandra Suboti\u0107 had been fired, dozens of outlets picked up our story. Among them, unusually, was Pink TV, a Serbian television network widely seen as loyal to President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107. In their first version of the article, they stated that Suboti\u0107’s dismissal followed a conversation between United Group CEO Sten Miler and Telekom Srbija director Vladimir Lu\u010di\u0107, in which Lu\u010di\u0107 indicated that the demand for her removal had come from President Vu\u010di\u0107. However, just minutes after publication, that information was removed from the article on Pink’s website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happened to visit Pink’s website on February 21st around half past six, you could have read something quite unusual for that outlet’s editorial policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article stated that the dismissal of United Media director Aleksandra Suboti\u0107 followed a conversation between United Group CEO Sten Miler and Telekom Srbija director Vladimir Lu\u010di\u0107, in which Lu\u010di\u0107 said that the demand for her removal had come from President Vu\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pink published that information citing our article. The author did not reproduce the full content from our site, but the first version retained the key finding by KRIK and the international journalism network OCCRP \u2014 namely, an audio recording of the conversation between Miler and Lu\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just minutes after publication, that section was removed from the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we managed to preserve the original version<\/a> of the article using the archiving tool Archive Today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous tabloids \u2014 including Kurir, Informer, Novosti, Politika, and many others \u2014 also covered the news of Suboti\u0107’s dismissal, citing Raskrikavanje as their source. However, their articles omitted any mention of the conversation in question, as well as the fact that President Vu\u010di\u0107 had previously publicly signaled that firings were coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suboti\u0107’s Dismissal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Media director Aleksandra Suboti\u0107 was fired this February, shortly after the announcement of the formation of a new company called Adria News Network, confirmed to Raskrikavanje by multiple sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suboti\u0107 was one of the key figures at United Media. Her removal is the realization of a plan that, according to a previously published audio recording, was discussed between newly appointed United Group CEO Sten Miler and Telekom director Vladimir Lu\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I understand that the President called you and that he is very upset, and I can understand that, but I need to find a way to do this quickly and efficiently (\u2026) When I promise something, I deliver. I am a man of my word,”<\/em> Miler had told Lu\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day Suboti\u0107 was dismissed, United Group also removed all members of the Board of Adria News in Luxembourg, marking the beginning of a broader reorganization of media assets within United Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Media is one of the last major media groups in Serbia operating independently of the government. Its outlets have been among the few widely accessible platforms where government-critical reporting is regularly published. President Vu\u010di\u0107 has publicly labeled N1 and Nova S “enemies of Serbia.”The audio recording<\/a> at the center of this story was obtained by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its Serbian investigative partner KRIK in late August 2025. It captures a conversation between United Group CEO Stan Miller and Vladimir Lu\u010di\u0107, CEO of state-owned Telekom Srbija, in which Lu\u010di\u0107 relays Vu\u010di\u0107’s explicit demand for Suboti\u0107’s removal.
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Original article (in Serbian) was published on 22\/2\/2026; Author: Stefan Kosanovi\u0107 After we reported that longtime United Media director Aleksandra Suboti\u0107 had been fired, dozens of outlets picked up our story. Among them, unusually, was Pink TV, a Serbian television network widely seen as loyal to President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107. In their first version of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-12358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-serbia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12360,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions\/12360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}