The owners of Informer and Alo own more than 25 media outlets in Serbia. Although the owner of Informer, or more precisely the co-owner of Insajder Tim, Dragan J. Vučićević, is the loudest voice among the pro-government tabloids, the largest share of ownership in the aforementioned media outlets actually belongs to Alo Media System, or its owner, Saša Blagojević.
The media outlets that wholeheartedly supported the outgoing regime had little difficulty expressing their views for years, as well as imposing them on a wide audience across the country, primarily through television screens and programming they created in almost every city in Serbia.
The company in question is Insajder Tim, which founded the media brands Informer and Informer TV. This company is a minority owner of Best Media Team, which owns a number of local media outlets throughout Serbia.
According to publicly available data from the Serbian Business Registers Agency, Alo Media System, owned by Saša Blagojević, holds 90 percent, while Insajder Tim holds 10 percent of Best Media Team.
Some of the media outlets owned by Best Media Team include Lotel Plus, RTV Golija, Radio and Television Bačka Palanka, Infomačva, and others.
Meanwhile, Alo Media System owns Bizmedia, Ini Media, Radio Karolina, Lola, TDI, Studio B, and others.
Veran Matić, president of ANEM and a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, previously stated that it was difficult to compile an accurate record of how many local media outlets, including television, digital, and print publications, fall under the direct or indirect ownership or editorial control of Informer and the newspaper Alo.
Matić emphasizes that, according to his data, the publishers of Alo and Informer, together with their affiliated companies, received more than 180 million dinars, or over 1.5 million euros, from this year’s completed calls for project-based media co-financing alone.
“The offensive is continuing, and very soon Serbia will be crisscrossed by media outlets that they will either buy up or establish,” Matić says.
He emphasizes that, according to his data, the publishers of Alo and Informer, together with their affiliated companies, received more than 180 million dinars, or over 1.5 million euros, from the project-based media co-financing competitions completed so far this year alone.
“The offensive is continuing, and very soon Serbia will be crisscrossed by media outlets that they will either buy up or establish,” Matić says.
Asked whether there was anything questionable about purchasing or establishing these media outlets, Matić said he could not claim that the purchases themselves were problematic, but pointed out that local media had been financially drained and subjected to constant political pressure for years.
“As a result, they became easy prey for tycoon-owned tabloids that today function as the ruling party’s battering ram, or rather that of President Vučić himself,” Matić believes.
It should be recalled that the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) announced earlier this year that Best Media Team had purchased several local media outlets in Serbia in just two months in 2026. The company was wholly owned by Alo Media System, the publisher of the tabloid Alo, which has been sharing ownership with the publisher of the tabloid Informer, namely Insajder Tim, for the past 10 months.
It should also be recalled that Best Media Team was registered on December 24 last year and was initially owned by Alo Media System.
According to the Business Registers Agency, this Alo company also registered two subsidiaries: Miomedia in Mionica on December 30, 2025, and Infomačva in Šabac on January 15 this year, in which Dragan Mandić, owner of the Lotel Plus media publisher from Loznica, holds a 20 percent stake. In this way, it became the owner of the Kolubara, Mačva, and Lotel television stations.
Meanwhile, the owner of Alo Media System, Saša Blagojević, who also serves as director of numerous other companies, is known as a longtime friend of outgoing Finance Minister Siniša Mali. According to media reports, they attended the same class at the Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium.
As Blagojević states on his LinkedIn profile, he studied at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. The website of his company, “Trilenium,” says that he began his professional career in 1999 and worked in various business fields, including financial, marketing, and management consulting, business development, human resources management, wholesale, and retail.
He worked as a consultant and broker with some of the largest international and domestic companies, including “Philip Morris,” “Carlsberg,” “Knjaz Miloš,” “Vital,” and “Frikom”…
According to Danas, Blagojević was directly involved in managing two respected companies for three years, serving as executive director of the multinational company “Zepter International” and deputy director of the brokerage firm “Senzal Beograd.”
The list of media outlets owned by these two companies is extensive and consists primarily of television stations.
Companies Owned by Best Media Team (which is owned by Alo Media System and Insajder Tim):
New Assist DOO, a prepress services company, is owned by businessman Damir Dragić with a 30 percent stake, Vladimir Sibinović with another 30 percent, Predrag Mokranjac with the same share, and Dušan Šević with 10 percent.
Lotel Plus – production and broadcasting of television programming. It has 14 employees at its television station in Loznica.
Santos Commerce – production and broadcasting of television programming in Zrenjanin, on Santos TV.
RTV Golija – production and broadcasting of television programming in Ivanjica.
TV-5 – production and broadcasting of television programming in Užice.
Priboj Information Center – production and broadcasting of television programming in Priboj.
Radio and Television Bačka Palanka – production and broadcasting of television programming in Bačka Palanka.
T1 Media – production and broadcasting of television programming as part of Radio-Television Majdanpek from Zaječar.
Best Media Team also owns Kikinda TV, as well as Konzum Lav from Čačak (TV Lav Plus).
Miomedia – production and broadcasting of television programming on Kolubara TV.
Infomačva – production and broadcasting of television programming on Mačva TV. Best Media Team holds an 80 percent stake, while businessman Dragan Mandić owns the remaining 20 percent.
Infolim – production and broadcasting of television programming. The company was founded on September 28 this year and is expected to launch Lim TV.
Media Outlets Owned by Alo Media System:
Bizmedia – engaged in newspaper publishing.
Ini Media – production and broadcasting of television programming on the Niš-based television station.
Owp Info – web portals, including objektiv.rs, which is 15 percent owned by hairdresser and businessman Boško Milosavljević, while the remaining 85 percent belongs to Alo Media System.
Trilenium DOO – consulting activities. It is 50 percent owned by Saša Blagojević, while Branko Vukomanović owns 25 percent and Toma Vukomanović owns the remaining 25 percent.
Maxim Media Plus – a company whose main activity is advertising. It is owned by Saša Blagojević’s company Global Media Technology with a 51 percent stake, Miloš Krdžić with 25 percent, and Ružica Krdžić with 24 percent.
Alo Media System also wholly owns Studio B and Global Media Technology.
Radio Karolina, TDI Radio, Radio Lola, and Radio JAT, which operate under the Maxim Media Plus company, are also owned by Alo Media System, as is BIS Komerc, which is engaged in cable communications.
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