In 1998 "Lidové noviny" became part of the German group "Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH" (the publisher of the daily "Rheinische Post" in Germany) and its Czech subsidiary "Mafra a.s.", that is also publisher of the second largest Czech daily "Mladá fronta Dnes", the Czech edition of the freesheet "Metro", the TV music channel "Óčko", the radio stations "Expresradio" and "Rádio Classic FM" and the weekly music magazine "Filter". In 2013, MAFRA a.s. became a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the Czech Prime Minister (as of 2018), Andrej Babiš. The publisher of the daily is Lidové noviny AS. The paper is published in Berliner format.