Quelle: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/10421Albanian Media Mogul Dies in Road Accident
23 May 2008 Tirana _ Dritan Hoxha, the owner of Top Media, Albania’s largest media company, was killed on Friday in a car accident in Tirana.
Hoxha, 39, died while being taken to Tirana’s Military Hospital. His Ferrari had slammed into a tree on one of Tirana’s main boulevards in the early hours of Friday.
Hoxha was the founder of Top Media, the parent company of Top Channel TV, the digital platform Digitalb, the newspaper Shqip and Top Albania Radio.
Top Media, which began operations in 1998, also owns Digitalb Mobile, a mobile-phone band broadcaster; VGA, and an advertising agency.
Hoxha, who started his business career as a coffee importer, sometimes attracted controversy. He clashed with the centre-right government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha over satellite broadcasting rights. He also faced allegations of tax evasion, which he denied.
Top Channel TV and Top Albania Radio interrupted their scheduled broadcasts on confirmation of the news of Hoxha's death, early on Friday, broadcasting a message of solidarity with Hoxha’s family.
Dritan Hoxha hat die albanische Medienlandschaft mit Top Albania Radio und Top Channel revolutioniert und Top Media gilt heute als Alternative zu den anderen albanischen Medien.
Doch als Person soll er sehr arrogant gewesen sein und die Tatsache, dass er mitten in Tirana (am Boulevard "Bajram Curri") mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 230km/h unterwegs gewesen sein soll, zeigt deutlich, dass dieser Mensch keinen Sinn für Verantwortung hat. Mit ihm ist auch noch eine ehemalige Miss Albania im Auto gesessen und sie ist auch tot.