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Nikos Hadjinikolaou (Greek: Νίκος Χατζηνικολάου) also spelled as Hatzinikolaou, Hatzinicolaou or Chatzinikolaou, (born 1962 in Alexandroupoli, northern Greece), is a Greek journalist and media entrepreneur.
Biography
He studied at Panteion University without receiving his university degree. Hadjinikolaou started early his career in journalism as a columnist for Mesimvrini daily and later Acropolis but made a name for himself on private electronic media. He was news anchor for Mega Channel from 1989 and until 2003 when he moved to Alpha TV. He was president, head of the news department and central news anchor in Alpha TV for three years. In April 2007 he became the news anchor of Alter Channel. From 1989 onwards, he hosted a weekly talk-show Enopios-Enopio (face-to-face) featuring various personalities from Greece and around the globe, including Bill Gates, Mikhail Gorbachev and Jimmy Carter.
In 2007 he founded Real Group, a company consisting originally of the radio station REAL FM 97.8 and later of the Sunday (newspaper) REAL NEWS and the website Real.gr. Within three years REAL FM became one of the most popular Greek radio stations, surpassing other radio stations that have been broadcasting for over fifty years. REAL NEWS instantly became one of the top 5 Sundays nationwide with respect to sales. Since 2013 he is also in Star Channel as the main (political) news commentator and the host of the weekly political show STON eNIKO . Moreover, he is involved in the news website enikos.gr . Recently he started publishing every Saturday the financial newspaper AGORA .
Hadjinikolaou has received various prizes for his work in the field of Television News including Best Greek Journalist for 8 consecutive years.
Family and private life
His father, Panagiotis Hadjinikolaou, was a member of the Greek Parliament and a Minister of Macedonia and Thrace with New Democracy party.
He married twice, to journalist Elena Katritsi and then to Christy Tsolakaki, and he has three sons and one daughter.
Outline of television career
- 1989–2004 : Mega Channel
- 2004–2006 : Alpha TV
- 2007–2012 : Alter Channel
- 2013–now : Star Channel