Dritan Hoxha, an Albanian businessman and owner of Top Media, Albania’s largest media group, was killed in a car accident in Tirana on May 23, 2008. He crashed his Ferrari Fiorano into a tree in one of Tirana’s main boulevards and he died while being transported to Tirana Military Hospital. It was also confirmed that a 27-year old woman, Entela Hysko, was with him inside the car during the crash where she died instantly. Somewhat ironically, the late Hoxha, who was known as a man who was never afraid to take risks, was not able to escape death in the unfortunate incident.

The death of Dritan Hoxha is one of the worst issues that Albania has ever faced in its entire media history. The 39-year old Hoxha was a notable key player in the media industry since he was responsible for expanding Albanian media into the most developed media infrastructure in Europe. He was also instrumental in introducing professionalism in Albanian media.

Born on October 16, 1968, Dritan Hoxha founded Top Media Group, which included a pay television platform. Additionally, Hoxha founded Digit-Alb, a pay TV digital platform; Digitalb Mobile, a mobile-phone band broadcaster; Top Channel TV, known for providing 6 high definition channels; Top Albania Radio; VGA advertising agency; and Shqip, a daily Albanian newspaper. The death of this Albanian media mogul, who brought Albanian media to the height of liberalism and professionalism, indeed marks a great loss in Albanian society.

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