According to the words of the fourth editor-in chief (in this respect Republika is comparable to Slovenec where each editor lasted on average about one year), Republika made a mistake in assuming that 'having a daily in color would be novel enough to take offer a part of the readership.
Po besedah četrtega glavnega urednika (tudi v tem vidimo podobnost s Slovencem, kjer so uredniki v povprečju vztrajali le eno leto) je Republika zgrešila pri oceni, »da bo za prevzem dela bralcev zadostovalo že to, da bo časopis v barvah in da bo to predstavljalo nekakšno novost.