Bestselling Hungarian newspaper shut down under Orban relaunches online
The relaunch is backed by four Hungarian businessmen and will employ about 90 staff as it seeks to revive independent left-wing reporting.
- On Thursday, Nepszabadsag, a leading left-wing Hungarian newspaper shut down a decade ago, relaunched in Budapest as an online news site and weekly magazine.
- Former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government oversaw the paper's 2016 closure by Mediaworks; critics labeled it an attempt to silence dissent, though officials denied exerting pressure.
- Editor-in-Chief Akos Toth announced the outlet will employ about 90 staff members, mostly former employees, funded by four Hungarian businessmen who acquired the brand last month.
- Investors committed to two years of funding with plans to break even through subscriptions and advertising. Toth stated: "They are transparent, not hiding behind complicated company structures."
- Agnes Urban of Mertek Media Monitor warned Hungary remains a difficult environment, as market-based advertising struggles to replace state revenue channels favored during Orban's 16-year tenure.
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Bestselling Hungarian newspaper shut down under Orban relaunches online
Nepszabadsag (People's Freedom), a leading left-wing Hungarian newspaper shut down a decade ago in a blow to media diversity under former prime minister Viktor Orban, relaunched on Thursday as an online news site and weekly magazine.
In Hungary, the once leading opposition newspaper Nepszabadsag (“People's Freedom”), which ceased operations 10 years ago under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has resumed work.
Népszabadság has been relaunched exactly ten years after its closure - Ten years ago, the editorial staff was preparing to move when the newspaper was shut down overnight.
The political daily, which closed ten years ago, will now be a printed weekly with an online interface.
The portal has been launched again after ten years.
After almost 10 years, the once-closed Népszabadság newspaper reappeared with news.
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