Blikk's Editor-in-Chief Leaves After the Newspaper Is Acquired by Index's Owner

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Indamendia Network has purchased Hungary's most widely read daily newspaper Blikk from Ringier. The company took out a loan to buy the tabloid from MBH Bank, which is under the influence of businessman Lőrinec Mészáros, who is close to the ruling Fidesz party.

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There has been a change of ownership and management at Blikk: the Indamedia group has purchased the newspaper, and its former editor-in-chief, Balázs Kolossváry, is returning. With the decision, Blikk abandons its left-wing political orientation and returns to the classic, non-partisan tabloid style.

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We wrote on Friday that five months before the election, Indamedia, financed by Lőrinc Mészáros, acquired the Ringier portfolio from the Swiss owner, thus building a gigantic media market concern under the leadership of Miklós Vaszily. The construction has already begun, because - as HVG wrote - editor-in-chief Iván Zsolt Nagy, who left HVG in 2024 to join the Ringier Hungary publisher as a consultant, and then took over Blikk's content manageme…

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Zsolt Iván Nagy will be replaced by the former editor-in-chief, Balázs Kolossváry.

watson.ch/

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After the takeover of the most read newspaper in Hungary by a media company close to Viktor Orban, the editor-in-chief announced his withdrawal.

persoenlich.com

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The most read newspaper in Hungary was taken over by a media company close to the head of government Viktor Orban.