Leading Broadsheet Shut Down During Orban Era Announces Comeback to Changing Hungarian Media Landscape
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Exactly ten years after the print edition of the former most widely read Hungarian daily Népszabadság was discontinued, it is launching an online version under the same name as a weekly. The first issue of the weekly will be published on October 8, 2026.
There is an owner that is under NAV enforcement, and there is one that was founded in Estonia with a capital of 1 euro.
Exactly ten years after its closure, Népszabadság will be relaunched as an online newspaper and a printed weekly on October 8. We took a look at who is behind the publisher.
Media1 has uncovered the network of companies behind the return of Népszabadság. Four companies appear among the owners of 4Sight Media Group, with the names of Sándor Laborc, Gábor Wonschina, Péter Pál Krnács and Balázs Vető behind them. Krnács and Vető also come together at the Forrás Social Research Foundation. In the meantime, 4Sight acquires a 90 percent stake in Jelen's publisher, Liberty Press, which also includes the publishing rights to…
The company's owners include a company that is under NAV enforcement and another that was founded in Estonia with a capital of 1 euro. Furthermore, the son of a former secret service chief has also been implicated. The post We found out who is behind the relaunched Népszabadság first appeared on 24.hu.
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