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168 Óra
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Weekly Hungarian language political news magazine (1989–2022)
June 2022
168 Óra logo.png Ákos Mester Editor-in-chief Weekly 4,105 (2022) News magazine Brit Media Group Telegráf Kiadó Kft 1989 August 2022 Hungary Budapest Hungarian 168 Óra 0864-8581
168 Óra (Hungarian: 168 Hours) was a weekly political news magazine published in Budapest, Hungary. It was in circulation between 1989 and August 2022.Megszűnik a 168 óra hetilap https://hvg.hu/itthon/20220826_Felfuggesztik_a_168_ora_hetilap_kiadasat 1 October 2022 HVG.hu 26 August 2022 The website is still updated as of October 2022.
History and profile
168 Óra was started in 1989 by the radio broadcaster with the same name, which is part of Hungary's state broadcasting institution Magyar Rádió.168 óra Euro Topics http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=27568 22 December 2014 22 December 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141222214305/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=27568 In the initial phase it was just the print version of the radio programme, but later it became a political publication. As of 2014 Ákos Mester was the editor-in-chief of the magazine which is based in Budapest. It is part of Brit Media Group.Andras Jambor Fidesz set to increase its control of Hungarian media 11 February 2017 Political Critique http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2016/fidesz-set-to-increase-its-control-of-hungarian-media/ 31 August 2016 The publisher of the magazine was Telegráf Kiadó Kft.Ágnes Urbán Recent changes in media ownership http://mertek.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mertek_media_owners2016.pdf Mertek Media Monitor 11 February 2017 November 2016
168 Óra was published weekly on Thursdays and offered articles about politics and current affairs as well as features interviews with significant public figures.168 óra: A new Hungarian left-wing is needed http://budapestbeacon.com/politics/168-ora-a-new-hungarian-left-wing-is-needed/ 22 December 2014 The Budapest Beacon 19 October 2014 The magazine had a liberal and left liberal stance.Media Profiles http://visegradplus.org/media-profile/newspapers/ Visegrad Plus 22 December 2014 22 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222212605/http://visegradplus.org/media-profile/newspapers/ dead The magazine defined itself as a critical civic-intellectual weekly.
In 2003 168 Óra published the French President Jacques Chirac's press conference as if it was an exclusive interview for the magazine.Alexander J. Motyl Amanda Schnetzer Nations in Transit 2004: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia 2004 https://books.google.com/books?id=kUpop39XnJYC&pg=PA266 Rowman & Littlefield 978-0-7425-3646-3 266 Lanham, MD Ronald Kovats Viktoria Villanyi Hungary
The magazine folded in August 2022.
Circulation
168 Óra sold 58,000 copies in 2002 and 53,000 copies in 2003.Péter Bajomi-Lázár The Business of Ethics, the Ethics of Business Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent 16 February 2015 16 February 2015 http://www2.cji.ro/userfiles/file/documente/05Business_Ethics__Hungary(1).pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150216200034/http://www2.cji.ro/userfiles/file/documente/05Business_Ethics__Hungary(1).pdf During the fourth quarter of 2009 its circulation was 36,371 copies.Communicating Europe: Hungary Manual European Stability Initiative 7 April 2015 http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/enlargement_debates_manual_hungary.pdf December 2010 In 2010 the magazine had a circulation of 21,000 copies. It sold 17,746 copies in 2013.Top 50 Magazines http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx IFABC 22 March 2015 30 April 2014 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122744/http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx dead Its circulation dropped to 14,321 copies in 2015. The last publicly announced circulation figure in 2021 was 4,105 copies which indicated a steeply declining circulation status.Nem mérik többé a 168 Óra példányszámát – Milkovics Pál vezérigazgatót kérdeztük az okokról 29 August 2022 https://media1.hu/2022/03/21/nem-merik-tobbe-a-168-ora-peldanyszamat-milkovics-pal-vezerigazgatot-kerdeztuk-az-okokrol/ 21 March 2022 Media 1 hu Szalay Dániel
See also
List of magazines in Hungary
References
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External links
https://168.hu/
Category:1989 establishments in Hungary
Category:2022 disestablishments in Hungary
Category:Defunct magazines published in Hungary
Category:Hungarian-language magazines
Category:Magazines established in 1989
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Category:Political magazines published in Hungary
Category:Weekly magazines published in Hungary