168 Óra

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168 Óra
Editor-in-chiefÁkos Mester
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation4,105 (2022)
PublisherTelegráf Kiadó Kft
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Final issueAugust 2022
CompanyBrit Media Group
CountryHungary
Based inBudapest
LanguageHungarian
Website168 Óra
ISSN0864-8581

168 Óra (Hungarian: 168 Hours) was a weekly political news magazine published in Budapest, Hungary. It was in circulation between 1989 and August 2022.[1][2] The website is still updated as of October 2022.

History and profile[edit]

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.[1][3] In the initial phase it was just the print version of the radio programme, but later it became a political publication.[1] As of 2014 Ákos Mester was the editor-in-chief of the magazine which is based in Budapest.[1] It is part of Brit Media Group.[4] The publisher of the magazine was Telegráf Kiadó Kft.[5]

168 Óra was published weekly on Thursdays and offered articles about politics and current affairs as well as features interviews with significant public figures.[1][6] The magazine had a liberal and left liberal stance.[6][7] The magazine defined itself as a critical civic-intellectual weekly.[3]

In 2003 168 Óra published the French President Jacques Chirac's press conference as if it was an exclusive interview for the magazine.[8]

The magazine folded in August 2022.[2]

Circulation[edit]

168 Óra sold 58,000 copies in 2002 and 53,000 copies in 2003.[9] During the fourth quarter of 2009 its circulation was 36,371 copies.[3] In 2010 the magazine had a circulation of 21,000 copies.[1] It sold 17,746 copies in 2013.[10] Its circulation dropped to 14,321 copies in 2015.[5] The last publicly announced circulation figure in 2021 was 4,105 copies which indicated a steeply declining circulation status.[11]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "168 óra". Euro Topics. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Megszűnik a 168 óra hetilap". HVG.hu. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Communicating Europe: Hungary Manual" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. December 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  4. ^ Andras Jambor (31 August 2016). "Fidesz set to increase its control of Hungarian media". Political Critique. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b Ágnes Urbán (November 2016). "Recent changes in media ownership" (PDF). Mertek Media Monitor. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b "168 óra: A new Hungarian left-wing is needed". The Budapest Beacon. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Media Profiles". Visegrad Plus. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ Ronald Kovats; Viktoria Villanyi (2004). "Hungary". In Alexander J. Motyl; Amanda Schnetzer (eds.). Nations in Transit 2004: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-7425-3646-3.
  9. ^ Péter Bajomi-Lázár. "The Business of Ethics, the Ethics of Business" (PDF). Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ^ Szalay Dániel (21 March 2022). "Nem mérik többé a 168 Óra példányszámát – Milkovics Pál vezérigazgatót kérdeztük az okokról" (in Hungarian). Media 1. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

External links[edit]

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