Népszabadság

Népszabadság (literally " People's Freedom " ), known colloquially as Népszabi, is the largest circulation national daily newspaper in Hungary. It was founded in 1956 and is of the Népszabadság Zrt. edited.

The blade usually has a circumference of about 24 pages (in color), on Saturday, it appears with 12 additional newspaper supplement ( hétvége ). Népszabadság reports on politics, economy, culture and media, sport and technology, has its own correspondents in Europe and also in some world cities overseas.

Before the turn Népszabadság was considered the voice of the State party; Today, the blade is independent and non-partisan, but in general supports the socialist and liberal parties and is therefore the right-wing Fidesz Civic Union away. Is majority-owned (as of early 2014 ), the Swiss media company Ringier, minority owner of the MSZP.

Support development

As part of the post-communist liberalization of the Hungarian media market and the associated Tabloidisation of the press market Népszabadság has lost in recent decades dramatically edition. Even in 1987 the circulation was 695,000 copies. By 1996, the daily circulation was 280,000 more than halved, said the newspaper is financed increasingly through advertising instead of sales. In the fourth quarter of 2008, support has dropped to about 121,000, according to MATESZ copies, but Népszabadság is the largest circulation quality newspaper remained.

Substantive

Népszabadság is, as well as other nationally distributed newspapers in Hungary, far not as extensive as daily newspapers in democratic corporatist countries such as Sweden. About news, news from the Economic and Financial reports Népszabadság to just two to two and a half pages. A classic feature is not found in the newspaper. Two selected comments will appear every day in the right column of the third page. The last page is dedicated to the sport.