Opimus Press Buys Népszabadság Publisher Mediaworks Hungary
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
The owner has decided to immediately sell Mediaworks because of a high level of interest in the company and because “the temporary suspension of Népszabadság resulted in misleading and malicious rumours (while a complete shutdown of the paper was never a realistic option)”.
Opimus Press has been chosen because “it expressed an intent to seriously examine the possibility” of relaunching Népszabadság, the statement added. “We truly hope that the new owner will be able to successfully develop Mediaworks Hungary further and resolve the temporary difficulties,” it added.
Mediaworks suspended the printed and online publication of Népszabadság on October 8. It said the reason was that over ten years, sales dropped by 74 percent, or by more than 100,000 copies, and as a result, the paper generated losses of more than 5 billion forints (EUR 16.2m) since 2007.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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