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Guest blog: Advertisements in pro-government and independent weeklies in 2020

The journalist of Magyar Hang spent weeks in the library to leaf through the 2020 editions of Hungarian political weeklies. He wasn’t curious about the articles published that year; instead, he wanted to know what type of ads were published in pro-government and independent weeklies. Using information about the prices of advertisements in these newspapers,...

Too much for others, too little for us – The draft European Media Freedom Act from a Hungarian perspective

Written by Gábor Polyák Reading the draft of the European Media Freedom Act published last September, it is clear that the European Union also wants to respond to the challenges posed by the Hungarian media situation since 2010. It can be seen as evidence that the European Commission is also aware of how unsuccessful it...