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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,…

The state of the local media market in V4 countries, with a focus on municipal media

Media market reviews tend to focus on analysing the national markets, while they often consider local markets to play a marginal role. The result is that the latter are often glossed over. Recent years have seen new expert discussions in Hungary that focus on a better understanding of the state of local discourse. This increased…

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