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The end of days for independent media in Hungary?

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2020. March 24.

Above all, the coronavirus gives rise to a healthcare crisis. At the same time, the broader repercussions of the crisis in other areas have also began to manifest themselves. A […]

Centralised Media System – Soft Censorship 2018 (Mertek Booklets 18)

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. December 13.
  • soft censorship

Observers of the Hungarian media situation have often remarked in recentyears that it cannot get any worse. It was difficult to imagine that the state of democratic public sphere could […]

Fidesz does not allow any opposition nominees to join the Media Council

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. September 11.

The Media Council’s nine-year term is about to expire and, theoretically, the new members of the body should have been elected by now. That has not happened, however. Effectively, Fidesz […]

Fidesz-friendly media dominate everywhere

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. May 02.

When the Central European Press and Media Foundation (abbreviated as KESMA in Hungarian) was created in November 2018, everyone was curious to find out how massive the ownership concentration in […]

What’s the state doing in the media research market?

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. March 06.

The end of 2018 saw the announcement of a striking bit of news: a government-owned Media Research Institute would be created in Hungary. For the time being, the main responsibilities […]

State advertising spending in Hungary – an unlawful form of state aid

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. January 29.

For many years now, Fidesz has funded its propaganda media with state resources, thereby ruining competition and distorting the entire Hungarian public discourse. Mérték Média Monitor, a Hungarian media watchdog […]

Funding for public service media in Hungary – a form of unlawful state aid?

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2019. January 09.

The expensively operating public service media in Hungary fail to perform their actual public service functions. What they actually do is to ruin the media market while they sell themselves […]

Sources of political information in Hungary; Trends, 2015-18

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2018. December 29.

About the research The research identified the sources of political and public affairs information in Hungary, incl. the role of Facebook and the assessment of the media situation. The survey […]

An Illiberal Model of Media Markets – Soft Censorship 2017 (Mertek Booklets 15.)

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2018. August 05.
  • soft censorship

The present Soft Censorship report differs somewhat from the customary format of previous reports.

Bleeding out the Simicska Empire

Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely2018. July 31.
  • media companies,
  • media market,
  • Simicska

The biggest development in the media market this year was undoubtedly the disintegration of Lajos Simicska’s independent but politically conservative media empire. The shuttering of the one of Hungary’s oldest […]

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