Mai Nap

Mai Nap (meaning Today's Day in English) was a tabloid newspaper published daily in Budapest, Hungary. It began publishing early in the country's post-communist era.

Mai Nap
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Founded8 February 1989 (1989-02-08)
LanguageHungarian
Ceased publication15 June 2005
HeadquartersBudapest
WebsiteMai Nap

History and profile

Mai Nap is the first newspaper published immediately following the collapse of the communism in Hungary.[1][2] The paper was first published in February 1989[1][3] and the founders were three Hungarian journalists.[2] It is a tabloid newspaper.[4] During its initial period it included 24 to 32 pages and was published daily except for Saturdays.[2]

The owner of Mai Nap was a state-owned bank.[1] Rupert Murdoch acquired 50% of Mai Nap in January 1990,[5][6] but sold it back in 1993 due to its low circulation levels.[1][4][7] Then the paper was acquired by the Swiss company JMG Ost Press.[1][6] At the beginning of the 2000s it was owned by the VNU group, a Dutch company, which also owned another Hungarian paper, Magyar Hirlap.[8]

Marcell Murányi served as the editor-in-chief of Mai Nap.[9] Although the paper is independent, its editorials were supportive of the right-wing political parties in the periods of 1994 general election and 1998 general election.[10]

Circulation

In the 1990s Mai Nap had highest circulation levels on Sundays.[10] Its circulation was 140,000 copies in January 1991 and 104,000 copies in July 1992.[10] The circulation of the paper was 85,000 copies in March 1993.[10] In 1998 the paper had a circulation of 79,000 copies and had 396,000 readers.[11] The 2003 circulation of the paper was 66,000 copies.[3]

References
  1. Colin Sparks; John Tulloch, eds. (22 March 2000). Tabloid Tales: Global Debates over Media Standards. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4616-4385-2. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Milton Hollstein (23 July 1990). "Western Media Moguls Invest in Hungary Press". Deseret News. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. Péter Bajomi-Lázár. "The Business of Ethics, the Ethics of Business" (PDF). Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. Ray Hiebert (January 1994). "The Difficult Birth of a Free Press". American Journalism Center. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. "Murdoch Pays $4 Million for 50% Interest in 2 Hungarian Papers". Los Angeles Times. Budapest. UPI. 22 January 1990. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. Agnes Gulyas (1998). "Tabloid Newspapers in Post Communist Hungary". Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. 5 (3): 65–77. doi:10.1080/13183222.1998.11008683.
  7. Raymond Hill (2003). Hungary. Infobase Publishing. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8160-5081-9. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 1 November 2003. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7494-4067-1. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. Csaba Toth (1 July 2014). "Blikk's Marcell Muranyi named Nepszabadsag editor-in-chief". The Budapest Beacon. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  10. Marina Popescu; Gábor Tóka (2000). "Campaign Effects in the 1994 and 1998 Parliamentary Elections in Hungary" (Conference paper). ECPR. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. Mihály Gálik; Beverly James (1999). "Ownership and control of the Hungarian press". The Public. 6 (2). Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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