HotNews is one of the oldest and biggest
Romania
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news sites focused mainly on general topics, finance, politics, and current affairs. The website constantly publishes news, interviews, video documentaries, and opinion pieces.
As of February 2019, the site has around 250,000–300,000 unique users daily, more than 3 million monthly unique visitors, and around 30 million monthly page views, according to stats measured by the Romanian BRAT/SATI.
The website was founded in October 1999 by a group of financial journalists under the name ''RevistaPresei.ro'' and contained articles from outside sources put together as a press review. It was rebranded as HotNews.ro in 2005.
Located in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, the company employed more than 30 journalists in 2018. Its
advertising
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sales for 2007 stood between €600,000 and €700,000.
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Window on the Media
January 2008
See also
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Media of Romania
The mass media in Romania refers to mass media outlets based in Romania. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related reve ...
References
External links
HotNews homepage(Romanian)
HotNews homepage(English)
Mass media companies established in 1999
Mass media companies of Romania
Romanian news websites
1999 establishments in Romania
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