''Népszava'' (meaning "People's Word" in English) is a

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newspaper published in

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History and profile

''Népszava'' is Hungary's eldest continuous print publication and as of October 2019 the last and only remaining liberal, social democratic political daily in the country. ''Népszava'' was established in 1873 in

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by Viktor Külföldi. It was the official newspaper of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party until 1948 when Hungary became a

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. During this period two of Népszava's editors in chief were murdered:

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(along with reporter Béla Bacsó) in 1920 by right wing officers and Illés Mónus in 1944 by members of the Hungarian Nazi Arrow Cross militia. During the period of the

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between 1948 and 1989, it was the official newspaper of Hungarian

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s. In 1990 it was privatized. Its publisher, the entrepreneur János Fenyő was shot dead in Budapest in 1998. The crime is still partially unsolved. The newspaper is currently owned by the entrepreneur Tamás Leisztinger. ''Népszava'' is published in

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format.

Circulation

The circulation of ''Népszava'' was 222,000 copies in January 1989 and 181,000 copies in January 1991. The paper had a circulation of 135,000 copies in July 1992 and 102,000 copies in March 1993. Its circulation was 80,000 copies in 1998. The paper had a circulation of 31,742 copies in 2009, making it the sixth most read daily in the country. The circulation further declined to 10,522 copies by 2016.url=http://mfor.hu/cikkek/vallalatok/Ujabb_2000_vasarlot_veszitett_Simicska_lapja.html After closure of ''

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'', today ''Népszava'' is Hungary's market leader among political dailies. Its average circulation is 21 thousand copies/day with the 32-page Saturday edition reaching 24 thousand copies.

Notable staff

; Editors in chief * Viktor Külföldi (from 1877) *

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(1898–1918) *

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(1939–1944, from 1945) * Anna Kéthly (1957–1964) ;Writers, publicists * Endre Ady *

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* Ferenc Fejtő * Gyula Illyés *

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, music critic (1924–1950) * Attila József *

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* Anna Kéthly *

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* Zsigmond Kunfi, deputy chief editor (from 1907) *

Géza Losonczy Géza Losonczy (5 May 1917, Érsekcsanád – 21 December 1957) was a Hungarian journalist and politician. He was associated with the reformist faction of the Hungarian communist party. During the 1956 Hungarian revolution, he joined the Imr ...

Miklós Radnóti Miklós Radnóti (born Miklós Glatter; 5 May 1909 – November 1944) was a Hungarian poet and teacher. He was murdered in the Holocaust. Biography Miklós Glatter was the son of a vendor of the textile business company Brück & Grosz in Bu ...

References

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