Szabad Föld

Szabad Föld (meaning Free Land or Soil in English) is a weekly newspaper published in Budapest, Hungary.

Szabad Föld
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Geoholding media group
PublisherSzabad Lap Publisher Kft
Founded1945 (1945)
LanguageHungarian
HeadquartersBudapest
Circulation82,261 (2013)
Websitewww.szabadfold.hu

History and profile

Szabad Föld was established in 1945.[1] The paper is published on a weekly basis and appears on Fridays.[2] It was the organ of the People’s Patriotic Front[1] and of the working peasantry during the communist rule in Hungary.[3]

In the late 1990s the Attila József Foundation was the co-owner of it.[4] The Geoholding media group became the owner of the weekly in July 2004 when it purchased paper's owner, Book Publisher Rt.[5] Its publisher is Szabad Lap Publisher Kft.[5]

The headquarters of Szabad Föld is in Budapest.[1][6] However, its target audience is non-urban people[7] and it mostly covers local and agricultural issues.[8] In fact, the paper was called as peasants' newspaper or countryside weekly during its initial phase.[9][10] At that time the paper financed winter-evening lectures in the country.[11]

Lajos Feher served as the editor-in-chief of Szabad Föld. As of 2010 its editor-in-chief was László Horváth.[8]

Circulation

The 1976 circulation of Szabad Föld was 350,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 176,385 copies in 2002.[12] In 2003 the weekly had a circulation of 160,000 copies.[13][14] It was 115,326 copies in 2009, making it the second most read weekly in the country.[8] The circulation of the paper 82,261 copies in 2013.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Szabad Föld". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. "Publications. Szabad Föld". Geomedia. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. Robert Takács. "Education and the Inspiring of Hatred" (Book chapter). Politikatörténeti Alapítvány. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. Péter Bajomi-Lázár (June 2003). "Freedom of the Media in Hungary, 1990–2002" (PhD Thesis). Central European University. Budapest. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. "Publishers to merge". XpatLoop. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. "Exhibitors" (PDF). Hortus Hungaricus. 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  7. Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-7619-4131-6. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  8. "Communicating Europe: Hungary Manual" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. December 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. Janos Rainer (30 August 2009). Imre Nagy: A Biography. I.B.Tauris. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-85771-347-6. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. "Newspapers" (PDF). Central European Rural Youth Centre Project. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  11. "Daily life in Hungary in the 1940s". Oral History Archive. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  12. Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002 (PDF). ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. Sofia. 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  13. "Top Ten Magazines in Hungary by Circulation". Top Ten.com. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  14. Mihaly Galik. "Hungary" (PDF). Mirovni Institut. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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