Mai Nap Explained

Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Tabloid
Foundation:	8 February 1989
Language:	Hungarian
Ceased Publication:	15 June 2005
Headquarters:	Budapest
Publishing Country:	Hungary
Issn:	1588-2403
Website:	Mai Nap

Mai Nap (Hungarian: Today's Day) was a tabloid newspaper published daily in Budapest, Hungary. It began publishing early in the country's post-communist era. It was in circulation between 1989 and 2005.

History and profile

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

The owner of Mai Nap was a state-owned bank.^[1] Rupert Murdoch acquired 50% of Mai Nap in January 1990,^{[4] [5]} but sold it back in 1993 due to its low circulation levels.^{[1] [6] [7]} Then the paper was acquired by the Swiss company JMG Ost Press.^{[1] [5]} 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 was independent, its editorials were supportive of the right-wing political parties in the periods of 1994 general election and 1998 general election.

Mai Nap folded in June 2005 due to low circulation levels.^[10]

Circulation

In the 1990s, Mai Nap had highest circulation levels on Sundays.^[11] The paper sold 140,000 copies in January 1991 and 104,000 copies in July 1992.^[11] The circulation of the paper was 85,000 copies in March 1993.^[11] The paper had a circulation of 79,000 copies and had 396,000 readers in 1998.^[12] The 2003 circulation of the paper was 66,000 copies.^[2]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Colin Sparks. John Tulloch. Tabloid Tales: Global Debates over Media Standards. https://books.google.com/books?id=wV42AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA117. 2000. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-4616-4385-2. 117. Development of the tabloid press in Hungary. Ágnes Gulyás. Lanham, MD.
2. Web site: Péter Bajomi-Lázár. The Business of Ethics, the Ethics of Business. 16 February 2015. Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent. 16 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216200034/http://www2.cji.ro/userfiles/file/documente/05Business_Ethics__Hungary(1).pdf.
3. News: Milton Hollstein. Western Media Moguls Invest in Hungary Press. 15 February 2015. Deseret News. 23 July 1990.
4. News: Murdoch Pays $4 Million for 50% Interest in 2 Hungarian Papers. 15 February 2015. Los Angeles Times. UPI. 22 January 1990. Budapest.
5. Ágnes Gulyás. Tabloid Newspapers in Post Communist Hungary. Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. 1998. 5. 3. 65–77. 10.1080/13183222.1998.11008683.
6. News: Ray Hiebert. The Difficult Birth of a Free Press. 15 February 2015. American Journalism Center. January 1994.
7. Book: Raymond Hill. 2003. Hungary. Facts on File, Inc.. 978-0-8160-5081-9. 174. 2nd. New York.
8. Book: Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. 2003. Walden Publishing Ltd.. 978-0-7494-4067-1. 170. 15th. Essex.
9. News: Csaba Toth. Blikk's Marcell Muranyi named Nepszabadsag editor-in-chief. 15 February 2015. The Budapest Beacon. 1 July 2014.
10. News: Megszűnik a Mai Nap. 5 September 2021. hvg.hu. 15 June 2005.
11. Web site: Marina Popescu. Gábor Tóka. Campaign Effects in the 1994 and 1998 Parliamentary Elections in Hungary. ECPR. 15 February 2015. Conference paper. 2000. 12 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312173459/http://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/07edc96c-b442-44d1-a6bc-decf66f013e2.pdf.
12. Mihály Gálik. Beverly James. Ownership and control of the Hungarian press. The Public. 1999. 6. dead. 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20141112082705/http://javnost-thepublic.org/article/pdf/1999/2/5/. 12 November 2014.