Heti Világgazdaság Kiadói Zrt. (HVG Kiadó), the employee-founded Budapest publisher of Hungary’s leading economic and political weekly HVG and the news portal hvg.hu, and one of the country’s few large independent media businesses, reported net revenue of 5.22 billion forints (€13.11 million) for 2025, up just 1.3% on 2024. The story is in the profit…
Central Médiacsoport Zrt., the Budapest publisher of the independent news site 24.hu and the women’s weekly Nők Lapja, and one of the last large domestically owned independent media groups in Hungary, reported net revenue of 14.57 billion forints (€36.62 million) for 2025, up 2.2% on 2024. Net profit fell 13% to 2.19 billion forints (€5.51…
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