Profile
Jurnal Bihorean is a local daily newspaper that appears in printed format from Monday until Friday and it also has a digital format. A paid subscription is required to access its content. The Hungarian language version of Jurnal Bihorean is Bihari Napló and it can be accessed in the same manner.
Inform Media Press also runs the local newspaper Jurnal Aradean, and the local news portals Timis Online (covering Timis County), Arad Online (covering Arad County) and Bihor Online (covering Bihor County). The company also owns the news portal Erdon.ro.
Inform Media was founded in 2001 by the Austrian-owned company Russ Media (controlled by businessman Eugen Russ). The company published several titles in Hungary and Romania as well. About nine years ago, the Austrian company sold its print and online assets to the Hungary-based Media Development Management Kft.
Currently, the two shareholders of the 2016-founded Inform Media Press based in Oradea, Romania, are two Hungarian companies: Mediaworks Hungary ZRT (99%) and Szuperinfo MAGYARORSZAG MEDIA KIADOI KFT (1%). Mediaworks Hungary ZRT is controlled by oligarchs supportive of Fidesz, the political party of the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. There were 140 people employed by Inform Media Press SRL in 2022.