Márton Magyarthe brother of the president of the Tisza Party, confirmed to 24.hu: he is working on founding an online newspaper that could enter the Hungarian media market as early as October. We understand that the newspaper will publish content in written, video and podcast formats, and will run under the name Kontroll TV during the organizational period. Magyar did not wish to disclose the final name for the time being.
Peter Magyar his brother claims that
they will operate independently of the Tisza Party.
The founder, who previously also worked as an editor-reporter for Hír TV, said his goal was to avoid financiers’ interests appearing in the newspaper. Therefore, he approached several wealthy entrepreneurs to support the project with smaller amounts. That way, if someone tries to have a say in what should appear in the articles, you can say no without jeopardizing the operation.
A Media1 wrote in the summer that Márton Magyar was both a member of the politician’s campaign staff and the To Lőrinc Mészáros He is an employee of Indamedia who can be connected in several ways.
At the end of April, the media company that also operates the Economx news portal and Index wrote to the portal that “the mentioned journalist is still an employee of Indamedia, who is protected from possible attacks and employed in a different scope of duties than before”. In July, however, his legal relationship with the company was already terminated, but it turned out that the journalist also had a contract with Jobbik-Conservatives.