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Szabad Föld (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɒbɒd ˈføld], Hungarian: Free Land or Soil) is a weekly newspaper published in Budapest, Hungary. The paper has been in circulation since 1945.
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Central European Press and Media Foundation |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Headquarters | Budapest |
| Country | Hungary |
| Circulation | 32,037 (2023) |
| ISSN | 0133-0950 |
| Website | www |
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 Szabad Föld.[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 was Szabad Lap Publisher Kft.[5]
Szabad Föld became part of the Central European Press and Media Foundation in 2018 which is close to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.[6][7] The foundation acquired the paper from László Puch.[7]
The headquarters of Szabad Föld is in Budapest.[1][8] However, its target audience is non-urban people,[9] and it mostly covers local and agricultural issues.[10] In fact, the paper was called as peasants' newspaper or countryside weekly during its initial phase.[11][12] At that time the paper financed winter-evening lectures in the country.[13]
Lajos Feher served as the editor-in-chief of Szabad Föld. As of 2010 its editor-in-chief was László Horváth.[10]
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In 1976 Szabad Föld sold 350,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 176,385 copies in 2002.[14] In 2003 the weekly had a circulation of 160,000 copies.[15][16] The paper sold 115,326 copies in 2009, making it the second most read weekly in the country.[10] The circulation of the paper was 82,261 copies in 2013.[17] It sold 60,000 copies in 2018.[7] Its circulation decreased to 37,859 in 2022.[18]
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