Year: 2019

New Director of Technology at Central Media Group

Antti-Jussi LUMIJÄRVI has been working as the director of technology of the company group since 17 October The new director arrived from Magyar Telekom to our publishing house. Antti-Jussi Lumijärvi (AJ) has international and multicultural experience of more than 15 years in the telecommunications and IT sector. After managing the ERP and BI Solutions divisions at Magyar Telekom, the became the Head of Service Development and Innovation Solutions Branch of the company in 2015. Concerning his new responsibilities, he said the following: “Prior to being appointed to an executive position at Magyar Telekom, I had had the opportunity to...

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nlc is to attend Margó Festival, as well

Will relationships survive? Will overly strong women survive? Modern tales for modern children? Does completely waste-free life exist? nlc is preparing these and other similar topics for the annual Margó Literary Festival, which is to be held at the Castle Garden Bazaar on 12 October 2019. In 2019, André Aciman, Elisabeth Asbrink, Emily M. Danforth, Sissel-Jo Gazan, Kim Leine and Jón Kalman Stefansson are also attending this autumn literary festival. Ferenc Barnás, Attila Bartis, Tibor Bödőcs, László Darvasi, Péter Gárdos, Orsolya Karafiáth, Péter Nádas, Noémi Szécsi and Krisztina Tóth are presenting their new books at Margó Literary Festival and Book Fair at the...

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Marie Claire helps readers adopt a green lifestyle Marie Claire has launched Go Green!, the month of green challenges

Marie Claire has launched its Go Green! challenge, which encourages readers to introduce eco-friendly changes in their life in four areas over the course of four weeks. Detailed tips and articles connected with the green section of the September issue of the magazine can be found at marieclaire.hu/gogreen. Hungarian stars and influencers have also joined the challenge. Between 1 and 30 September, in connection with the green section of the September issue of the magazine Marie Claire is running its Go Green! challenge, which anyone can join up until the last week. Each week one challenge needs to be...

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Videos of 24.hu win prestigious awards

The staff of 24.hu won a silver and two bronze awards at the Online Video Award contest organised for the 11th time by the communicational journal “Kreatív”. For the competition organisers invited video entries published online or on mobile devices over the past year. In the edited online video content category the video presenting the story of a girl suffering from a serious disease since her birth, Flóra and her family won a silver award,  while both the material presenting the Mátyás Square diner of the Egyptian Hana Samir Kamel, who feeds the poor for free, and our series “Hakni” collected bronze awards....

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Digital portal manager and new chief editor at the helm of 24.hu

From 1 August the Chief Editor of 24.hu to date, Péter Szigeti will lead the 24.hu digital news portal as Digital Portal Manager. At the same time, the previous Deputy Editor, Péter Pető will take over as Chief Editor and Managing Editor Dániel Bita will be promoted to Deputy Editor. Szigeti has led and developed the editorial board of 24.hu since October 2017, during which period 24.hu has become a compelling player of the Hungarian online news market. Over the past three quarters visits to the site have grown by nearly 50%, which means that at a weekly level 24.hu is now the...

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Zoltán Varga returns to the top of Central Media Group

Since 18 June 2019, Zoltán Varga, the Chair of the Board, has been the CEO of Central Media Group. Kinga Mészáros, the former CEO, left the company on 15 July, after transferring her responsibilities. Mészáros explained her resignation, which was accepted by the Board of Directors of the company group, by saying that she had different ideas about the implementation of the jointly established growth strategy. Zoltán Varga made the following declaration: “I would like to thank, both personally and on behalf of Central Media Group, Kinga Mészáros for her work. We are glad to have had the opportunity to...

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The new special issue of “Kismama” has introduced an almost unique novelty on the market

Is it possible to combine the traditions of printed press with online content- and visual elements? The annual special issue of Kismama magazine, “ANYA” (Mother) has made a notable experiment to achieve this. In its most recent issue the publication introduced an almost unique novelty on the market, targeting Generation Y, as well, who today read almost exclusively online and created a modern, easy-to-consume, 21st-century magazine that covers women’s topics through a “mother’s filter”. The editors of the magazine strive to be innovative not only in terms of content, but also structure, opening yet another way to a constantly...

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24.hu has been awarded a considerable amount of innovation aid at the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI) competition

In 2015, Google launched its DNI initiative to support journalism and embrace the innovative ideas of online publishers. Earlier, Central Digital Media applied for the aid unsuccessfully, but this year we tried it again. As a result, 24.hu won a considerable amount to implement its development plans. “I am very proud of the fact that we won. I am especially proud, because after our unsuccessful application last year, we did not give up, but tried it again. Everyone at our company rose, pulled oneself together and started working on a new, much better application. And we succeeded. Because our...

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