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Mediaworks lays off all employees of PestiSrácok as part of collective downsizing – he told 24.hu the responsible editor of the paper, Gergely Huth.
Huth said almost 20 employees will be affected by the decision, which will take effect in a month. However, according to him, this does not mean that the newspaper will cease to exist, they are negotiating with the owner so that they can continue to operate the newspaper. According to him, there is a real chance for this “with the help of readers”.
Regarding the return of the newspaper, he said that this is also being discussed, but he does not know for sure yet. “I really hope that it won’t cost more to get the paper back than we got for it ourselves”.
THE to the Mediaworks portfolio they own more than 70 media products, including Origo, Magyar Nemzet, Hír TV, Pesti Srácok and county newspapers, and they also have printing presses. HVG was previously informed that almost 200 people can be sent to Mediaworks with immediate effectin response to the information, the publisher announced that “it is carrying out an organizational and portfolio transformation for the purpose of modernization, which, in addition to the renewal of the operational structure, also involves changes affecting the number of employees”. They did not write an exact number, only that those affected are informed about decisions affecting employees first.
In mid-May, Szegeder reported that cease szegedma.hu belonging to Mediaworks Hungary Zrt. A few days later by Mediaworks suspended publication of the printed Metropol. It turned out on Monday that the printed Bors will cease to existand suspend the operation of the Ripost.hu and Metropol.hu websites. As of July 1, the printed edition of the Nógrád County Newspaper, the Heves County Newspaper and the Komárom-Esztergom county daily newspaper 24 Óra will also cease, but the online edition of the affected newspapers will remain.
