{{short description|Hungarian daily tabloid newspaper}} {{about||the Norwegian installation artwork|Blikk (artwork)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Blikk | logo = Blikk logo.jpeg | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | owners = Ringier | website = {{URL|https://www.blikk.hu/}} | publisher = Ringier | chief_editor = Iván Zsolt Nagy<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2025-05-13 |title=Új főszerkesztő érkezik a Blikkhez áprilistól |url=https://index.hu/belfold/2025/03/27/ringier-hungary-blikk-vezetoi-kinevezesek-foszerkeszto/ |trans-title=New editor-in-chief to join Blikk from April |work=index.hu |language=hu |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> | general_manager = Tibor Kovács | founded = 1 March 1994 | language = Hungarian | headquarters = Budapest | publishing_country = Hungary | circulation = 35,000 (2025) | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = 1785-4830 }}
'''''Blikk''''' is a Hungarian news website and daily newspaper covering current affairs, politics, entertainment, economy, sports and lifestyle. It is the only independent media outlet and the most widely read newspaper in Hungary. It is published in Budapest by ''Ringier Hungary Kft'', the Hungarian subsidiary of the Swiss publisher Ringier.
==Profile== The main sections of the publication (digital and print) cover current events and affairs, politics, entertainment, economy, sports and lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= |title=Top blikk.hu competitors & alternatives |url=https://ahrefs.com/websites/blikk.hu/competitors |website=ahrefs.com |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref><ref>See the main sections of the [https://www.blikk.hu/ blikk.hu].</ref>
According to Similarweb, in February 2025 ''blikk.hu'' was among the most visited Hungarian news sites (rank no. 6), with 13 million visits that month.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=blikk.hu Website Analysis for February 2025 |url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/blikk.hu/#overview |website=similarweb.com |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>
The printed edition of ''Blikk'' was published in the tabloid newspaper for a long time,<ref name=wan3>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|publisher=World Association of Newspapers|accessdate=15 February 2015|location=Paris|year=2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082604/http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-08}}</ref> but has gradually changed its character toward a broadsheet publication.
''Blikk'' has its headquarters in Budapest<ref name=esi>{{cite web|title=Communicating Europe: Hungary Manual|url=http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/enlargement_debates_manual_hungary.pdf|publisher=European Stability Initiative|accessdate=26 November 2014|date=December 2010}}</ref> and has no clear political affiliation.<ref name=esi /> Balkan Investigative Reporting Network emphasizes that printed ''Blikk'' newspaper is the "only one publication left that is financially independent from the government" of Hungary.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bódis |first=András |date=2021-01-14 |title=Hungary’s Government in Reality Controls More than Half of Leading Media |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2021/01/14/hungarys-government-in-reality-controls-more-than-half-of-leading-media/ |work=balkaninsight.com |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> Owner is the Hungarian subsidiary of Ringier.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Távozik Kékesi Zsuzsa, a Ringier Hungary digitális stratégiai igazgatója – átalakítják a médiavállalat működését |trans-title=Zsuzsa Kékesi, digital strategy director of Ringier Hungary, leaves - the media company is being restructured |url=https://media1.hu/2025/01/28/tavozik-kekesi-zsuzsa-ringier-hungary-d-igitalis-strategiai-igazgato/ |work=media1.hu |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>
==History== ''Blikk'' began publishing on 1 March 1994.<ref name=kreativ25>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2019-02-28 |title=25 mérföldkő a 25 éves Blikk történetéből |url=https://kreativ.hu/cikk/25-merfoldko-a-25-eves-blikk-tortenetebol |trans-title=milestones in the 25-year history of Blikk |work=kreativ.hu |language=hu |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> In 2001, ''Blikk'' was merged with ''Mai Nap'', also published by Ringier.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated -->|date=2001-02-22 |title=News: Ringier Ungarn macht aus zwei eins |url=https://www.markt-kom.com/de/markom/news-ringier-ungarn-macht-aus-zwei-eins/ |trans-title=News: Ringier Hungary turns two into one |website=markt-kom.com |language=de |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> In March 2002 ''blikk.hu'', registered in 1998, was launched.<ref name=kreativ25 /> At the beginning of 2004, ''Blikk'' was the first Hungarian daily newspaper to be printed entirely in color.<ref name=kreativ25 /> From 2014 until 2021, ''Blikk'' belonged to ''Ringier Axel Springer Media AG'', a joint venture of and Axel Springer SE. Afterwards, ''Blikk'' again belonged exclusively to Ringier.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shaid |first=Rebeka |date=2021-07-21 |title=Ringier acquires Axel Springer shares in Eastern Europe |url=https://aimgroup.com/2021/07/28/ringier-acquires-axel-springer-shares-in-eastern-europe/ |website=aimgroup.com |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>
On October 31 2025, Ringier sold Blikk and other magazines to Fidesz tied media group Indamedia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-31 |title=Az Index NER-es tulajdonosa megveszi a Blikket |url=https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/10/31/ringier-eladja-a-blikket-az-index-tulajdonosanak-az-indamedianak |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=telex |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Garamvolgyi |first=Flora |date=2025-11-05 |title=Shock as Orbán allies take ownership of Hungary’s most-read newspaper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/05/shock-orban-allies-buy-hungary-most-read-newspaper |access-date=2025-11-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Circulation and market position== ''Blikk'''s circulation was 85,000 copies in 1998.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Mihály Gálik|author2=Beverly James|title=Ownership and control of the Hungarian press|journal=The Public|year=1999|volume=6|issue=2 |page=79|url=http://javnost-thepublic.org/article/pdf/1999/2/5/|accessdate=12 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112082705/http://javnost-thepublic.org/article/pdf/1999/2/5/|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The circulation of the paper was 242,000 copies in 2003.<ref name=wan3 /> It had a circulation of 265,199 copies in 2009, making it the second most read daily in the country.<ref name=esi>{{cite web|title=Communicating Europe: Hungary Manual|url=http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/enlargement_debates_manual_hungary.pdf|publisher=European Stability Initiative|accessdate=26 November 2014|date=December 2010}}</ref> It was about 150,000 copies in 2013. The circulation decreased to 50,017 in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last=Csaba |first=Lukács |title=tovabb-zsugorodik-a-nyomtatott-sajto |trans-title=The print press continues to shrink |language=hu|url=https://hang.hu/media/tovabb-zsugorodik-a-nyomtatott-sajto-144504 |website=hang.hu |access-date=29 August 2022|date=15 August 2022}}</ref> Despite the generally declining circulation, ''Blikk'' reached around half a million readers daily in 2023. According to the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, ''Blikk'' is the most widely read daily newspaper in Hungary.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2024-09-22 |title=Csökkent a napilapok és a hetilapok példányszáma is |url=https://www.nyugat.hu/cikk/csokkent_a_napilapok_es_a_hetilapok_peldanyszama |trans-title=The number of copies of newspapers and weekly newspapers also decreased |work=nyugat.hu |language=hu |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>
==Other Blikk publications== In addition to the ''Blikk'' newspaper, other publications under the ''Blikk'' umbrella brand are or were also available, for example the Sunday edition ''Vasárnapi Blikk'', which started in July 1998,<ref name=kreativ25 /> ''Blikk TV Magazin'' and ''Blikk Nők'' (addressing women).<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2006-12-11 |title=Vj-57/2006/45 |url=https://gvh.hu/dontesek/versenyhivatali_dontesek/archiv/dontesek_2006/4358_hu_vj-57200645 |website=gvh.hu |location= |publisher=Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Hungarian Competition Authority) |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> with its spinoffs ''Blikk Nők Extra'', ''Blikk Nők Otthon & Kert'', ''Blikk Nők Konyha'', or ''Blikk Nők Egészség''.<ref>See {{cite report |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2017-07-30 |title=2013. I. féléves monitoring. Nemek ábrázolása a reklámokban az emberi méltóság szempontjából |trans-title=2013. First half-year monitoring of gender representation in advertising from the perspective of human dignity |language=hu |url=https://www.ort.hu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/oert-monitoring-2013-i-felev-final.pdf |website=ort.hu |publisher=Önszabályozó Reklám Testület |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>
==List of editors-in-chief== *Péter Tőke (1994–1996) *Tamás Ligeti Nagy (1996–1997) *Ferenc Pallagi (1997–2004) *Gábor Fejes (2004–2006) *Marcell Murányi (2006–2014) *Balázs Kolossváry (2014–2016) *Norbert Gedei (2016–2020) *Balázs Kolossváry (2020–March 2025) *Iván Zsolt Nagy (April 1, 2025–present)
==Awards== * 2024: Péter Zsolnai (Hungarian Press Photo Contest)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Fizessétek ki a tanárainkat! |trans-title=Pay our teachers! |url=https://sajto-foto.hu/browse/entry/fizessetek-ki-a-tanarainkat-6zgj |language=hu |website=sajto-foto.hu |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2024: Tamás Korponai (Pictures of the Year International)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Sports Action (Category)| url=https://www.poy.org/81/15.html |website=poy.org |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2021: Péter Zsolnai (Hungarian Press Photo Contest)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=A Vonulás |trans-title=The Procession|url=https://sajto-foto.hu/browse/entry/a-vonulas-g4m2 |language=hu |website=sajto-foto.hu |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2019: Balázs Kolossváry (Feleki László Award of the Hungarian Sports Journalists Association)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Feleki László-díjasok |trans-title=Feleki László Award |url=https://sportujsagirok.hu/feleki-laszlo-dijasok|language=hu |website=sportujsagirok.hu |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2018: Péter Zsolnai (Hungarian Press Photo Contest)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=A Lánchídon áthaladva |trans-title=Crossing the Chain Bridge |url=https://sajto-foto.hu/browse/entry/rabszolgatorveny-mcwe/a-lanchidon-athaladva-dlge |language=hu |website=sajto-foto.hu |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2015: Dávid Szirmay (Antal Csengery Award of the Budapest Metropolitan Municipality)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title= Tarlós István átadta az idei Csengery Antal Díjakat |trans-title=István Tarlós presented this year's Antal Csengery Awards |url=https://archiv.budapest.hu/Lapok/Tarl%c3%b3s-Istv%c3%a1n-%c3%a1tadta-az-idei-Csengery-Antal-D%c3%adjakat.aspx|language=hu |website=archiv.budapest.hu |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref> * 2003: Balázs Kolossváry (World Sports Journalism Day)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |website=sportujsagirok.hu |url=http://sportujsagirok.hu/sportujsagiras-vilagnapjan-kituntettek/ |title=Sportújságírás Világnapján kitüntettek |trans-title=Honorees on World Sports Journalism Day |language=hu |access-date=2025-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314101252/http://sportujsagirok.hu/sportujsagiras-vilagnapjan-kituntettek/ |archive-date=2014-03-14}}</ref>
==See also== * List of newspapers in Hungary
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.blikk.hu/ Official website] {{in lang|hu}}
Category:1994 establishments in Hungary Category:Hungarian-language newspapers Category:Daily newspapers published in Hungary Category:Newspapers established in 1994 Category:Newspapers published in Budapest