The publisher, Mediaworks, is one of the biggest media companies in Hungary, owning the main sports daily Nemzeti Sport, business daily Vilaggazdasag and several regional daily newspapers.
BUDAPEST Hungarian businessman Lorinc Meszaros, an ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has acquired stakes in Opimus, which owns the publisher of several of the country`s main newspapers, a stock exchange filing showed.
The move is another wrinkle in a shake-up of Hungary`s commercial media landscape, where businessmen seen as close to the right-wing government have steadily enhanced their market share.
Meszaros also took a further 14 percent stake in Opimus via another company called Konzum Management Kft, the statement said.
Meszaros had previously denied media reports of links to Mediaworks or Opimus and neither he nor those companies had responded to previous Reuters requests for comment.
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