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Magyar Hírmondó

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Magyar Hírmondó
PublisherFerenc Ágoston Patzkó
EditorMátyás Rát
Founded1 January 1780
LanguageHungarian
Ceased publication1788
HeadquartersPressburg, Kingdom of Hungary
CountryHungary

Magyar Hírmondó is the first newspaper to be published in the Hungarian language in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia).[1] The first issue appeared on 1 January 1780.[1] Its founders were Mátyás Rát, a Lutheran pastor and Ferenc Ágoston Patzkó, a publisher from Pressburg.[1] The latter was also the publisher.[2][3][4][5] The paper was published in octavo format (a single column on half a printed sheet) twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[1] Mátyás Rát was the editor of the paper from its foundation in 1780 to 1782.[1] Magyar Hírmondó folded in 1788.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Réka Lengyel (2019). "The Newspaper as a Medium for Developing National Language, Literature, and Science". In Ágnes Dóbék; Gábor Mészáros; Gábor Vaderna (eds.). Media and Literature in Multilingual Hungary 1770–1820. Budapest: Reciti. ISBN 978-615-5478-70-3.
  2. ^ Asa Briggs; Peter Burke (26 July 2018). A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet. Wiley. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7456-9943-1.
  3. ^ Benedek Csaplár (1886). Révai Miklós élete. Aigner Lajos. p. 89.
  4. ^ Oksana Buranbaeva; Vanja Mladineo (22 September 2011). Culture and Customs of Hungary. ABC-CLIO. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-313-38370-0.
  5. ^ Robert B. Kaplan; Richard B. Baldauf (2005). Language Planning and Policy in Europe. Multilingual Matters. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-85359-811-1.