New Interim Leadership at Public Media in Hungary

The interim chief executive of Media Services Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), András Horváth, arrived at the MTVA headquarters in Budapest on Tuesday morning together with his interim leadership appointees, the MTVA Press and Marketing Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Their task is to review the operations of the public media, ensure a smooth transition, and suspend propaganda while professionally renewing the news service, "so that the public media can finally become a credible, objective, and independent institution after the past years," the statement said.

During the transitional period, Zsófia Mészáros will be responsible for the online directorate, Balázs Bodacz for the news directorate, György Kerényi for the management of Kossuth Radio, Péter Koltai will take over the CEO's cabinet, and Sára Teszáry will lead the PR and marketing department and also handle the spokesperson duties.

After the transitional period, the final leader of the public media will be selected through an open tender process, following social and professional consultations, the statement said.