Categories Business magazine Company HVG Kiadó Zrt. Language Hungarian and English | Frequency Weekly Country Hungary | |
Year founded 1979; 38 years ago (1979) | ||
Heti Világgazdaság (meaning World Economy Weekly in English) or HVG is a Hungarian weekly economic and political magazine with its editorial office in Budapest.
History and profile
Founded in 1979, Heti Világgazdaság is closely modeled on the Economist in style and content. It is a sister publication of the business daily Világgazdaság. The magazine, published weekly, was very important in the years spanning the transition from communism in airing new ideas and challenging boundaries. During the same period it was also a leading investigative publication. In 2003 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung acquired 75% of the magazine.
HVG is often referred to as the leading news magazine in the country. Some articles are also available online and in English.
The circulation of HVG was 120,000 copies at the end of the 1990s. The weekly had a circulation of 140,000 copies in 2004 and a readership of more than 500,000. The circulation of the magazine in the fourth quarter of 2009 was 93,775 copies, making it the third most read weekly after Helyi Téma and Szabad Föld in the country.