''Az Est'' (, ) was an evening daily newspaper which existed between 1910 and 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. It was one of the earliest boulevard newspapers in the country and enjoyed higher levels of circulation during its lifetime.

History and profile

''Az Est'' was launched by in 1910. Its first issue appeared on 16 April that year. Miklós was also owner and editor-in-chief of the paper of which subtitle was ''politikai napilap'' (Hungarian: ''political diary''). However, it had no clear political stance and was not close to a political party. The paper was headquartered in Budapest and published daily by the Az Est Lapkiadó Rt (Hungarian: Est publishing house) which also published three other newspapers, ''

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'' and ''Magyarország''. The advertisement posters of these papers were created by Hungarian graphic artist . ''Az Est'' featured comprehensive articles on foreign news. For instance, Croatian journalist

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was among its foreign contributors who published articles on the political news in

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. Towards the end of

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the paper was one of the publications which criticized the alliance between

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and

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. In addition to ''

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'' and ''Világ'' it supported the establishment of the revolutionary government after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. It adopted a much more moderate political stance following the end of the revolutionary government. ''Az Est'' had a circulation of 150,000 copies. Its circulation became very high over time, and it even managed to sold almost half a million copies. The paper folded in 1939 shortly after its nationalization due to the fact that it was owned by a Jew.

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