# Claim 626

The number of outlets folded into the new foundation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The number of outlets folded into the new foundation.
- Field: action
- Value: 476 outlets donated to KESMA
- About: [incident 2018-hungary-kesma-media-merger](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-hungary-kesma-media-merger)
- Source: Nations in Transit 2019: Hungary. https://freedomhouse.org/country/hungary/nations-transit/2019
- Publisher: Freedom House
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2019-05-01

## Quotation from the source

> In December, the owners of 476 progovernment titles donated their outlets to a new non-profit entity called KESMA for free; the merger was exempted from antitrust review on "national interest" grounds.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/626. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.