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Péter Uj
Péter Uj
	Uj in 2013
Born	Szolnok, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Occupation	journalist
Known for	the founder of 444.hu and Index.hu

Péter Uj is a Hungarian journalist who is the founder of 444.hu, and the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Index.hu.

Early life

Uj was born in Szolnok.^[1] Both of his parents are teachers.^[2]

Career

Népszabadság

Uj became an intern at Népszabadság in 1990, later becoming a full-time employee in 1993.^[2] While at Népszabadság, he also worked on other projects such as CD magazine ABCD, rock magazine Wanted, satirical magazine Hócipő, as well as working on documentaries and radio shows.^[3] He left the paper in 2000 when he became the editor-in-chief of Index.hu,^[2]^[3] although he stayed there as a columnist until the paper's eventual closure in October 2016, releasing an article on every Wednesday.^[4]

Index

Uj, together with András Nyírő, Gábor Gerényi and Balázs Kéki, founded Index on 17 May 1999^[5] as a successor to Nyírő's Internetto. Although Uj was a regular contributor to both Nyírő's previous endavour, ABCD,^[3] and Internetto,^[6] with many of the website's staff already considering him a member, this was never an official relationship. This changed with the founding of Index as Uj became Index's news editor,^[6] and he eventually resigned from Népszabadság. Shortly afterwards, Nyírő resigned as editor-in-chief of Index in December 1999, paving the way for Uj to become the website's new editor-in-chief in 2000.^[7]^[6] He stayed in this position until his resignation in 2011. In 2016, Uj claimed that he left Index because one of Index's employees got fired after publishing an article critical of Viktor Orbán.^[8]

Origo

In 2012, Uj reunited with his former Index colleague, Albert Gazda at Origo.hu to help transform the website.^[9]

444

In March 2013, news reports broke that Uj was working on a new website, reportedly under the name Jeti Válasz (literally: Yeti Answer, a parody of conservative weekly Heti Válasz) or Magyar Jeti.^[10] A month later, Uj launched 444.hu with the intention of competing with Index and Origo.^[11] He was also joined by several of his former colleagues at Index, with Uj becoming the website's editor-in-chief^[12] and part-owner.^[13]^[14]^[11] As of August 2019, Uj remains as 444's editor-in-chief.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "444.hu: Mit takarhat a rejtélyes szám?" (in Hungarian). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kósa, András (19 February 2019). "Uj Péter: "A legnagyobb kérdés az Index és az RTL Klub"". nepszava.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ""Soha nem voltunk része az újságírói szakmának" – Interjú Uj Péterrel". meditatortenet.hu (in Hungarian). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Uj, Péter (12 October 2016). "Pótszerda (poszt-Népszabadság-poszt)". 444.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ V.J.A. (June 1999). "Kitette az "Indexet", avagy volt egyszer egy Internetto". Internet Kalauz (in Hungarian). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bodoky, Tamás (6 April 2000). "Az Internetto-Index-sztori: A haladás előőrse". magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). Magyar Narancs. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Külföldi befektetők az Index.hu Rt-nél". index.hu. Index. 19 April 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Uj Péter elmesélte, hogyan távolítottak el egy indexest egy Orbán-cikk miatt". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 12 October 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Uj Péter beszáll az Origo átalakításába". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 13 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Klág, Dávid (16 March 2013). "Uj Péter már lapátol – itt a jetivalasz.hu". cink.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Kuti, Noémi (28 October 2013). "Versenyben az Indexszel és az Origóval: interjú Uj Péterrel". mmonline.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Elindult a !!444!!!". index.hu (in Hungarian). 29 April 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Uj, Péter (23 May 2014). "Van egy új kisebbségi tulajunk". 444.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Bátorfy, Attila (23 May 2014). "Új tulajdonos a 444 mögött". kreativ.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Impresszum". 444.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.