Hungary's left-wing daily newspaper suspends publication

A newsstand including Saturday papers with Nepszabadsag daily is pictured in Budapest, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Headline of Nepszabadsag reads: "Orban not bothered by helicoptering". It refers to a scandal uncovered by Nepszabadsag about the extravagant travel habits of a top minister in the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (AP Photo/Andras Nagy) (The Associated Press)

A newsstand including Saturday papers with Nepszabadsag daily is pictured in Budapest, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Headline of Nepszabadsag reads: "Orban not bothered by helicoptering". It refers to a scandal uncovered by Nepszabadsag about the extravagant travel habits of a top minister in the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (AP Photo/Andras Nagy) (The Associated Press)

Philosopher, Gaspar Miklos Tamas, speaks during a sympathy demonstration organised to express solidarity with Hungarian political daily Nepszabadsag in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Earlier in the day the publishing company Mediaworks suspended the publication of both the print and online editions of the paper until it comes up with a new business model. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP) (The Associated Press)

The publishing company of Hungary's largest left-wing political newspaper says it has suspended its publication because of "considerable" losses while it searches for the "best business model" for the paper.

Mediaworks said Saturday that subscribers would be offered alternative publications or refunds. The company did not say when the newspaper might reappear but wants to "preserve Népszabadság for the future."

Journalists at the newspaper said they weren't given advance notice and described the suspension of the paper's print and online editions as a "coup."

Hungary's media landscape has changed considerably in the last few years, with many print and online publications as well as radio and television stations coming under the control of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's inner circle, and then taking on a noticeable pro-government bent.