Az Est was launched by Andor Miklós [hu] in 1910.[1][2] Its first issue appeared on 16 April that year.[3] Miklós was also owner and editor-in-chief of the paper of which subtitle was politikai napilap (Hungarian: political diary).[1][2] However, it had no clear political stance and was not close to a political party.[1] 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, Pesti Napló and Magyarország.[2][4] The advertisement posters of these papers were created by Hungarian graphic artist Tibor Pólya [hu].[4]
Az Est featured comprehensive articles on foreign news.[3] For instance, Croatian journalist Marija Jurić Zagorka was among its foreign contributors who published articles on the political news in Yugoslavia.[5] Towards the end of World War I the paper was one of the publications which criticized the alliance between German Empire and Austria-Hungary.[6] In addition to Népszava and Világ it supported the establishment of the revolutionary government after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary.[3] It adopted a much more moderate political stance following the end of the revolutionary government.[3]
Az Est had a circulation of 150,000 copies.[3] Its circulation became very high over time, and it even managed to sold almost half a million copies.[1] The paper folded in 1939 shortly after its nationalization due to the fact that it was owned by a Jew, Imre Salusinszky.[2][7]
