Péter Uj

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. 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.

Index Uj, together with András Nyírő, Gábor Gerényi and Balázs Kéki, founded Index on 17 May 1999 as a successor to Nyírő's Internetto. Although Uj was a regular contributor to both Nyírő's previous endavour, ABCD, and Internetto, 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,

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

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. A month later, Uj launched 444.hu with the intention of competing with Index and Origo. and part-owner. As of August 2019, Uj remains as 444's editor-in-chief.