HotNews.ro
Source Passport
RO-M-00015-3
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Media Bit Software SRL
- Country
- Romania
- Type
- Online news
- Founded
- 2000
- Editor-in-chief
- Mona Hera, Clarice Dinu (Redactori-șefi); Dan Duca (Director editorial)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 10 October 2026
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
6 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- Receives state advertising
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(a)
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number Pending check
- ONRC J2004003954405 · CUI 16232538
- Registered address Pending check
- Bd. Lascăr Catargiu 50, Sector 1, București, 010673
- Public contact email Pending check
- redactie@hotnews.ro
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type ZYX Group – Company Dragoș Vîlcu (about 66% of ZYX Group, through several entities) Indirect Person Pluralis B.V. (17% of ZYX Group) Indirect Investment fund Răzvan Ionescu (15% of ZYX Group) Indirect Person - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- ZYX Group
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(d), plus revenue mix
- State advertising and third-country public revenue Pending check
Year State advertising 2024 43,757 EUR 2025 11,146 EUR - Revenue mix Pending check
Source Commercial advertising Reader revenue - Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/www.hotnews.ro YouTube youtube.com/@hotnews_ro Instagram instagram.com/hotnews.ro X x.com/HotNews_ro
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- B365.ro
- CreaZYX.ro
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- Lovedeco.ro
- SmartLiving.ro
- StartupCafe.ro
- TotulDespreMame.ro
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 2026 | First published |
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