In the month after the announcement, Telex.hu was started with an intro video in which Munk outlined the plans for the news portal and asked for donations.

[4] The reason for launching a new site was the removal of editor in chief of Index.hu, Szabolcs Dull, on 22 July 2020 after internal controversy and changes in ownership.

[6] The quitting Index staff created a Facebook page, where they published a farewell video on 31 August 2020.

[7] For a short time, it was suggested that Index staff might join the news website 444.hu, however this merger eventually didn't happen.

The domain telex.hu was bought by a company owned by Kárpáti's brother and then transferred to Van Másik Kft.

[9] On 4 September 2020, Veronika Munk published a video message announcing the creation of Telex.hu of which she would be the editor in chief.

Márton Kárpáti said that they wouldn't have enough money to pay all the former Index employees, and were planning to start with 40 to 50 staff.

[1][9][18][19][20] In addition to neutral tone articles, some opinion pieces encouraging donation and others denouncing the site also appeared.

[24] On 25 February 2021, Telex received the #AllForJan international media award named after the murdered investigative journalist Ján Kuciak.