New RISJ study of (in)direct public subsidies of the media

« A new report from the Reuters Institute (RISJ) shows that while media industries in most developed democracies have undergone a period of profound change over the last fifteen years and many news organisations face serious economic challenges today, existing forms of public sector support for the media remain largely the same as they have been for decades.

Reviewing different forms of public sector support for the media in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the report « Public Support for the Media: A Six-Country Overview of Direct and Indirect Subsidies » documents how governments—and thus taxpayers—in these countries continue to underwrite industry incumbents in broadcasting and print publishing to the tune of hundreds of millions of Euros even as audiences increasingly supplement their use of legacy platforms with online and mobile media…. »

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Lire le rapport « Public Support for the Media: A Six-Country Overview of Direct and Indirect Subsidies« 

Source : reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk [En ligne] Consulté le 23/08/2011

Sur ce sujet, le centre de documentation vous propose de consulter :

Nadine Toussaint-Desmoulins : L’économie des médias (Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2011) –  Coll. Que sais-je ?

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