Time To Review Public Subsidies For Media, Say Study Authors

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By: Roy Greenslade | Guardian.co.uk

The title of the latest report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) is hardly catchy: Public support for the media: a six-country overview of direct and indirect subsidies.

But a quick scan of the contents illustrates the growing importance of the topic in the face of serious economic challenges to traditional news outlets and the rise of alternative start-ups.

The report by Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (with assistance from Geert Linnebank) reviews different forms of public sector support for the media in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Britain and the United States.































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