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BUSINESS MODELS
BBC Media Action, PRIMED- SARAH ZAAROUR
"Under international law, states are required to create an enabling legal and regulatory environment that supports a free, diverse and pluralistic media sector. Financial support provided by public authorities to private media organisations can help protect and promote pluralism and diversity in the media, provided that effective safeguards are put in place to prevent governments from interfering in editorial policy and independence."
BBC Media Action, PRIMED- EMMANUEL SAFFA ABDULAI
"...stakeholders believe that any attempt to streamline the industry should address these three issues ahs a matter of priority. They are calling for a complete overhaul of existing advertising policy and for a standalone regulation that is informed by a nationwide consultation and that focuses exclusively on the advertising industry. It is believed that having an effective policy will serve to address existing gaps both in the market and the advertising community."
BBC Media Action, PRIMED- IBRAHIM BANGURA
"The purpose of this political economy analysis (PEA) is to understand how political and economic factors have affected, or hindered, the media sector in Sierra Leone as well as the potential for private sector investment in the media in order to help inform and shape the discussions between local stakeholders during the Conference."
BBC Media Action, PRIMED- MILAN F. ZIVKOVIC, KAROLINA LEAKOVIC
"This report presents four models of direct media subsidies in Europe: from Serbia, Croatia, Sweden and the European Union as well as an overview of reduced VAT rates for newspapers, digital publications and periodicals in EU countries and Serbia."
Forum Media and Development (FOME)- JOHANNA MACK
"Media development assistance and media systems research are intricately connected: by describing, assessing, and attempting to change them, media development actors produce knowledge about media systems and directly impact them. This research review explores the intersections of academic media systems research and practices of describing and assessing media landscapes in the media development sector and suggests how both could learn from each other."
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung- ANYA SCHIFFRIN, HANNAH CLIFFORD, THEODORA DAME ADJIN-TETTEY
"In the absence of research and hard evidence as to what works best (not unique to journalism—some things are essentially unknowable) we’re seeing pragmatism, with different groups backing policies that seem politically feasible. There is continuing tension between the larger, established outlets that benefit from many of the government programs to support journalism and the niche players/digital startups, which have less to gain."
IPI - JACQUI PARK, EDEN VERED
This report presents "how local news media around the world are rethinking everything in the digital age, and what they need now to sustain the vital journalism serving their communities."
WAN-IFRA- ANDREW HESLOP
Unlocking Journalism Resilience: Adapting a Digital Business Model to Promote Press Freedom - WAN-IFRA
WAN-IFRA
"Publishers globally are adapting to the digital present, yet even the most experienced practitioners are hard-pressed to define what constitutes sustainable and resilient business models." This report "responds to the challenges faced by media in politically and financially pressured environments as they seek to be more resilient."
CIMA, NED- MICHELLE J. FOSTER
This report is the product of more than a dozen interviews with media development experts and the author's extensive experience in the field. It found that "many media businesses are unable to take full advantage" of the growth of access to media worldwide. "Compounding this lack of media development assistance targeted to media managers, the expansion of economic constraints on media businesses, and a lack of access to investment capital. This naiveté about the business side poses a significant risk to the sustainability of independent news media."
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
START UPS
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Contents
BUSINESS MODELS
Public Funding for Private Media in the MENA Region (April, 2022)
The Advertising Industry in Sierra Leone: A Critical and Comprehensive Analysis (April, 2022)
The Political Economy of the Media in Sierra Leone and the Potential for Private-Sector Investment (April, 2022)
Indirect and Direct Subsidiaries for Media: The European Experience (April, 2022)
Comprehending Media Systems for Media Development (Feb. 2022)
Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism (Jan. 2022)
Around the corner, around the world: Reviving local news globally (May 2021)
Unlocking Journalism Resilience: Adapting a Digital Business Model to Promote Press Freedom (July 8, 2019)
Matching the Market and the Model: The Business of Independent News Media (Aug. 22, 2011)
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
START UPS