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Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2023), 33 pp.
The Changing Landscape for Media and Democracy in Europe, 2
The Search for Financial Viability, 4
Case Study: How Hungary’s Independent News Outlets Are Building New Revenue Models, 7
The Search for Audiences and the Risk of Information Vacuums, 10
Case Study: How Public Service Media in Estonia and Germany Are Bridging Information Gaps, 12
The Battle for Public Trust in Fragmented and Polarized Media Landscapes, 15
Case Study: How Digital Media Start-ups in Italy and France Are Building Credibility, 18
Investigating the Truth, and Efforts to Silence It, 20
Case Study: Building Resilience against Legal Threats: Experiences from Media Outlets in Poland, Hungary, and Italy, 23
Recommendations, 25