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Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2023), 33 pp.
Sustaining Journalism, Sustaining Democracy: A Policy Guide on Platforms and the Press
UCLA Information Policy Lab (2023), 68 pp.
"This publication considers the range of policy changes that have been tried or recommended by global regulators, assessing their impacts on press freedom and news media sustainability, with consideration for the risk of capture, and other potential tradeoffs of these interventions. It examines four
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Desafíos (y propuestas) para la viabilidad de la actividad periodística en América Latina
Deep Insights
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO; Observacom (2023), 39 pp.
"La viabilidad de la actividad periodística es un pilar fundamental de los sistemas democráticos y también de los distintos sistemas económicos: la divulgación de información veraz, clara y producida de manera profesional, autónoma e independiente de otros intereses es vital para la toma de d
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Data Sharing to Foster Information as a Public Good: The Case of Media Viability and Safety of Journalists in the Digital Ecosystem
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 17 pp.
"Trends towards greater transparency of platforms, in the form of extending cooperation around data, offer benefit to the interests of all stakeholders. This policy brief considers the normative, institutional and technical mechanisms that support access to datasets that are not accessible generally
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Media Viability Accelerator: Overview
Internews (2023), 5 pp.
"The Media Viability Accelerator (“MVA”) is a new web-based platform that will help media compete more effectively for audiences and revenues by learning from the performance of peers globally and participating in a marketplace of those that can help. This multi-lingual tool will visualize media
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Media Viability: The Global Versus the Local
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 6 pp.
"In all cases, the need for better coordination and collaboration across the sector was emphasised. The challenges brought about by an unregulated approach to the advertising market and private sector were also shared across the three countries [ = Lebaonon, Namibia and Tunisia]. There was a demonst
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Consultation on media viability in Tunisia
Tunis: Al Khatt; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD); Pamt2; Pencils Consulting; UNESCO (2023), 20 pp.
"[...] a roundtable on media sustainability was organised in collaboration with several stakeholders in the sector, to propose concrete policy recommendations to ensure the sustainability of media organisations. The roundtable brought together local media representatives, media development organisat
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The Social Construct of Sustainability in Media Development
In: The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent
Rowman & Littlefield (2023), pp. 11-30
"After having considered the mediation of sustainability (or, to sum it up, how sustainability narratives are disseminated), this chapter focuses on the sustainability of mediation and to what extent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are supportive in the process of sustaining this public discour
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Transformaciones y aprendizajes de los medios de comunicación iberoamericanos en la pospandemia
ADEPA; infociudadana (2022), 170 pp.
"El informe [...] analiza el impacto de la COVID-19 en los medios de comunicación masivos de Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panamá, México, Honduras, Nicaragua y España. Durante la pandemia, el mundo entero se detuvo, pero l
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Greening Africa’s News Deserts: The Search for Sustainable Local Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 38 pp.
"Among principles that should underpin policy choices are: a focus on systemic impact; particular attention on the areas where information poverty is greatest; platform-neutrality, while preferring platforms used most commonly; ongoing monitoring of developments in and around media at local levels t
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Supporting Media Viability in the Americas: Towards Sustainable Journalism
Buenos Aires: Universidad de Palermo, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE) (2022), 25 pp.
"While the Internet has offered the world unparalleled access to information, journalism as an industry is in crisis […] especially in Latin America, the possibility of making a living out of the desire to tell stories is increasingly shrinking. Media outlets suffer from the migration of private a
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"The reach of the media outlets researched in this study extends above all to a population with greater purchasing power and educational attainment, who are looking for serious, investigative, quality journalism. This audience likes to feel part of the media outlet, collaborate with it, and have dir
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Government and Industry-Led Initiatives to Support the Development of the Media Market: Case for Kenya
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 15 pp.
"This paper explores the instances and circumstances under which the media community in Kenya has closely worked with the government to introduce media reforms though new legislation and related policies. It focuses on changes that have been enacted over the last decade and, in particular, those aim
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"[...] there was no single approach to measuring media viability. Deutsche Welle Akademie's (DWA) Media Viability Indicators are designed to assess viability on three levels, considering the overall economic environment (macro); the structure of the media market and potential sources of revenue (mes
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Financing Independent Media: A Global Challenge
Mediation: Biannual Publication of Fondation Hirondelle, issue 9 (2022), 6 pp.
"The evolution of media towards mainly digital platforms has provoked a long crisis in their financing, often resulting in them being absorbed into large industrial groups seeking political influence. In the North as in the South, economic models for independent news and information need to be reinv
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Breaking News: The Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the Global News Media Industry
The Economist Impact (2022), 41 pp.
"We found that Covid-19 intensified economic pressures facing the global news media industry. It accelerated the decline of many news publishers’ most profitable revenue stream—printed newspaper advertising and circulation. Outlets in low- and middle-income countries have been the most severely
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Finding the Funds for Journalism to Thrive: Policy Options to Support Media Viability
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 16 pp.
"The traditional business model of the news media has been deeply eroded by a shift in advertising revenues to online platforms. Media outlets must intensify efforts towards more inclusive journalism, alternative business models and diversified revenue streams. Urgent action from other actors is als
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"Fojo’s objective for the strategy period is: Working with partners, we strengthen journalism that contributes to the sustainability of the media and society; safeguards its independence; holds power to account. Based on this objective and our Theory of Change, we have defined four strategic resul
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