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Medienökonomie: Eine Einführung mit Leitfragen

M. Bjørn von Rimscha, Gianna L. Ehrlich, Gabriele Siegert

Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2., erw. Aufl. (2025), xiii, 317 pp.

"Anhand von 13 Leitfragen führt dieses Open-Access-Lehrbuch in die Medienökonomie ein und stellt wesentliche Konzepte und Perspektiven vor. In den Antworten werden die in den Fragen aufgeworfenen Phänomene und Problemstellungen kontextualisiert und die jeweils involvierten Akteure, Theorien und E ... more

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Catalysing private capital: Financing the future of public interest media
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Heather Gilberds, Jakub Parusinski et al.

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2025), 19 pp.

"This report responds to a rising demand from the media development field to understand how private capital can complement and strengthen traditional donor funding. It explores the potential of innovative financial instruments to support sustainable, independent journalism and build healthy informat ... more

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Where is the money? A global perspective on forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media
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Clare Cook, Ross Settles, Chris Kabwato, Hassan Abbas, Alexandre Goudineau, Janine Warner, Laura Aguirre

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2024), 63 pp.

"Two years in the making, this report unfolds regional perspectives of new forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media. It provides a multistakeholder reflection in four regions of the world on how public interest media can best be supported over the next decade. Through con ... more

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Financial transparency of media 2023

Nino Gelashvili, Mariam Pataridze

Media Development Foundation (MDF); Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2024), 43 pp.

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Safeguarding independent journalism in Latin America

Francisca Skoknic

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2024), 37 pp.

"In a region plagued by poverty, inequality, and attacks on press freedom, Latin American journalists have ventured into non-profit journalism to uphold democracy. Outlets producing award-winning and highly impactful journalism in the region include El Salvador’s El Faro, founded in 1998, Chile’ ... s Ciper (2007), IDL-Reporteros in Peru and La Silla Vacía in Colombia (2009), Animal Político in Mexico (2010), Agência Pública in Brazil and Plaza Pública in Guatemala (2011) – to name a few. But finding a sustainable financing model has eluded most outlets. There is limited advertising revenue for such controversial topics, and lower income audiences are hard-pressed to pay for news. This has led to an over-reliance on foreign funding to finance their work. Research by SembraMedia found that grants are the primary source of non-profit income, accounting for 63% of their revenue on average. To assess for myself how acutely reliant independent media in Latin America are on foreign donors, I set about analysing 40 independent outlets based in 16 countries. I focused on outlets that produce public interest journalism, play a significant role in their countries, and receive institutional foreign funding. [...] Between 2016 and 2022 those 40 outlets received more than $27 million from OSF and Ford Foundation. While Ford Foundation granted roughly half the number of grants as the Soros organisation, their grants were significantly larger, meaning the total amount donated was almost on par. OSF has been key in giving establishing grants to new outlets and then fostering their growth, while Ford tends to back outlets with a track record. Ana Joaquina Ruiz, Program Associate for Mexico, and Central America at Ford Foundation, told me: “OSF has the capacity to fund more innovative projects. Ford is a bit more conservative and works with projects that can be a contribution in the long term.” A third important player to consider in this ecosystem is Luminate, created by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar. Publicly available data shows it has only distributed 11 grants between 2016 and 2022 among the 40 outlets I analysed. The average size of each grant was $360,000 – far more than the average Ford Foundation grants ($240,000) or OSF grants ($135,000). It is worth noting, however, that no consistent data could be found about the length of time each grant was intended to cover. An analysis of average amount granted per year might paint a different picture." (https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk) more

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Mexico: Financing Journalism

Juan S. Larrosa-Fuentes, Rodrigo Gómez, Gabriel Sosa Plata, Argelia Muñoz Larroa

London: Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC); Observacom (2024), 64 pp.

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Mexico: Financiamiento del Periodismo

Rodrigo Gómez, Argelia Muñoz Larroa, Juan S. Larrosa-Fuentes, Gabriel Sosa Plata

Media Journalism Research Center (MJRC) (2024), 71 pp.

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The business of independent Myanmar media post-coup: Experimenting with business models inside the country and in exile

Jane Madlyn McElhone et al.

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2024)

"More than three years after the coup, a significant majority of the 40 senior media executives interviewed for this report say they are still dependent, partially or fully, on grants to run their operations. While they cannot control the external factors impacting on their work, be that the conflic ... more

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Follow the Money: The Informal Channels of Lebanese Media Funding

Goergia Dagher, Sami Zoughaib, Sami Atallah

Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation; Policy Initiative (2023), 42 pp.

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Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2023), 33 pp.

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Media Capture in Russia: An Expensive Venture. A Financial Analysis of Key Russian Media Companies

Anastasiia Vorozhtsova

London: Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) (2023), 26 pp.

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Colombia: Financiación del periodismo

Gabriel Ernesto Levy Bravo, María Cecilia Hernández Ocampo, María Paula Ángel Benavides

London: Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC); Observacom; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) (2023), 31 pp.

"Sin lugar a dudas, el ecosistema mediático colombiano se ha transformado durantelos últimos años. Por un lado, los medios tradicionales (prensa, radio y televisión), aunque aún relevantes, no tienen la misma preponderancia de antes. Por otro lado, los nuevos medios y plataformas no solo se han ... more

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Argentina: Funding Journalism

Guillermo Mastrini, Carla Belén Repetto, Agustín Espada

Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) (2023), 38 pp.

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Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities
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Marie-Soleil Frère

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xxvii, 347 pp.

"This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different ... more

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Strings Attached: Sustainability and Dependence in Five Models of Local and Community Media
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Franz Krüger

Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 7, issue 2 (2022), pp. 179-197

"Sustainability is a key issue for local and community media in the Global South as well as the Global North, albeit in different ways. After identifying significant gaps in the sustainability literature, the article presents and discusses a taxonomy of ‘models’ – the relationships that arise ... more

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Position Paper: The Sustainability of Journalism and Competition in the Digital Economy

South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) (2022), 51 pp.

"This position paper reports on the findings of a research project conducted from late-2021 to early-2022 involving consultations with a range of stakeholders in the news media and digital advertising industries, regulators, and government officials, as well as extensive desk research on the state o ... more

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Born in the Fire: What We Can Learn from How Digital Publishers in the Global South Approach Platforms

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Federica Cherubini

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 33 pp.

"Based on interviews with a strategic sample of 11 publishers in eight low- and middle-income countries, the authors of this report analyse how various digital publishers across a range of Global South countries approach digital platforms: both big platform companies such as Google and Meta; rapidly ... more

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Collaborative Sustainability Guide: How to Earn Revenue to Grow and Thrive
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Alex Veeneman, Shana Black et al.

Philadelphia: Lenfest Institute for Journalism; Center for Cooperative Media (2022), 42 pp.

"What’s working to generate revenue and sustain journalism collaborations, beyond philanthropy? To answer this question, the Center for Cooperative Media, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and the Solutions Journalism Network conducted a survey, interviewed collaborative project managers, funde ... more

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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 ... more

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The State of Innovation and Media Viability in East Africa: From Indepth Media House Surveys
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Hesbon Hansen Owilla, Rose Kimani, Ann Hollifield et al.

Graduate School of Media and Communications Aga Khan University; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 71 pp.

"The fact that about half of the news-producing media organizations categorise themselves as having insufficient newsroom resources as far as equipment, technology and training are concerned suggests that there is still need to look into equipping newsrooms technologically and continuing efforts to ... more

Catalysing private capital: Financing the future of public interest media Quick Overview

Where is the money? A global perspective on forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media Top Insights

Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities Top Insights

Strings Attached: Sustainability and Dependence in Five Models of Local and Community Media Top Insights

Collaborative Sustainability Guide: How to Earn Revenue to Grow and Thrive Inspiring Practice

The State of Innovation and Media Viability in East Africa: From Indepth Media House Surveys Top Insights

Catalysing private capital: Financing the future of public interest media
Quick Overview

Where is the money? A global perspective on forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media
Top Insights

Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities
Top Insights

Strings Attached: Sustainability and Dependence in Five Models of Local and Community Media
Top Insights

Collaborative Sustainability Guide: How to Earn Revenue to Grow and Thrive
Inspiring Practice

The State of Innovation and Media Viability in East Africa: From Indepth Media House Surveys
Top Insights