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African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management
Deep Insights
London: Routledge (2021), 309 pp.
"This edited volume considers why the African language press is unstable and what can be done to develop quality African language journalism into a sustainable business. Providing an overview of the African language journalism landscape, this book examines the challenges of operating sustainable Afr
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Simplifying Success: An Ecosystem Initiative for Improving the Financial Sustainability of Independent Digital News Media in Restricted Markets
Internews (2021), 24 pp.
"This report aims to progress the media development sector’s work towards the financial sustainability of independent news media. It proposes a new ecosystem-level framework for categorising media outlets, measuring their performance and making them more resilient to their obstacles in reaching an
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Sustainability: Going Beyond the Buzzword
Deep Insights
Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome); MEDAS21 (2021), 31 pp.
"This paper aims to trace the social construct of sustainability in the context of media development and define what is to be sustained, at the level of the intervention (the process of change) or its outcome (the impact on the medium itself). It is intended for all those who are concerned, closely
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Media Viability in Lebanon: Applying DW Akademie’s Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 46 pp.
"The biggest detriments to news media viability in Lebanon include: The political partisanship of the media; A lack of sustainable business models for the media; An oversaturated and hypercompetitive media market resulting in lowered quality of content; Too little competition in the advertisement ma
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Media Viability in East Africa: Uganda
Aga Khan University; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), vii, 31 pp.
"Sustainable journalism addresses two intertwined challenges of our time: * The sustainability crisis of society, e.g. environmental crises, democratic crises, poverty, financial crises, armed conflicts, etc. Obviously, journalism has a crucial role to play here since it contributes greatly to the p
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"This Situation Report on the “Impact of COVID-19 on Media Freedom, Media Business Viability, and the Safety of Journalists in Southeast Asia” offers an insight into the key impacts of the pandemic on the media across nine countries. The report proposes recommendations for enabling sustainable a
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Media Sustainability in Latin America: Changes and Transformations in the Production Models, Sources of Income, and Products of Latin American Media
Montevideo: UNESCO (2021), 18 pp.
"The advertising market crisis, which is the primary source of income for the majority of the media sector, was widespread, but Latin America was the most affected region. Furthermore, forecasts indicate that it will take two years to recover and return to 2019 levels. In this environment, the digit
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Media Viability in East Africa: Tanzania
Aga Khan University; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), vii, 33 pp.
Media Freedom in the Western Balkans
Aspen Insitute Germany (2021), 45 pp.
National Consultations on Solutions to Promote Media Viability While Preserving Media Independence: Consultations on Media Viability in Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal and Tunisia
Deep Insights
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2021), 33 pp.
"The intersection between media and politics remains very strong in several countries under study. In these conditions, there is often little transparency on media ownership and a lack of transparency on local funding sources of media. Relatedly, in some cases, a change in government policies was ra
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Media Freedom in South Africa Today: Unravelling Multifarious Threats toward a Research and Advocacy Response
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 46, issue 3 (2020), pp. 1-19
"This article assesses the multiple factors which are barriers to media freedom in South Africa. These include crises of financial sustainability of the media sector which have recently been compounded by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; widespread job losses in journalism; and harassment and phy
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Measuring Beyond Money: The Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 7 pp.
"This paper presents a new set of indicators to assess the viability of news media at a time when the discussion about the survival of quality media is omnipresent, while systematic, fact-based strategies to tackle the problem are omni-absent. As digital transformation is sweeping through the media
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Strategies and (survival) Tactics: The Case of Syrian Oppositional Media in Turkey
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 5, issue 1 (2020), pp. 69-85
"This article aims to investigate the regulatory, financial and political environment negotiated by oppositional Syrian media operating in exile in Turkey, as well as to identify the main tactics used by them in negotiating between these constraints to ensure their survival in an increasingly diffic
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Income Models of Independent Media in Difficult Contexts
Deep Insights
Free Press Unlimited (2020), 48 pp.
"Diversification with age: The media in this research are in a constant process of diversifying their revenue streams. Generally speaking, the longer a medium exists, the more income streams a medium has. This shows that diversification of income models takes time and patience. Donor funding remains
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Will the Palestinian Press Survive Corona Virus? The Media in Light of Corona Crisis Difficulties and Challenges
Ramallah: Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) (2020), 33 pp.
"A quick review of the media status in Palestine indicates that the restrictions and general measures that accompanied the spread of the epidemic will lead to the suspension of many independent/private media outlets, as a result of the interruption of their main source of income, represented in the
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Sustainability Goals in the Field of Media Development: The Case of Fondation Hirondelle
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication (2020), 15 pp.
"The aim of this study is to analyse one of the leading development aid projects in the field of the media, Lausanne-based Fondation Hirondelle (FH), from a communication perspective: It will first be conceptualized in a broader socio-cultural and political sense, in relation to the paradigm of sust
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Media Development and Sustainability in West Africa: A Study on Media Audience Mapping and Targeting Techniques, Capacity Building Models & Ownership Patterns in West Africa
Deep Insights
Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) (2020), ii, 70 pp.
"Media Audience Mapping & Targeting Techniques in West Africa: 1. Audience measurement and ratings culture: The culture of audience measurement and ratings is still very rudimentary in much of West Africa. Within the current media milieu, where new technologies are yielding new forms of content and
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