Advertising is the most important source of income in the Italian news media market, where television is still the most popular platform, dominated by two historical players.
“Journalists all over the world are struggling to stave off pressures and attacks from both powerful external players, as well as decision-making structures or individuals in their own outlets,” our Director, Marius Dragomir writes in his report for UNESCO.
Many governments in Eastern Europe became the largest funders in media, and use funding as an instrument of editorial control, our Director, Marius Dragomir wrote in his paper published by Mediaforum, available now in Romanian and soon in Russian.
With a myriad of authorities treading on each other’s toes, the Israeli media regulation is marred by unnecessary duplications, ambiguous enforcement and a waste of public funds.