Alice Bah at the National Press Club in Stocholm. Photo: Dante Thomsen.
The technology-heap measurement and extended operating aid. These are some of the Government’s proposed changes to the press subsidies.
Today the Government presents, as previously promised, a bill on press subsidies. In Dagens Nyheter writes Culture and Democracy Minister Alice Bah Kunhke on the proposal that will save local journalism.
“We could have a blind spots on the media map where the complete absence of a scrutinizing local newspaper. It is not possible to describe otherwise than as a serious threat to democracy when journalists reporting on reality far outskirts of Stockholm loses the ability to perform his job “, she writes, among other things.
In total there are changes in seven points. One of the measures proposed are unchanged heap measurement that is technology neutral and then also includes digital reader revenue. In addition, reduced requirements for the proportion subscribed edition from today’s 70 percent to 51 percent.
“The change gives the newspapers increased opportunities to attract readers by example, marketing and promotions without losing the right to operating” writes Alice Bah in Dagens Nyheter.
The government also wants to expand the possibility of limited operational even if the ratio exceeds the currently allowed 30 percent. However, this applies only newspapers certain designated locations.
The proposal also involves the specific metropolitan aid abolished. Instead raised levels of support for high and medium frequency newspapers.
The government will also explore possibilities of joint distribution of mail and newspapers, according to the proposal. As of June 30, wound Press Subsidies Council as a separate agency and tasks is transferred to the Agency for radio and television.
Alice Bah also writes that the possibility of limited operating aid, for newspapers which are partly written in Finnish , no longer only should apply to certain designated places without extended.
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