US: Study shows government subsidies to media have declined
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on January 29, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Newspapers have not only lost significant advertising revenue in the
last couple of years, they have also been losing government support in
the form of subsidies in the last forty years, concludes a new study by
the University of Southern California.
According to Poynter, a new study of historic subsidies and emerging trends tracks various tax breaks, reductions in postal subsidies first enacted in 1792, and upcoming cutbacks in public notices that government regulations have traditionally forced into American newspapers. The study provides valuable insight, if not clear-cut recommendations for print media to follow, about the thorny issue of government funding for media.
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According to Poynter, a new study of historic subsidies and emerging trends tracks various tax breaks, reductions in postal subsidies first enacted in 1792, and upcoming cutbacks in public notices that government regulations have traditionally forced into American newspapers. The study provides valuable insight, if not clear-cut recommendations for print media to follow, about the thorny issue of government funding for media.
For more on this topic, visit our sister publication, editorsweblog.org.
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