Funding journalism in Europe – a timely debate kicked-off by the Future Media Lab.
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Last week the German media market witnessed the announcement that two major national newspaper titles will close. This reopened a debate about how to fund quality journalism in the future, when the reader is not the one and only revenue source for the press. Exactly this question was addressed three weeks ago at the Future Media Lab. conference in Ghent, titled “creative funding for creative media”
Experts involved in the FML debate discussed the role of philanthropically financed journalism in Europe by showcasing a lot of existing examples. The conference report to be published in the next couple of weeks will certainly add relevant and valuable elements to this debate. In the meantime we invite you to watch this video from the FML conference that is introducing various view points of this timely debate.
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www.magazinemedia.euThe European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA) is the largest representative body of newspaper publishers across Europe. ENPA advocates for 14 national associations across 14 European countries, and is a principal interlocutor to the EU institutions and a key driver of media policy debates in the European Union.
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