Politics Council of States committee for print and against online media promotion

Print media publishers should continue to be indirectly subsidized by the federal government in the future through the reduced delivery of newspapers and magazines. After the National Council, the responsible Council of States committee is also calling for this. It says no to the promotion of online media.

The Committee for Transport and Telecommunications of the Council of States (KVF-S) adopted a bill to increase indirect press subsidies for the daily delivery of regional and local press by 9 votes to 2, as reported by the parliamentary services on Friday. The small chamber will decide on this in the winter session.

However, the Council of States committee is calling for adjustments to the subsidies. Unlike the large chamber, it also wants to retain the contributions for the membership and foundation press.

The KVF-S is proposing to reject the introduction of funding for electronic media that is independent of the channel and business model. The National Council also wants state funding for this area. However, the majority of the KVF-S fears the "creation of state media", as they put it.

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