Study on the business model for information in France
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Arcom and the French Ministry of Culture's Directorate General for Media and Cultural Industries have published a study on the cost of news production in France and the sustainability of the business models of the players involved in financing it.
Informing citizens is essential to the effectiveness of democratic mechanisms. But producing honest, independent and plurality-based information is a costly business. The demand for quality information cannot therefore be conceived without considering the economic conditions under which it is produced.
In a context marked by the erosion of revenues, particularly advertising revenues, for news-producing media, what is the sustainability of their business model today?
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