survey conducted in n English, Spanish, Arabic, French and Portugese among INERC members only
Method of interview
Email survey
Supplementary notes
Question: What best describes your news media organization’s funding model?
‘Other’ includes state-owned or public service.
Excludes government and state-controlled media.
Responses were deliberately gathered from seven middle-income countries worldwide.
Citation formats
Funding models of news media outlets worldwide 2020
The majority of independent news media organizations from seven middle-income countries worldwide were funded by commercial sources, a study from 2020 found, with 55 percent reporting that this was the case. Meanwhile, 37 percent were non-profit organizations.
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