The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional ... - OSCE
The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional ... - OSCE
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> data provided by the World Associati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Newspapers(WAN) shows a c<strong>on</strong>tinuous decrease <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> both the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>daily newspaper titles and circulati<strong>on</strong> in the years 1998 to 2002.Newspaper reach (%)All Adults 77.3Men 79.9Women 75.8Source: World Associati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Newspapers (2003) World Press Trends 2003.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> three largest publishing companies are Axel Springer Verlag,Verlagsgruppe WAZ and Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding.All these companies have investments in other media sectorsas well as in foreign media markets. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> media landscape <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>German daily newspapers is highly regi<strong>on</strong>alized, as can beseen in the large number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> titles in the relevant graph. On aregi<strong>on</strong>al and local level c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> newspapers is c<strong>on</strong>siderablyhigh, but <strong>on</strong> a nati<strong>on</strong>al level the major dailies bel<strong>on</strong>gto different companies.Although Germany’s regi<strong>on</strong>al press has a large number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>titles, which might suggest it is locally produced and diverse incharacter, the bulk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> editorial c<strong>on</strong>tent is either produced incentral <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fices or many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the titles are linked with <strong>on</strong>e anotherthrough an umbrella agency. 68 In the radio sector there are lots<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> investments by publishing houses but, however, Germanlegislati<strong>on</strong> sees electr<strong>on</strong>ic media and printing houses as bel<strong>on</strong>gingto different markets.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> sector <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> nati<strong>on</strong>al dailies is dominated by the AxelSpringer title Bild (3,952,000) 69 which sells more than ten timesits nearest rival. However, the largest regi<strong>on</strong>al titles are soldnati<strong>on</strong>wide, for example, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (472,600),94 THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CONCENTRATION ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM