Press Subsidies and Local News: The Swedish Case

Report

The Swedish media landscape is reviewed in the context of its historical background,and in today’s more uncertain marketplace, while the quality of Swedish journalism is critically assessed to draw lessons for the UK from the Swedish press subsidy system. The Swedish system ensures that fifteen Swedish cities have competing daily newspapers rather than a single one, but the report demonstrates that the relative health of Swedish regional and local papers is rooted in very high levels of readership and local political engagement rather than in subsidies alone. Published in association with Ofcom

Authors: Levy, D

• Publisher: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
• Publication date: 2009-09-01