Media Pluralism in Germany

Key Findings

Concentration
The unremarkable giants of the German news media
If you were to randomly ask passers-by in a German pedestrian zone about the most important news media on the internet, you would mainly hear brands such as Spiegel, Tagesschau or Bild. However, their...
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Transparency
How transparent is the German media industry really?
Owners and managing directors are listed in the commercial register, which has been freely accessible for some time now. In addition, journalists have access to the transparency register. This not...
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Political Control
Political influence on the media in Germany
The same sentence is enshrined in the first place in all 16 state press laws: ‘The press is free.’ Article 5 of the German constitution Grundgesetz also protects media reporting from state influence....
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Indicators of Risk to Media Pluralism [PLACEHOLDER]