The money floodgates in Bern are open, subsidies are pouring in like there's no tomorrow. Publishers are once again benefiting from this. The Federal Council recently decided to extend the Corona aid package for the media until next summer and to provide it with a further 20 million francs ( persoenlich.com reported ). The government had already announced a first aid package worth 57.5 million francs in the spring .
This means that media companies cambodia rcs data can have their newspapers distributed free of charge through the post – at the taxpayers’ expense. This must seem like a godsend to publishers, because what other industry can pass on its distribution costs to the state?
Anyone who thinks that the newspaper publishers owe this to their intensive lobbying, in which they wooed the politicians – who in turn can look forward to submissive, courting reports – is a scoundrel.
Four billion for the publishers
However, the substantial "emergency aid" totaling 77.5 million francs is not going to stop there. The Federal Council and Parliament also want to expand existing media funding and massively increase regular subsidies. According to the current parliamentary discussions, the benefiting media would now receive 178 million francs annually for at least ten years.