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1 Mozambique’s print media is the purview of an elite minority as a result of the country’s high rate of illiteracy (over half) Print Media: An Elite Medium

2 15,000 Mozambican Newspapers: Top Weeklies Newspapers Weekly Circulation Currently 10 to 15 newssheets Email and “fax-papers” have 400 influential subscribers 13,000 5,000 20,000 12,000

3 Mozambique’s challenge: How can the press to attract advertising revenues under current economic conditions?

4 National Union of Journalists: focuses on legal and labor rights of its members. Media Institute of Southern Africa: promotes and defends freedom of expression. Southern African Media Development Fund: (SAMDEF) contributes to the development of the press and launched daily O Pais. Media Support Donor Support Organizations Supporting Mozambique Media Development

5 Case study: VIETNAM

6 Data Type 2010 (Estimate) Population 88 million Literacy rate 97% Per capita GDP $ 1,156 Urban/rural population 26%/74% Cell phone penetration 98 million Internet penetration 29% Vietnam Country Snapshot

7 Vietnam’s newspaper sector is fully state-owned, with a two-tiered system: A smaller group of elite newspapers are granted financial independence to reduce budgetary burden. 2. Most newspapers act as propaganda machine for the state and in return, receive heavy subsidies. 1.

8 400,000 Vietnam Newspaper Circulation: Top Dailies 400,000 380,000 180,000 250,000

9 Estimated at US $736 million

10 The Vietnamese government wants to maintain editorial control but wean newspapers from state subsidies… …Can this equation work?

11 To learn more: Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets A 2011 WAN-IFRA Report The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) http://www.wan-ifra.org


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