Germany will give 220M euros to its newspapers in the coming years

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https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-07-02-preserving-media-diversity--bundestag-votes-on-funding-millions-for-publishers.BJOEOsqAI.html

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In addition to this the Government spent ~44 million (2019) in print advertising themselves. This comes just a few weeks after a price increase of the mandatory fee for state TV. And just one day before they passed the hate speech bill.

[ganzuul]

Seems meant to prop up an incumbent business network when it can no longer compete with newcomers.