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MIC participates in panel introducing Media Viability Accelerator

Internews, Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced a new public-private partnership to develop a Media Viability Accelerator to help independent news outlets become more financially sustainable. The announcement, made in advance of the 2023 Summit for Democracy, illustrates a shared commitment among government, business and civil society to shore…

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Mexican media viability

Who benefits from the 38.000 million pesos in government advertising that President Enrique Peña Nieto spent, to date? On what will he spend the 60 billion pesos which, it is reckoned, the current federal administration will be spending in total in this six-year term? A good portion of the money is spent on an intangible item: stopping critical media.

Current formulas are so worn out that part of that money has to be used to contain others, and thus keep afloat the system.

What would happen to the main national printed media if the money from the federal government stopped coming in? Would they be able to print any more copies? What would happen with their websites, with their dozens of editors and reporters?

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The option for stopping them is regulating government advertising. The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice has been presented with a report from Minister Zaldívar that could put a brake on immoral spending. Mexico must understand that in order to change, in order to truly change, it must put an end to decades of abuse from politicians and the media with public money.

This post is compiled with content from democraciaAbierta. Find the original report in full length here