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Major new funding heading to CEE news media

New figures on the creator economy, fresh results from major funding programs, AI copyright debates, high-end personalization technology for publishers and 24 active calls.

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Peter Erdelyi
Dec 12, 2024
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This week on the Media Finance Monitor:

  • Major new funding heading to CEE news media

  • New figures on fan funding and the booming creator economy

  • Homepage personalization paying off for Schibsted

  • “Respecting fair use rules won’t prevent AI from curing cancer”

  • Latest results from IJ4EU, the Business Innovation Synergizer and Google’s AI Grant programs announced

  • 24 active calls (5 new)

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Major new funding heading to CEE news media

At our 2024 CE Media Trends conference in Warsaw, I moderated a panel with representatives from five key media funders active in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). My final question to the panel was straightforward: Over the next three years, compared to the period between 2021 and 2024, would institutional funding for CEE news publishers:

A: Increase
B: Remain the same
C: Decrease

Four out of five panelists predicted an increas…

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