New investment fund for the Balkans and insights into what media funders are looking for

A record number of active grant calls, a case study about converting subscribers into shareholders and Google gets a record fine for training AI on news content without permission.

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This week on the Media Finance Monitor:

• 16 active calls (6 new)

• New media investment fund for the Balkans

• Understanding what your funders are looking for

• Is Google really worse for the media than South Africa’s apartheid government? 

• Converting subscribers into shareholders

• New benchmarking service for smaller publishers on the horizon

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As always, let's start with the active calls, with the largest at the top.

Pan-European audiovisual reporting - EU affairs

• Who: European Commission

• How much: Up to EUR 8.000.000 

• Funding rate: 95%

• What is it for: Content production

• How long: 12-14 months

• Submission deadline: 24th of May 2024

• Eligible countries: EU member countries

Pan-European audiovisual reporting - Underserved languages

• Who: European Commission

• How much: Up to EUR 3.000.000 

• Funding rate: 95%

• What is it for: Content production

• How long: 12-14 months

• Submission deadline: 24th of May 2024

• Eligible countries: EU member countries

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