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Mario Zechner on Nostr: Had a little scraping fun with Austria's yellow press. German explainer, sadly, no ...

Had a little scraping fun with Austria's yellow press. German explainer, sadly, no English captions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvPK6jB3l4

Let me explain. In Austria, governments feed the media with government funding and ads. No matter the party.

A few years ago, they invented yet another money funnel: digital transformation funding. Young online media explicitely excluded, aimed at establisehd media houses only.

They submit project proposals, a politically appointed jury waves them through. 🧵