Media in Austria: Historical Decisions – Media

In Austria, politicians are making far-reaching decisions these days that will change the media landscape in the long term. So on Thursday in the National Council the end of the Viennese newspaper approved in its current form. Owned by the republic, the paper, which has been published since 1703 and is the oldest daily newspaper in the world, will only appear online and a maximum of ten times a year in print format. In addition, the Viennese newspaper train as a journalist. Because the Federal Chancellery is ultimately responsible for this, there was massive criticism of these plans. In the National Council, 88 of the 162 MPs present voted in favour.

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