| postal subsidies | почтовые субсидии (Postal subsidies have historically been an important way in which the government has supported the news industryi. Publishers of newspapers, journals and magazines have benefited from subsidized postage rates since the inception of the postal system. In the recent past however, postal subsidies have been reduced dramatically in real and absolute terms. Nowadays, certain classes of mail that the news industry makes use of actually receive negative subsidies, or "taxes". Given the huge amounts that the news industry spends on postage every year, it is likely that postal subsidies would be extremely relevant to the future viability of the news industry zamo4ek) |
