Mass media in Slovenia

The mass media in Slovenia refers to mass media outlets based in Slovenia. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. The Constitution of Slovenia guarantees freedom of speech and Slovenia ranked 40th in the 2016 Press Freedom Index report compiled by Reporters Without Borders, falling by 5 places if compared to the 2015 Index.

There were 2350 registered media in the government's official Media Registry in July 2020. The gross value of the advertising market in 2008 was of 522.5 million euro, 15% more than in the previous year. The greatest share of advertising goes to television (55%), followed by print press (30%), outdoor media (7%), radio (4.4%) and online media (3.5%).^[1]

The main media companies include three print media (Delo, Dnevnik and Večer) and two broadcast media (Radiotelevizija Slovenija and Pro Plus). The biggest remains the public service broadcaster RTV Slovenia, with a 124.7 million euro turnover (2008), of which 62.2% from subscription fees. Advertising covers from 1/3 to 1/2 of the main newspapers' budget.^[1]

In Slovenia, the print press has a wider reach (89%) than radio and television (around 66%). The individual average TV viewing time is of 3 hours.^[1]

The media considered left by the right wing politicians includes all the big five media outlets (Delo, Dnevnik, Večer, Radiotelevizija Slovenija and Pro Plus including Pop TV and Kanal A). The media considered right by the left includes smaller outlets such as weekly Reporter and Demokracija, television station Nova24, and websites Domovina.je and Casnik.si.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Marko Milosavljević and Igor Vobič, Slovenia Archived 2017-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, EJC Press Landscapes (circa 2009)
^ "Levi in desni: kako bi se lahko bolje razumeli?". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
^ Casnik (2017-02-13). "Ž. Turk, Siol.net: Slovenska medijska krajina". Časnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
^ "(Ne)uravnoteženost desnih in levih medijev v Sloveniji brez primere". Nova24TV (in Slovenian). 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-10-12.

[EJC-1] Marko Milosavljević and Igor Vobič, Slovenia Archived 2017-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, EJC Press Landscapes (circa 2009)

[2] "Levi in desni: kako bi se lahko bolje razumeli?". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.

[3] Casnik (2017-02-13). "Ž. Turk, Siol.net: Slovenska medijska krajina". Časnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.

[4] "(Ne)uravnoteženost desnih in levih medijev v Sloveniji brez primere". Nova24TV (in Slovenian). 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-10-12.

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