There are three major Latvian-language dailies, Diena (published by Dienas Mediji), the high quality paper Latvijas Avīze ( Lauku Avīze) and Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze ( Mediju Nams), and one business daily, Dienas Bizness. In the same period the circulation of periodicals were reduced by of one fifth. Between 20 the annual circulation of overall newspapers fell by 60 percent, while for newspapers in the Latvian-language it fell by 47 percent. All national dailies have suffered dramatic losses in audience figures since 2006. On the other hand, the consumption of newspapers is also falling among the senior population, which is probably influenced by the cost of an annual subscription, around €100. This is partly due to a global trend which sees the emergence of online news outlets and new ways of media consumption, combined with a decrease in the population. Media Outlets Print and Online Media ĭespite being traditionally held in high regard among Latvians, print media have been losing ground in recent years. According to RSF's Index the country is ranked 28th among 180 countries.
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index prepared annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) states that media in Latvia have a "two-speed freedom", underlying different levels of freedom for Latvian-language and Russian-language media.
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In 2017 Freedom House defined Latvia's press freedom status as “free", assigning to the country's press freedom a score of 26/100 (with 1 corresponding to the most free status). This reflects on the mass media landscape which is considered well-developed despite being subjected to a limited market and a linguistic and cultural split between Latvian (58.2%) and Russian speakers (37.5%). After its independence there have been fundamental changes of political, economic and social nature that have turned Latvia into a democratic country with a free market economy. Latvia is one of the three post-Soviet Baltic states having regained independence in 1991 and since 2004 is a member State of the European Union.
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