Europe is the most vibrating continent of the world as far as the freedom of expression; press and media organizations are concerned. Thus, it is quite evident from this bit of information that the media organizations in Europe deserve special mention. Europeans are considered to be the avid newspaper readers. But, interestingly, French are not that comfortable with newspapers. Only 164 adults read newspapers out of every 1000. French press flourished as an independent entity after the World War II. In France, one would notice immense popularity of the broadcast media and not the print media. Things have changed a lot over the years and now, people are getting more attracted to free papers and this trend is surely affecting the growth of the existing well established press houses. Still, you will be getting more than 80 daily papers and numerous weeklies in France. Again, most of the weeklies are being read on the web. Each and every prominent press houses outing up their publications on their websites and you can easily check out the current issues from there. Fortunately, the regional and provincial papers are doing well and they are still quite unaffected by the new intrusions. Some of the popular French magazines are Capital, ELLE, Fluide Glacial, Cahiers du cinema, Paris Match, Le Point and so on. The popular radio stations in France are Europe 1, Fun Radio, Radio France, Radio Monte Carlo, NRJ.
The media organizations in Europe would definitely include the media agencies in Switzerland. In Switzerland, everything is owned by the government, starting from radio to telegraph and television system. You might be wondering why Switzerland press houses are important in the context of the media organizations in Europe. Switzerland is considered to be the land of newspapers and press agencies in the entire Europe. Journal de Geneve and Neue Zurcher Zeitung dominate Switzerland print medium scenarios and they are known for their excellent international coverages. The most significant national news agency in Switzerland is The Agence Télégraphique Suisse (Schweizerische Depeschenagentur). It is owned by 40 newspaper publishers and so, one can expect a wonderful coverage of all issues from this agency.
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It would be very unfair to conclude a discussion on the media organizations in Europe without the mention of Paul Julius Baron von Reuter and Hubert Burda of Germany. These two men have contributed to the media in Germany in their own best ways. Other top media owners in Germany are Aenne Burda, Dieter von Holtzbrinck, Reinhard Mohn and Axel Springer.
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