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Entity Type: Domestic Media Company

Vijesti

Vijesti is a Montenegrin daily newspaper founded in 1997 and based in Podgorica. Identifying itself with the label “independent daily” (nezavisni dnevnik), the paper is owned by its four founders (59 percent), the Austrian media company Styria Medien AG (25 percent), and the US-based Media Development Investment Fund (16 percent). Vijesti maintains a centre to centre-left editorial stance with pro-European and anti-corruption positions. The newspaper has a print circulation of approximately 2,900 and receives over 6 million online visits monthly. In May 2018, Vijesti investigative reporter Olivera Lakić was shot outside her home in Podgorica while covering crime and corruption stories.

Styria Medien AG

Styria Media Group, or Styria Medien AG, is one of Austria’s largest media companies, founded in 1869 and headquartered in Graz. The company emerged from the Catholic Press Association in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau and remains 98.33 percent owned by the Catholic Media Association Private Foundation (Katholischer Medien Verein Privatstiftung). Styria operates internationally with significant holdings in Slovenia and Croatia, employing approximately 2,500 people who generated combined market revenue of 420 million EUR in 2023. The company’s portfolio spans daily and weekly newspapers (including the flagship Kleine Zeitung), magazines, book publishers, radio stations, and digital marketplaces. Styria positions itself as a forward-looking, independent media group guided by its purpose to provide guidance, build trust, and foster community.

Malaysia China Insight

Malaysia China Insight (馬中透視) is a Malaysian media platform established in 2013 that focuses on Malaysia-China business news through multiple channels including a trilingual news app, a newspaper, a bilingual English-Chinese magazine, and KenaliTV, a video channel offering content in Malay and English. Based in the capital of Kuala Lumpur, the platform provides news coverage in English, simplified Chinese, and Bahasa Malaysia, positioning itself as a platform for bilateral business information between Malaysia and China.

Table Briefings

Table Media is a digital news and policy information organization founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, known for its “Table Briefings” channel. The company provides subscription-based, in-depth briefings covering diplomacy, technology, education, sustainability, European affairs, and global political and economic developments — with briefing channels also focusing on countries and regions including China, Europe, and Africa. The organization cliaims to have the largest team dedicated to Chinese content and coverage in the German media landscape. Jhy-wey Shieh, Taiwan’s representative in Germany, has described Table Media as an “investigative media” outlet operating Germany’s largest China-focused team.

Malay Mail 

The Malay Mail is a Malaysian news outlet founded in 1896, making it the country’s oldest English-language newspaper. After ceasing its print operations in 2018, it now operates as a digital-first publication covering politics, lifestyle, business, and technology. That same year, it launched Cincai News (精彩大馬), a Chinese-language sister news portal. While the publication was originally created for professionals and the business community to read the news, its online reach now extends to a diverse readership across Malaysia. 

AdnKronos

Adnkronos is an Italian multimedia news agency founded in July 1963 through the merger of two earlier agencies, Kronos and ADN. Headquartered in Rome, it has been directed by Giuseppe Marra since 1981, when he became editor-in-chief, later acquiring 98 percent ownership by 1990. The agency has expanded significantly, establishing specialized divisions including Adnkronos Salute for health news in 1995 and Labitalia for labor issues in 2001. In 2003, it launched AKI-Adnkronos International, a multilingual service broadcasting in English and Arabic. The agency has partnered with various international outlets, including a 2019 cooperation agreement with Spain’s Europa Press and a 2016 communications agreement with Azerbaijan’s state agency Azertac.

RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos

RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos (Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia) is Colombia’s public broadcasting service, operating under the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications. Created in October 2004 through Decree 3525 after dissolving Inravisión, RTVC manages two national television channels—Señal Colombia (cultural and educational programming) and Canal Institucional (government information)—plus one regional channel, Canal Trece. The system also operates two national radio networks: Radio Nacional de Colombia (cultural and informative) and Radiónica (youth-oriented music), broadcasting on 73 frequencies nationwide. Additionally, RTVC maintains 16 “Peace Stations” established under the 2016 peace agreement, runs the digital platform RTVCPlay, and preserves Colombia’s audiovisual heritage through Señal Memoria.

Polish Press Agency

The Polish Press Agency or PAP was founded in 1918 as the Polish Telegraphic Agency (Polska Agencja Telegraficzna, PAT), making it one of the world’s oldest wire services. Poland’s national news agency produces political, economic, social, and cultural content with headquarters in Warsaw and 24 regional bureaus, employing nearly 500 staff as of 2013. The agency claims its content reaches 96.5 percent of Polish Internet users via online media and reported a turnover of 56.6 million PLN in 2022. Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz placed PAP into liquidation on December 27, 2023, after President Andrzej Duda vetoed a funding bill, though this action was “not intended to impact PAP’s day-to-day running.” The liquidation was entered into the National Court Register on January 29, 2024.

Sing Sian Yer Pao

The Sing Sian Yer Pao, also known as The Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News, is a Chinese-language newspaper based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded on June 23, 1950. Originally published in traditional Chinese characters, it switched to simplified Chinese after 2010. In November 2013, the newspaper formed a partnership with China’s Southern Media Group. As of February 2016, the paper was priced at 5 baht in Bangkok and 6 baht elsewhere in Thailand. The newspaper operates from its headquarters on Silom Road in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district, continuing its long tradition of serving Thailand’s Chinese-language readers.