Estonian public broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) is one of the most underfunded organizations of its kind in Europe, the broadcaster's board chair Erik Roose says. At the same time, cultural funding as a whole needs boosting in Estonia, while some mistruths put about by some of the private sector media leaders need dispelling, Roose says.
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Controversy has arisen between state-owned mail service Eesti Post and an organization representing private media companies in Estonia over newspaper and magazine delivery prices. While Eesti Post says that declining volumes require higher delivery prices, media firms are asking for a price freeze for several years.
A delivery price increase of 8.7 percent has been agreed for 2021, far in excess of what the Estonian Association of Media Enterprises (EML) wants, i.e. zero increase. At the same time, current law requires a minimum of one periodical delivery per day, six days a week, in order to keep those in outlying areas informed in particular, as well as the elderly, who are assumed by nearly all concerned as unable to obtain news online, meaning an impasse has been reached.