WORLD PRESS TRENDS - World Association of Newspapers

MONGOLIA
Research
Circulation is audited by: The Press Institute of Mongolia. The
national NGO, established in 1996, has been monitoring the
media development trends since 1999. The research includes
number of media outlets, circulation, ownership, media
employees, their salary, educational level etc.
Methodology: Circulation figures are based on declarations from
publishers, and verified with data from printing houses and
distribution companies. Not all media outlets participate in
the monitoring process, but the number that do has been
steadily increasing.
Readership is measured by: No independent organisation
measures readership. However, the Press Institute of Mongolia
conducts different surveys to characterise consumer profiles.
Taxes
VAT on: sales 15% advertising 0
newsprint 0 plant 0
composition 0 (standard VAT rate 0)
Like all other companies, newspapers pay a 15% tax on all
profits up to 100 million Tugrik, and 40% on all profits above
this level. There are certain tax discounts for newspapers owned
by NGOs (non-governmental organisations).
Subsidies
No newspapers receive subsidies.
Discounts
on: post 0 rail 0 telephone 0 telegraph 0
telex 0
Ownership
Does any law exist governing publishing-house ownership, or the
registration of shares in newspaper-publishing companies The 1998
Press Freedom Law prohibited government-owned
newspapers. No other regulations exist.
Is there any law prohibiting or restricting foreign companies or
individuals from owning shares, and in particular, the majority of
shares, of domestic daily newspapers No
Is there any law prohibiting daily newspaper or periodical publishers
from operating radio or television stations in the same locality No
So as to guarantee disclosure and transparency in the capital structure
and to avert silent partnerships, is there a law or rule making it
possible to determine who actually owns a publishing company No
Is there an antitrust law limiting concentration in the daily press
No
Is further regulation of media concentration expected No
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