WORLD PRESS TRENDS - World Association of Newspapers

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Regulations on:
Ownership Foreign Cross media Capital Concentration Concentration
registration ownership ownership Structure regulations planned
Argentina No No No No (*) No No
Austria No No Yes (*) Yes Yes No
Australia Yes (*) Yes (*) Yes (*) Yes (*) - -
Azerbaijan - - No - - -
Belgium No No Yes No Yes No
Brazil Yes Yes (*) (*) Yes (*) Yes (*) No
Bulgaria - - - - - Yes
Canada Yes Yes (*) No No No No
Chile - Yes - - - -
China No No (*) No (*) No No No
Colombia No No No No No No
Costa Rica No No No Yes Yes No
Croatia Yes No No No No Yes
Czech Republic Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Denmark No No (*) Yes No No
Estonia No No Yes No No No
Finland No Yes No Yes No No
France Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Germany (*) No - (*) Yes No
Greece Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hungary No No Yes No No No
Iceland No Yes (*) No No No No
India No Yes (*) Yes No No
Ireland No No No Yes (*) No
Italy Yes Yes (*) Yes Yes (*) Yes
Japan Yes (*) No Yes (*) Yes (*) No (*) Yes
Kenya Yes Yes No No No Yes
Kyrgyzstan No (*) No No No No
Lebanon Yes Yes No Yes No No
Luxembourg No No Yes No No No
Macedonia No No Yes No No No
Mali - Yes No Yes No No
Mexico No Yes No No No No
Moldova No Yes No No No No
Mongolia (*) No No No No No
Netherlands Yes No No Yes Yes (*)
New Zealand No No No Yes Yes No
Norway Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Peru - - Yes - Yes -
Poland Yes No Yes Yes No (*) Yes
Portugal No Yes No No No No
Russia Yes No No (*) No Yes
Singapore Yes No No - - -
Slovakia No No Yes No No -
Slovenia Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
South Africa No (*) Yes Yes No Yes
South Korea No Yes Yes No No No
Spain No (*) No No No No
Sri Lanka Yes No No Yes No No
Sweden No No Yes Yes No (*)
Switzerland Yes No No (*) Yes Yes Yes
Taiwan No No No No No No
Tanzania Yes (*) No Yes (*) No
Thailand Yes Yes No Yes No No
Turkey No (*) No Yes Yes (*) No No
Uganda Yes No - No No No
Ukraine Yes No No Yes Yes (*)
United Kingdom Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
USA No No Yes No Yes Yes
(*) see country report
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