Poland: publishers and journalists suffer in state advertising switch
by Jane WhyattSince the Polish people elected the Law and Justice (PiS) party government in the autumn of 2015, many magazines and newspaper publishers feel they are being censored – not through political interference, but by the decisions of state-owned companies to advertise only in publications that back PiS.
Polish newspaper (photo: Whyatt/ECPMF)
That’s the view of Jacek Wojtaś, the EU Affairs Co-ordinator of the Polish Chamber of Press Publishers.The chamber represents the interests of publishers of both newspapers and magazines and is the only organisation in Poland that represents both.
Here’s an extract from ECPMF’s interview with…
