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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/badlogic/statuses/115479704996043087">Mario Zechner (badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 02-Nov-2025 20:45:41 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic" title="badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/111271-48-20230406081402.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mario Zechner" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mario Zechner</a></section><article><p>Had a little scraping fun with Austria's yellow press. German explainer, sadly, no English captions.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvPK6jB3l4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvPK6jB3l4</a></p><p>Let me explain. In Austria, governments feed the media with government funding and ads. No matter the party.</p><p>A few years ago, they invented yet another money funnel: digital transformation funding. Young online media explicitely excluded, aimed at establisehd media houses only.</p><p>They submit project proposals, a politically appointed jury waves them through. 🧵</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5823936#notice-11435925">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-11-02T20:45:41+09:00" title="Sunday, 02-Nov-2025 20:45:41 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/115479704996043087" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.gamedev.place via ActivityPub">mastodon.gamedev.place</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/115479704996043087">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5410225">Table shows funding awarded to Mediengruppe Österreich across multiple media outlets from 2022 to 2025. Columns: Year, Company association, Medium, Project title, Funding amount. 2022: 5 projects including 'ÖSTERREICH' (€844,425), 'Oe24-HOMEPAGE-REDESIGN' (€700,180), 'oe24' (€327,359). 2023: 3 projects including 'Conversion Strategy E-Paper Abos' (€396,432), 'Multichannel Content Management System' (€214,800). 2024: 14 projects with largest being 'KI Bilderkennung/Datenbanken/Korrektur/Creation' (€287,528), 'österreich - Upgrade e-paper' (€235,370), plus multiple SEO optimization projects for various outlets (Madonna, Gesund und Fit, Cooking, Reiselust, Insider) ranging €6,752-€9,013 each. 2025: 3 projects including 'Launch des Content-Hubs für einen integrierten digitalen Workflow' (€401,127), 'Digital Distribution von personalisierten News' (€357,298). All funding to same media group across different properties.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/479/686/495/396/998/original/fdfb237e8d7e3129.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/479/686/495/396/998/original/fdfb237e8d7e3129.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5410226">Table shows funding awarded to AHVV Verlags GmbH for the medium 'Heute' from 2022 to 2025. Columns: Year, Funding recipient, Medium, Project title, Funding amount. 2022: 6 projects including 'HEUTE goes digital' (€790,808), 'HEUTE Videoworld' (€697,724), 'HEUTE Relaunch Frontend' (€507,276), 'HEUTE for Future Weiterentwicklung' (€210,000), 'Schulung digitaler Qualitätsjournalismus' (€168,304), 'HEUTE Big Data' (€162,636). 2023: 2 projects - 'HEUTE Premium' (€430,730), 'Heute goes secure' (€308,866). 2024: 5 projects with 'HEUTE reloaded' (€354,982), 'HEUTE - Deine PERSÖNLICHE Nachrichtenplattform' (€310,510), 'KI-gestützter Journalismus' (AI-assisted journalism, €140,876), 'Videoplayer Reloaded' (€30,151), 'HEUTE Leserreporter 2.0' (€28,231). 2025: 3 projects - 'HEUTE Connect' (€364,451), 'Innovate Connect' (€312,431), 'Lehrredaktion Online-Journalismus' (Editorial training for online journalism, €250,701). All funding to same publisher for same medium over four years.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/479/702/251/731/969/original/4266b130aff137cd.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/479/702/251/731/969/original/4266b130aff137cd.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Mario Zechner (badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 02-Nov-2025 20:45:41 JST Mario Zechner
Had a little scraping fun with Austria's yellow press. German explainer, sadly, no English captions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvPK6jB3l4
Let me explain. In Austria, governments feed the media with government funding and ads. No matter the party.
A few years ago, they invented yet another money funnel: digital transformation funding. Young online media explicitely excluded, aimed at establisehd media houses only.
They submit project proposals, a politically appointed jury waves them through. 🧵
In conversationabout 8 months ago from mastodon.gamedev.placepermalink
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1. Table shows funding awarded to Mediengruppe Österreich across multiple media outlets from 2022 to 2025. Columns: Year, Company association, Medium, Project title, Funding amount. 2022: 5 projects including 'ÖSTERREICH' (€844,425), 'Oe24-HOMEPAGE-REDESIGN' (€700,180), 'oe24' (€327,359). 2023: 3 projects including 'Conversion Strategy E-Paper Abos' (€396,432), 'Multichannel Content Management System' (€214,800). 2024: 14 projects with largest being 'KI Bilderkennung/Datenbanken/Korrektur/Creation' (€287,528), 'österreich - Upgrade e-paper' (€235,370), plus multiple SEO optimization projects for various outlets (Madonna, Gesund und Fit, Cooking, Reiselust, Insider) ranging €6,752-€9,013 each. 2025: 3 projects including 'Launch des Content-Hubs für einen integrierten digitalen Workflow' (€401,127), 'Digital Distribution von personalisierten News' (€357,298). All funding to same media group across different properties.
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2. Table shows funding awarded to AHVV Verlags GmbH for the medium 'Heute' from 2022 to 2025. Columns: Year, Funding recipient, Medium, Project title, Funding amount. 2022: 6 projects including 'HEUTE goes digital' (€790,808), 'HEUTE Videoworld' (€697,724), 'HEUTE Relaunch Frontend' (€507,276), 'HEUTE for Future Weiterentwicklung' (€210,000), 'Schulung digitaler Qualitätsjournalismus' (€168,304), 'HEUTE Big Data' (€162,636). 2023: 2 projects - 'HEUTE Premium' (€430,730), 'Heute goes secure' (€308,866). 2024: 5 projects with 'HEUTE reloaded' (€354,982), 'HEUTE - Deine PERSÖNLICHE Nachrichtenplattform' (€310,510), 'KI-gestützter Journalismus' (AI-assisted journalism, €140,876), 'Videoplayer Reloaded' (€30,151), 'HEUTE Leserreporter 2.0' (€28,231). 2025: 3 projects - 'HEUTE Connect' (€364,451), 'Innovate Connect' (€312,431), 'Lehrredaktion Online-Journalismus' (Editorial training for online journalism, €250,701). All funding to same publisher for same medium over four years.
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