Delano April-May 2019

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Media

With a population of just under 600,000 residents and almost 200,000 cross-border workers, Luxembourg has a buzzing media landscape.

Keeping the press afloat

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APRIL/MAY 2019 Journalists There are 556 accredited journalists working in Luxembourg. [1]

Tune-in RTL in Luxembourgish is the mostlistened to radio station (34%), ahead of Eldoradio (19.2%) and RTL in German (7.8%).

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Most read The Luxemburger Wort is the most read print title, reaching 31.7% of the population, followed by L’essentiel (23.5%), Télécran (15.2%), Revue (10.6%), Paperjam (10.5%), Tageblatt (8.5%) and Le Quotidien (4.7%). [4]

Media overview There are 5 paid daily newspapers in Luxembourg, 1 free daily and 23 magazines, 2 nationwide TV stations, 7 private radio stations and 1 public service broadcaster (100,7). [2]

Jess Bauldry Jan Hanrion/Maison Moderne

Subsidies In 2018, the government gave €7.08m in media subsidies to print publications, including €1,445,781 to Tageblatt, €1,403,640 to Luxemburger Wort, €1,233,086 to Le Quotidien, €973,398 to Lëtzebuerger Journal, €416,052 to Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek, €371,543 to Télécran, €335,310 to Le Jeudi, €336,889 to Revue, €305,549 to D’Lëtzebuerger Land and €267,647 to Woxx. [5]

Online €1.08m in subsidies of up to a maximum €100,000 per publication went to 13 news websites in 2018.

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Old & young Luxembourg’s oldest media is the Luxemburger Wort, founded in 1848. Its youngest is Reporter.lu, founded in 2017.

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Sources → [1] Luxembourg Press Council → [2] Delano research → [3] Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom 2017 monitor → [4] TNS Ilres Plurimedia Luxembourg 2018 → [5] Luxembourg government media services → [6] Recipients were contacto.lu, delano.lu, lequotidien.lu, lessentiel.lu/de, lessentiel.lu/fr, moien.lu, paperjam.lu, reporter.lu, tageblatt.lu, wort.lu/de, wort.lu/en, wort.lu/fr and woxx.lu

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