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Recommendation 6
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Access to more philanthropic funding could help ensure the sustainability of the local news sector.
Recommendation
Access to more philanthropic funding could help ensure the sustainability of the local news sector. Many, though not all, local news publishers would benefit from charitable status, but this is currently very difficult for news organisations to achieve. We recommend that the Government, in its response to us, indicates what options it might consider to make it easier for local news organisations to achieve charitable status. We also recommend that the Government assess ways to encourage more philanthropic donations to local news publishers for whom charitable status would not be appropriate. (Paragraph 62) Local Television and Radio
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 17 May 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗