New act 'will save small media outlets'
- Stephen Hong, Seoul
- Korea
- February 10, 2012
Religious broadcasting networks, representing the country’s major religions, welcomed the passing yesterday of a law ensuring state support for struggling small media organizations.
Last year the bill became bogged down in the National Assembly as a result of disputes between the ruling and opposition parties.
The act supports minor media by allocating advertising sales through media representative bodies.
Ignatius Shim Jae-keon, business director of the Catholic Pyeonghwa Broadcasting Corporation, said the act will “allow small media including religious ones to survive.”
Last year the bill became bogged down in the National Assembly as a result of disputes between the ruling and opposition parties.
The act supports minor media by allocating advertising sales through media representative bodies.
Ignatius Shim Jae-keon, business director of the Catholic Pyeonghwa Broadcasting Corporation, said the act will “allow small media including religious ones to survive.”
