Support for the pluralism of regional and local periodicals (PPR)

• Associations
• Private companies

The aid benefits regional and local press publications other than dailies.

Publications must meet the following criteria:

• For weeklies: to appear one to three times a week and more than forty times a year;
• For other publications: be a bimonthly, a monthly, a bimonthly or a quarterly and appear between four and forty times a year.

Publications must also:

• Be written in French or in a regional language used in France;
• Be registered in the registers of the Joint Committee on Publications and News Agencies;
• Be a publication of political and general information.

No aid may be paid to publications:

• The content of which was condemned by the Director of the publication, which became final in the five years preceding the application for aid, pursuant to articles 24 or 24 bis the law of 29 July 1881 on press freedom;
• Who do not meet the conditions laid down by the first paragraph of section 30 of the decree of no. 55-486 30 April 1955*;
• Who have received support for National Book Centre journals in the year preceding the year of award;
• These are a selection of articles already published in other titles.

*Article 30, paragraph 1 of the Decree of 30 April 1955:"Natural or legal persons who apply for the award of grants, premiums, loans and guarantees of an economic or social nature provided for by the legislation and regulations in force must show that their situation is in order, as regards both the bodies responsible for managing the social security services and the administrations responsible for collecting taxes."

The amount of the grant is €1,470,000, distributed among approximately 250 recipients.

In 2021, support for the pluralism of regional and local periodicals benefited approximately 250 regional and local press publications, for a total amount of €1,470,000.

The grant takes the form of operating aid. It is awarded annually to each publishing structure on behalf of its publication(s). It’s a one-time payment in the fall of 2023.

The aid fund is divided into three sections.

The unit rate of subsidy and the allocation of appropriations between these three sections are decided by the Director-General for Media and Cultural Industries. However, the amount of appropriations allocated to Section 1 may not be less than 85 % of the total allocation of the Fund.

*Section 1*

Aid under the first section is granted to weeklies. The aid allocated to each publication shall be calculated by multiplying the unit rate by the average number of copies actually sold in the calendar year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. However, the amount of aid granted to a publication may not be less than that which a regional weekly publication with a total circulation paid for by the number of 2000 copies per issue would obtain, A publication with a total paid circulation of 20,000 copies per issue.

*Section 2*

Aid granted under Section 2 shall be granted to weeklies:

• Of which at least 50% of the copies published in the calendar year preceding the year of allocation of aid weighed less than 100 grams;
• They have had an actual paid circulation by postal subscription representing, in number of copies per issue, at least 50% of their total paid circulation. Paid distribution does not include subscriptions paid in number by third parties and subscriptions whose price is less than 50% of the normal subscription rate.

The aid allocated to each publication shall be calculated by multiplying the unit rate by the number of copies actually sold by postal subscription in the calendar year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. However, the amount of aid granted to a publication may not exceed that which a publication with a paid circulation of 10,000 copies per issue would obtain. Aid under Section 2 may be combined, where appropriate, with aid under Section 1.

*Section 3*

Aid under Section 3 shall be granted to eligible publications other than weeklies. The aid allocated to each publication shall be calculated by multiplying the unit rate by the number of copies actually sold in the calendar year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. However, the amount of aid granted to a publication may not be less than that which would be granted to a publication with a total annual paid circulation of 20,000 copies, a publication with a total annual paid circulation of 200,000 copies.

• File opening: May 10, 2023.
• Deadline for submission: 30 June 2023, 23:59 (Paris time). No files can be considered after this date.
• Announcement of results: Fall 2023, by mail and email.

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