Support fund for national daily political and general news with low advertising resources

Les bédeficitires

National publications of a maximum weekly frequency (minimum publication of 5x/week), recognised by the Joint Committee on Publications and News Agencies (CPPAP) as being of a political and general information nature.
 

Eligibility:

*Section 1*

• Have a selling price per issue between 80% and 130% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price shall be calculated on the basis of the average selling prices in the current edition observed during the calendar year preceding the year in which the aid was granted;
• Have an average circulation not exceeding 250,000 copies and an average circulation in France not exceeding 150,000 copies in the fiscal year preceding the year of grant;
• Having advertising revenues that represented less than 25% of total revenues.

*Section 2*

• Not be eligible for aid granted under the first section of the Fund; 
• To have a selling price per issue of less than 130% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price is calculated from the selling price on 1 January of the year in which the aid was granted;
• Have an average circulation not exceeding 250,000 copies and an average paid circulation in France not exceeding 150,000 copies in the fiscal year preceding the year of grant;
• Having advertising revenues that represented less than 25% of total revenues.

*Section 3*

• Have received assistance under the first section for at least 3 years;
• To have a selling price per issue of less than 80% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price is calculated from the selling price on 1 January of the year in which the aid was granted;
• Have advertising revenues that accounted for less than 35% of total revenues.

Amount of aid 

The amount of aid granted to a publication may not exceed 25 % of its total revenue, excluding public subsidies, for the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. 

*Section 1*

A unit rate is obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 1 by the distribution figure, corrected, of all eligible daily newspapers in Section 1. For each daily, the corrected distribution figure corresponds to the difference between twice a reference value, fixed annually by a joint order of the Minister responsible for the budget and the Minister responsible for communication, and the number of copies actually sold by that daily in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. The aid allocated to each daily is equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the distribution figure for that daily’s adjusted data.

*Section 2*

A unit rate shall be obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 2 by the number of copies actually sold in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted, by all eligible dailies in Section 2. The aid allocated to each daily shall be equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the number of copies actually sold by that daily.

*Section 3* 

A unit rate shall be obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 3 by the number of copies actually sold in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted, by all eligible dailies in Section 3. The aid allocated to each daily shall be equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the number of copies actually sold by that daily. A title will only be eligible for support under the third section for a maximum of three years. A security losing the benefit of the third section during one of these three years may claim the benefit of the first section if it fulfils the conditions.

The deadline for applications is May 31, 2021.

To apply, you must download the file at the bottom of the page. You can also apply through the platform "my online approach", whose link is at the bottom of the page.

Please consider renaming your documents concisely. 
Supporting documents having a significant volume can be deposited on the server at the following address: zephyrin.ext.culture.fr ; or through a link wetransfer.com. Using other file sharing platforms (Google Drive, Dropbox...) does not guarantee that documents will be received correctly. 

Documents may also be sent by post to the following address: 

Ministry of Culture 
Press Portage Fund
182 Saint-Honoré Street
75001 PARIS

CONTACT

Anouk LEVOYER
Responsible for support for the portage and pluralism of the press
anouk.levoyer@culture.gouv.fr