EPISODE · Feb 15, 2021 · 23 MIN
Poland in focus: New „media tax” to further undermine press freedom
from Podcast Europejski · host FocusEurope.pl
The Polish government wants to introduce a new tax on the media levied on income from commercials. Major private media outlets unitedly protested against this measure last Wednesday with an unprecedented 24-hour blackout. In this episode the editor-in-chief of EURACTIV Poland, Karolina Zbytniewska talked to Bartosz Wieliński from the foreign desk of Gazeta Wyborcza about the real reasons behind the media tax, the reaction of the EU and the US, and about what we shall expect next. https://www.euractiv.pl/
What this episode covers
The Polish government wants to introduce a new tax on the media levied on income from commercials. Major private media outlets unitedly protested against this measure last Wednesday with an unprecedented 24-hour blackout. In this episode the editor-in-chief of EURACTIV Poland, Karolina Zbytniewska talked to Bartosz Wieliński from the foreign desk of Gazeta Wyborcza about the real reasons behind the media tax, the reaction of the EU and the US, and about what we shall expect next. https://www.euractiv.pl/
NOW PLAYING
Poland in focus: New „media tax” to further undermine press freedom
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Mar 26, 2026 ·1m
Jan 2, 2026 ·47m
Dec 21, 2025 ·46m