Singapore’s media industry remains tightly regulated, with an intricate system of laws in place covering mainstream, digital, and social media.

In a country with four official languages, only a few larger media companies operate in more than one of Switzerland’s relatively small markets. The public broadcaster still has the most trusted news brands but could see substantial budget cuts.

The Philippine news media landscape has seen significant changes over the past year, especially in private broadcasting, which is experiencing a continuing decline in viewership.

Sweden is an example of a country with strong but separate public service radio and TV media organisations and a commercial media sector that has successfully persuaded people to pay for online news.

The uncertainties faced by the Malaysian media industry continued into 2024 with at least two online news portals closing temporarily and industry leader, satellite pay-TV operator Astro Awani, suffering significant losses.

In a year of political crisis, September’s premature elections saw the return of Robert Fico as Prime Minister, five years after being forced out by street protests following the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak.