ANEM: new portals received 16.2 million dinars and already breached the code
N1 and 021 carry ANEM's analysis saying publisher Zaple Media Group has already received 16.2 million dinars, or about 138,000 euros, in completed media co-funding contests. According to the association, seven of the group's internet projects got 4.9 million dinars in the ministry contest, while most of the portals were only weeks or months old when they were already winning grants; by then the Press Council complaints commission had issued 11 rulings on code violations.
What matters
Total amount
ANEM says Zaple Media Group has already received 16.2 million dinars, or about 138,000 euros, in completed contests.
Ministry line
Seven of the group's internet projects received 4.9 million dinars in the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications contest.
Age of the network
According to ANEM, the company was registered last December and since January 1 has launched 12 portals, many of which were only weeks or months old by the time of the contests.
Code breaches
The Press Council complaints commission had already issued 11 rulings on violations at nine of those portals in their first months of operation.
Breakdown by publication
How sources frame this story
Mobile shows the first 2; the full breakdown is available on desktop.
N1: ANEM says millions went to new portals that already breached the code
N1 carries ANEM's analysis saying Zaple Media Group has received 16.2 million dinars, about 138,000 euros, in contests already completed, while seven of its projects alone won 4.9 million dinars in the ministry contest for internet media. ANEM says the company was registered last December and since January 1 has founded 12 portals; according to the association, rulings on breaches of Serbia's Journalists' Code have already been issued in 11 cases. The statement also names owner Milica Lainovic and director Gradimir Bankovic, who is also listed as editor-in-chief of all 14 media outlets.
021: ANEM says new portals took millions in contests and already broke the code
021 repeats ANEM's core numbers and adds that another 2.4 million dinars has already been proposed for the same company in Stara Pazova, although no official decision has yet been issued, while contests in 17 local governments are still under way. The portal lists the supported sites, from Uzice oglasna tabla and Drina info to Palanacke vesti, and says the Press Council complaints commission has already issued 11 rulings on code breaches across nine of them. 021 also names owner Milica Lainovic and director Gradimir Bankovic.
Overall takeaway
This is no longer a dispute over one contest but a picture of how one new publishing network is rapidly receiving large public funds while rulings on code breaches are already appearing over its content.
What this means for residents
For the contest system
021 reports that another 2.4 million dinars has already been proposed for the group in Stara Pazova, while contests in 17 local governments are still unfinished.
For readers
The story is not only about grant allocation but also about the quality of local information: ANEM links public money to a network of new portals that already have rulings for breaching the professional code.