Published 13 May 2021 at 12.05
Economics. Now an Arab newspaper – Al Kompis – is granted SEK 1.2 million a year in press support, writes Rebecca Weidmo Uvell in her blog. But the majority of the magazine's followers do not live in Sweden but in the Arab world.
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Al Kompis claims to be the country's largest Arabic media house for Arabic speakers in
In 2013, the newspaper was printed in 30,000 copies which were distributed free of charge, the newspaper told Dagens Nyheter at the time.
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On the page, it claims to have 2 million visits per month and 2.2 million followers on Facebook, which is true.
“But there are not 2 million Arabic speakers in Sweden. The absolute largest majority of their followers do not even live in Sweden, it goes without saying. Is it then reasonable for a newspaper that mainly addresses countries and residents outside Sweden to receive press support? “, writes Rebecca Weidmo Uvell.
According to the Press Support Ordinance, however, it is sufficient that 90 percent of the “subscribed edition” is distributed in Sweden, for the newspaper to be counted as a Swedish newspaper.