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Este trabajo describe y analiza las transferencias de fondos públicos –fundamentalmente subvenciones y publicidad institucional– a las dos empresas de medios catalanas que editan las principales cabeceras de línea editorial independentista –El Punt Avui y Ara– durante los años álgidos del procés (2016-2018).
Se trata del primer estudio que se realiza con este enfoque en España. Ha sido posible al recurrir a la normativa sobre transparencia para recabar datos de las principales administraciones catalanas.
Se concluye que los ingresos públicos, al menos un 20% del total, son clave para la supervivencia de las dos compañías.
This work focuses on one of the three main mechanisms of media capture by political power: the transfer of public funds to the accounts of companies owning media outlets. Specifically, it focuses on regulated subsidies and contracts for the display of institutional advertising, which clearly is the channel through which the main transfers are made. However, this is a very complex issue, particularly in a country like Spain with a highly decentralized administration, which means that the Spanish Government and the regional and local governments –provincial councils, city councils and other entities such as insular or regional councils– can arbitrate different means that contribute to swell the coffers of media companies.
