Development of legal regulation of the economic activities of the soviet periodical press under the new economic policy

Section: History of Journalism

The article analyzes the features of legal regulation of the media economy in the USSR during the 1920s. On the basis of primary sources and archival material, it is argued that legislation in the field of mass media was in constant development during the NEP period, although it was not comprehensive or of high quality. It was formed from 1917 to the end of the 1920s when hundreds of acts were created and regularly amended. This also applied to economic laws. Some of them were formed during War Communism and had an extraordinary nature. During the NEP era, many new acts were adopted that authorized commercial activities in the media. However, some of these acts were replaced at the end of the NEP in accordance with new political conditions. During the 1920s, the media economy was regulated by political will rather than by law.

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To cite this article: Babyuk M. I. (2024) Razvitie pravovogo regulirovaniya khozyaystvennoy deyatel'nosti sovetskoy periodicheskoy pechati v usloviyakh NEPa [Development of Legal Regulation of the Economic Activities of Soviet Periodical Press Under the New Economic Policy]. Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 10: Zhurnalistika 1: 70–92. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.1.2024.7092