Financial and Economic Aspects of the Operation of Russian Telegraph Agencies ROSTA and TASS under the Conditions of The New Economic Policy

Section: History of Journalism

This article based on archive documents analyses the financial and economic aspects of the Soviet telegraph agencies’ operation under the conditions of the New Economy Policy (NEP). It is claimed that during the 1920s agencies developed rhythmically expanding activities at home and beyond the borders. But it was hard for them to be economically effective, because of the weak national market and political tasks, which were set by the government. This is why the activities of the agencies were partially subsidized by the state.

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To cite this article: Babyuk M.I. (2022) Finansovo-ekonomicheskie aspekty funktsionirovaniya sovetskikh telegrafnykh agentstv ROSTA i TASS v usloviyakh Novoy ekonomicheskoy politiki [Financial and Economic Aspects of the Operation of Russian Telegraph Agencies ROSTA and TASS under the Conditions of The New Economic Policy]. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika 5: 32–62. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.5.2022.3262