The Bureau of International Information Programs of the US State Department disseminated text of the fourth annual report of the International Council on Researches and Exchanges (IREX) under the title “Media Sustainability Index 2004: Development of Sustainable Media in Europe and Asia”.
This report’s development has been funded by the US Agency on International Development (USAID), Trend reports.
According to the document, mass media develops differently in various post-soviet regions. The report, analyzing the mass media’ quality and quantity in 20 countries, shows, that progress is observed in most East European countries, while in most Euro-Asian countries they remained at the same level or rolled back