Media of Gylias

The media of Gylias is highly-developed and diverse, owing to the country's cultural diversity and economic context.

Press

Gylians are among the most avid newspaper readers in Tyran. A variety of newspapers exist at the local, regional, and federal level. They are distinguished by format: local newspapers are compact, regional newspapers are Berliner, and federal newspapers are broadsheet. Federal newspapers' coverage is similar to news magazines, and they often coordinate with regional newspapers to provide domestic news.

The majority of federal newspapers are published bilingually, in English and French. A few are unilingually French, such as L'Actualité and L'Commerçant.

Newspapers

Federal newspapers include the following:

• The Social Times (L'Temps Socielles) — left-wing (communist)
• Free Gylias (L'Gylias Libre) — left-wing (anarchist)
• The Gylian Herald (L'Héraute d'Gylias) - left-wing (socialist)
• The People's Voice (L'Voix d'Peuple) — left-wing (progressive)
• The Republic (L'République) — centre-left (social democratic)
• The National Observer (L'Observateure Nationale) — liberal (Rossettianism)
• The Evening Courier (L'Courier d'Soir) — liberal (radical)
• The Federal Informer (L'Informateure Féderelle) — liberal (ordoliberal)
• The Independent Reader (L'Lectreuse Indépendante) — liberal (conservative)
• The National Record (L'Régistre Nationale) — centre (left-leaning)
• The Daily Standard (L'Standard Quotidien) — centre (newspaper of record)
• L'Actualité — centre
• The Democrat (L'Démocrate) — eclectic (syncretic politics)
• The Daily Chronicle (L'Chronique Quotidien) - centre (radical)
• The Morning Post (L'Poste Matinale) — centre (right-leaning)
• The Sunday Thought (L'Pensé d'Dimanche) — centre-right (Edelsteinian)
• The Gylian Journal (L'Journale Gylienne) — centre-right (progressive)
• The National Inquirer (L'Enquêteure Nationale) — centre-right (one-nation)

Federal economic newspapers include the following:

• The Economic Journal (L'Journale Économique)
• The Financial Monitor (L'Moniteur Financiare)
• L'Commerçant (French-language)
• Capital

Regional and local newspapers include the following:

• The Northern Light (Salxar, Makarces, Gacar, Gerşyr)
• The Etra Echo (Arxaþ)
• The Senik Sun (Alţira)
• The Mişeyáke Star (Mişeyáke)
• The Velouria Gazette (Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk)
• The Velouria Tribune (Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk)
• The Ðajyr Anchor (Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk)

• The Náras Times
• The Kyman Herald
• The Ianáyn Post
• The Maveás Free Press
• The Aðnat Bulletin
• The Tomes Tribune
• The Lænas Journal
• The Kaéraþ Chronicle
• The Garés Gazette
• The Arxas Daily News
• The Envadra Express
• The Taksær Times
• The Antánas Press

Magazines

• Musical Update — music magazine
• Sound Observer — music magazine
• Supersonic — music magazine
• Sonic Review — music magazine
• Vibes — music magazine
• Sounds and Things — music magazine
• Planet Rock — music magazine
• Kool Things — music magazine
• Popscene — music magazine
• Animonthly — anime magazine
• The Comics Journal — comics journalism magazine
• GameCentral — video game journalism magazine
• Level — video games magazine
• High Times — drug magazine
• L'Petit Écho — general interest and lifestyle magazine
• Silhouette — general interest and lifestyle magazine
• teen — teen magazine
• Downtown — cultural magazine
• Mişeyáke Metro Mail — cultural magazine (Mişeyáke-specific)
• Surface — cultural and arts magazine
• Radix — cultural and political magazine
• The Current — literary magazine
• bavarde — interview magazine
• Gylias Review — magazine about Gylias for foreign and expatriate audiences
• CityLab — demopolitan urbanism magazine
• The Prism — satirical news magazine
• The Travelling Companion — travel and leisure magazine

Radio

• Gylian Radio (public)
  • GR1
  • GR2
  • GR3
  • GR4
• Radio Courant — French-language
• Polaris — satellite radio

Television

• Gylian Television (public)
  • GTV1
  • GTV2
  • GTV3
  • GTV4
  • GTV Parliament
• ATV
• 5
• NTV
• Maxi TV
• Channel A
• June

Media regulations

The principles of media law include ensuring universal access to information, preserving democracy, preventing consolidation of media ownership, guaranteeing fair coverage and diversity of viewpoints, and maintaining good standards, ethics, and practices. They are enforced by the Broadcast Media Commission and Information Bureau.

Stringent competition laws and press support have contributed significantly to the diversity of the Gylian media. In accordance with the Economic Code, all media companies are cooperatives. Private broadcasters are run on a non-capitalist basis: community radio and public-access television are volunteer-run non-profits; larger stations are funded by viewer contributions, some advertising, private donations, subscription fees, or other means.

The role of the Information Bureau, as a national news agency and fact checking service which evaluates and approves stories for accuracy, has been controversial abroad.