Editing Serbia (section)

===Media===
{{Main|Media of Serbia}}
Freedom of the press and freedom of speech are guaranteed by the constitution of Serbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ustavni.sud.rs/page/view/sr-Latn-CS/70-100028/ustav-republike-srbije|title=Ustav Republike Srbije|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011080844/http://www.ustavni.sud.rs/page/view/sr-Latn-CS/70-100028/ustav-republike-srbije|archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Serbia is ranked 98th out of 180 countries in the 2024 [[Press Freedom Index]] report compiled by [[Reporters Without Borders]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2019 |title=2019 World Press Freedom Index {{pipe}} RSF |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823155223/https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2019 |archive-date=23 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The report noted that media outlets and journalists continue to face partisan and government pressure over editorial policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2012/serbia|title=Serbia|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-date=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010142002/http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2012/serbia|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zslaw.rs/milos-stojkovic-quoted-serbian-daily-newspaper/|title=Miloš Stojković Quoted in Serbian Daily Newspaper|last=Law|first=Z. S.|date=23 September 2016|website=ZS|language=en-US|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kas.de/en/web/balkanmedia/newspapers9|title=Newspapers – BalkanmediaKonrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.|website=Balkanmedia|language=en|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>

According to [[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]] research in 2018, Serbs on average watch five and a half hours of television per day, making it the second highest average in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/411/film-i-tv/3612995/internet-napreduje-ali-televizija-se-i-dalje-gleda.html|title = Internet napreduje, ali televizija se i dalje gleda}}</ref> There are seven nationwide [[free-to-air]] television channels, with public broadcaster [[Radio Television of Serbia|Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)]] operating three ([[RTS1]], [[RTS2]] and RTS3) and private broadcasters operating four ([[RTV Pink|Pink]], [[Prva Srpska Televizija|Prva]], [[Happy TV|Happy]], and [[B92|O2]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/CIPA/story/171/istrazivanja/3823502/gledanost-televizije-u-2019-godini.html|title = Gledanost televizije u 2019. Godini}}</ref> There are 28 regional television channels and 74 local television channels.<ref name="pod2.stat.gov.rs"/> Besides terrestrial channels there are dozens of Serbian television channels available only on cable or satellite. These include regional news [[N1 (TV channel)|N1]], commercial channel [[Nova S]], and regional sports channels [[Sport Klub]] and [[Arena Sport]], among others.

There are 247 radio stations in Serbia.<ref name="pod2.stat.gov.rs"/> Out of these, six are radio stations with national coverage, including two of public broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia ([[Radio Belgrade|Radio Belgrade 1]] and Radio Belgrade 2/Radio Belgrade 3) and four private ones (Radio S1, Radio S2, Play Radio, and Radio Hit FM). Also, there are 34 regional stations and 207 local stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rra.org.rs/pages/browse_permits/cirilica/national|title=Национално покривање|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-date=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010021633/http://www.rra.org.rs/pages/browse_permits/cirilica/national|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are 305 [[newspapers]] published in Serbia<ref name="webrzs.stat.gov.rs">{{cite web |url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G2016/pdf/G20162019.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook|date=2016 |website=pod2.stat.gov.rs |publisher=PBC}}</ref> of which 12 are daily newspapers. Dailies {{Lang|sr-latn|[[Politika]]}} and ''[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]]'' are Serbia's [[papers of record]], the former being the oldest newspaper in the Balkans, founded in 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politika.rs/Stranice/O-nama.lt.html|title=O nama|access-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017043736/http://www.politika.rs/Stranice/O-nama.lt.html|archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> Highest circulation newspapers are tabloids ''[[Večernje Novosti]]'', ''[[Blic]]'', ''[[Kurir]]'', and ''[[Informer (newspaper)|Informer]]'', all with more than 100,000 copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.color.rs/novosti85.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715034322/http://www.color.rs/novosti85.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2013|title=ABC Srbije, maj 2013: Tiraž "Scandala" porastao 17% u odnosu na prošli mesec!|access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref> There is one daily newspaper devoted to sports (''[[Sportski žurnal]]''), one business daily (''Privredni pregled''), two regional newspapers (''[[Dnevnik (Serbia)|Dnevnik]]'' published in Novi Sad and ''Narodne novine'' from Niš), and one minority-language daily (''[[Magyar Szo]]'' in Hungarian, published in Subotica).

There are 1,351 [[magazines]] published in the country.<ref name="webrzs.stat.gov.rs"/> These include: weekly [[news magazine]]s ''[[NIN (magazine)|NIN]]'', ''[[Vreme]]'' and ''[[Nedeljnik]]''; popular science magazine ''[[Politikin Zabavnik]]''; women's magazine ''[[Lepota & Zdravlje]]''; auto magazine ''SAT revija''; and IT magazine ''[[Svet kompjutera]]''. In addition, there is a wide selection of Serbian editions of international magazines, such as ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health]]'', ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', ''[[Le Monde diplomatique]]'', ''[[Playboy]]'', and ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'', among others.

The main news agencies are [[Tanjug]], [[Beta News Agency|Beta]] and Fonet.

{{As of|2017}}, out of 432 web-portals (mainly on the [[.rs]] domain)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rs.n1info.com/a362472/Vesti/Vesti/Povecan-broj-medija-u-Srbiji-u-odnosu-na-2016.-godinu.html|title=Povećan broj medija u Srbiji, 250 više nego 2016. godine|access-date=6 February 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819161352/http://rs.n1info.com/a362472/Vesti/Vesti/Povecan-broj-medija-u-Srbiji-u-odnosu-na-2016.-godinu.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the most visited are online editions of printed dailies Blic and Kurir, news web-portal B92 and classifieds [[Kupujemprodajem.com|KupujemProdajem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;1/RS|title=Alexa – Top Sites in Serbia|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825091115/http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;1/Rs|url-status=dead}}</ref>