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This week on the Media Finance Monitor:

• A European Empire of Attention

• Trump has been good for big publishers, though lifestyle products might prove even better

• Is traffic collapsing?

• 26 active calls (3 new)

Editor’s Note: I’ll be traveling quite a bit over the next three weeks and the Hungarian foreign agent law is also proving to be a significant distraction, to say the least. We’ll aim to maintain our regular Thursday morning publishing schedule, but there may be occasional disruptions. Thanks for your patience.

A European Empire of Attention

Media funding in Europe often moves with all the urgency of a pre-industrial glacier. Every project takes months to evaluate. Each budget adjustment demands a cautious approval process. Major policy proposals can take years to unfold. Europe is not known for breakneck speed, something that becomes a li…